About AFA

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Indra A. Books

Founder and CEO

Empowering Authentic Leadership

As a seasoned consultant with over 25 years of experience in organizational development, Indra Books helps leaders and teams unlock their full potential by embracing their authentic selves. Her virtual boutique consultancy, Agility for All, offers a range of services designed to transform organizational culture and enhance team performance.

About Indra Books

With a background in corporate consulting, she transitioned to establish Agility for All in 2019. Based in Spain, she caters to a global clientele through a 100% virtual business model. Her approach prioritizes collaborative growth, fostering high-performing and inclusive team cultures that align with organizational goals for sustainable outcomes.

Expertise and Impact

As a sought-after speaker and workshop facilitator, she advocates for strategic investments in culture and people. Her interventions focus on actionable strategies for unparalleled organizational success, empowering visionary leaders to drive transformative change.

Join the Journey

Join Indra on a path of transformation and empowerment, where authenticity, agility, and inclusivity come together to unlock the full potential of your organization.

The Inside Story

Join Indra in a candid conversation and embrace the philosophy of agile thinking. Dive into the essentials of ethical consulting, the power of authenticity, and practical advice for leaders seeking to connect more deeply with their teams. Don't miss her insights on personal growth and an exclusive peek into her upcoming programs designed to help you succeed. And once you are ready to take the next step, book a call with Indra and begin the journey to making your vision a reality.

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Kofi Blankson

Agile Leadership Expert and Digital Transformation Strategist

Kofi Blankson, known as "Africa's CIO," is a seasoned IT strategist and program manager with extensive experience leading technology and business teams to success globally. As a certified Agile leader, he excels in leading Agile transformations, coaching teams, and adopting Agile methodologies to drive business agility and deliver value at scale.

Expertise and Impact

With a strong vision for digital transformation, Kofi leverages his exceptional program management skills to foster innovation and align technology strategies with business objectives. He has been recognized for customer service and project delivery success, and his expertise includes digital technology strategy, executive engagement, problem-solving, customer satisfaction, and change management.

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Sarah Shields

Communications Expert, Engagement Strategist and Facilitator

Sarah Shields, has established more than 16 years of experience in communications, focusing on organizational and employee engagement, change management, and diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) initiatives across the government contracting, healthcare, technology, and travel industries. She specializes in a variety of engagement methods, including comprehensive communication strategies, cross-functional and matrixed-team collaboration, employee resource group (ERG) initiatives, and techniques fostering inclusive work environments.

Expertise and Impact

An advocate for balancing empathy and transparency in employee communications, Sarah is particularly passionate about, and has been recognized for, empowering women to show up confidently in the workplace. She enjoys coaching leaders on the most authentic ways to engage with their employees, and how to build strong and compassionate workplace cultures. Sarah is based in the Washington, DC metro area, and her goal is to help leaders cultivate a better balance between driving success for their stakeholders and engaging humanely with their teams.

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Elvin Assiam

Consultant and Certified Trainer

Elvin Assiam, has a passion for agility with well-balanced experience in training, consulting, and coaching the Agile Scrum methodology. He has poured that passion into helping young Africans expand their skillset to open opportunities for them.

Expertise and Impact

He has certifications from multiple organizations and is accredited Scrum trainer. He aims to teach teams how to maximize value by inspiring them to be more agile and customer-oriented. Creating high performing teams has become his personal mission over the years. Elvin joins our virtual team from Ghana and his greatest desire is to get the word about agility all around the globe especially Africa, Asia, and South America in areas where it is not as widely known and used, but could provide unlimited value.

Testimonials

Happy Clients

With agile [ways of working] and Indra leading the development team, we had a deliverable product in six months. Not only is this the fastest that I have seen a product developed, but it is the only product that has met and exceeded all expectations and was developed ahead of schedule.

M. de Rojas

ATO

I think the workshop was extremely practical and effective. It encouraged team participation and focused on the areas our team needed to focus on. The workshop was also very example-oriented, which really helped me understand better some of the concepts being discussed.

S. Cook

Contracts Manager

I appreciate that you take the role of helping people to learn how to lead themselves instead of telling people what to do. It's refreshing to see people in this role not have a canned inflexible narrative, but rather one that is consistent, beneficial, and focused on what each unique audience needs.

I. Klotzko

Senior Developer

Elvin Assiam is one of the most resourceful trainers I have ever had. His teaching methods are very practical and involving. You can’t get bored in his class. You can’t get bored in his class. You can’t get bored in his class. 

M. Anao

Software Engineer

Indra is an amazing project lead and an effective leader. Our concerns were always heard and she always made sure we were in a position to grow and strive in our positions. to grow and strive in our positions.

J. Patton

Data Scientist

Indra had this magnetic attraction derived from her confidence, compassion, and determination to keep the team moving forward. However, not just those traits but her knowledge and tools made the difference. 

M. Cantrell

Project Manager

Your level of understanding, excellence, attention to detail, and care for people is far beyond what I thought I would ever see in a company or business environment, let alone in IT.

M. Womack

Customer Support Specialist

You created a team environment that inspired innovation and growth. I'm very grateful for that. It allowed me to grow in ways I never imagined. to grow and strive in our positions.

D. Mullins

Senior Developer

I really enjoyed this training as Indra kept us engaged with ‘learning by doing’ tactic; Concise in explanations and stays on the topic. Thank you!  imagined. to grow and strive in our positions.

A. Shao

Tester

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