Book Review
In her book, Unstoppable Women, Griselda Togobo has set out to inspire and motivate female entrepreneurs of the future by sharing the stories of the many successful female businesswomen of today to show how you, too, can gain the strength, wisdom, determination and resilience you need to succeed in what is still largely a man's world.
In Unstoppable Women by Griselda Togobo, each of the women profiled openly and candidly shares their journeys. From having the initial concept for their business to the early stages of developing, growing and seeing their profits escalate, to the further stages of scaling-up and even exiting their businesses, with some ultimately moving on to 'give back' by becoming angel investors and mentors to others. Their stories provide invaluable 'golden nuggets' and advice to other women to help them with each phase of starting out, developing and moving on after realizing their entrepreneurial dreams.
Along with the inspiring stories of these successful entrepreneurs, there are overview sections that effectively distill the learnings from each phase, and a workbook section for you to use to record and plan your own journey so that you, too, will become unstoppable. The book is an excellent tool to enable women from all walks of life fulfill their dreams and manage their journey to success.
Author Quotes
The women we find most inspiring are inspirational not only because of their achievements and the heights they have reached in business, but also because of their humanity.
The most inspiring women are those we can relate to, those who we feel are just like us.
The women who have found the courage, strength, resilience to keep moving forward despite the challenges they face on this humbling journey we call life. They are the unstoppable ones.
About the author
Griselda Togobo MPhil, ACA, is an international corporate consultant and trainer. She is also a multi-faceted entrepreneur, engineer and chartered accountant. At her core, she is a commercially focused business consultant, but her experience as a black woman in the corporate world drives her. She now uses her vast international experience to help progressive global companies create inclusive workplaces. Griselda gives keynotes, talks and workshops to businesses interested in improving the gender and racial diversity of their teams. Her corporate programmes include leadership development, equity, diversity and inclusion training and private coaching for senior management.
She works directly with CEOs, business leaders, and managers to close the gender and ethnicity gaps in their organisations. She is a respected and impactful speaker and is known for her high energy and engaging style. As an expert in diversity and inclusion, Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths (STEM), leadership development and entrepreneurship, Griselda offers a fresh approach to diversity in leadership development. She qualified as a chartered accountant with Deloitte LLP and has an MPhil in Industrial Systems, Manufacture and Management from Wolfson College, Cambridge University. Griselda is a Teaching Fellow at Lancaster University, a doctoral researcher at Strathclyde University, sits on the Law & Business School Advisory Board at Leeds Beckett University and the Yorkshire Leadership Group of the Prince’s Trust, Mosaic Network. Griselda is passionate about supporting female leaders through forwardladies.com, a 20,000-strong (and growing) professional women’s network.
Why LoA loves it….
It doesn’t matter how long you have been in business or on your entrepreneurial journey, you never stop learning and you also never stop needing to learn from other women entrepreneurs just like you. Griselda Togobo has brought together a collection of stories and voices of women who share their experiences of building businesses and overcoming the inevitable challenges on their entrepreneurial journeys. It is a great read for all those women who just need to know that it’s possible. — Melanie Hawken, founder & ceo, Lionesses of Africa