Black Faces in High Places

10 Strategic Actions for Black Professionals to Reach the Top and Stay There

Black Faces in High Places
Randal D Pinkett, Jeffrey A Robinson
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Paperback
h212 x 139mm - 304pg
17 Mar 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781400228973
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The essential guide for Black professionals to move up through their organizations and ultimately reach the top, with real-life tips, strategies, and insights from Black peers to help you stay there. Highlighting the experiences of other Black faces in high places who were able to leap even the highest barriers, reach the top, and become a leader of leaders-including insights from President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, BET co-founder Bob Johnson, and others-this groundbreaking book: Identifies the 10 strategic actions successful Black leaders and executives must take to reach the summit of success. Empowers readers with models and steps to follow the 10 actions on their own journeys to bust through any barriers on their way to the top. Provides a lens into the careers of prominent figures across several industries and sectors who have walked in your shoes. Walks you through the changes in mindset required along your success path until the focus ultimately shifts to helping other leaders. Black Faces in High Places is both a clarion call for more Black professionals at the top making systemic decisions for true advancement for the Black community, as well as the roadmap for you to rise to the highest rank of success and stay there.
' Black Faces in High Places is an essential roadmap for any African-American professional or aspiring professional to learn to navigate what can be challenging terrain. This book is one part toolkit, two parts inspiration. ' * Joy-Ann Reid, host of MSNBC' s The ReidOut * ' Black Faces in High Places should be required reading for any African-American professional. ' * Bob Johnson, Founder, Black Entertainment Television and The RLJ Companies * ' The roadmap to climb the ladder and create lasting change is found in Black Faces in High Places. ' * Cathy Hughes, Founder and Chairperson of Urban One * ' Black Faces in High Places details the blueprint for Black professionals to not only grow as leaders but explains the importance of being a mentor to others who are striving to achieve the top status too often denied. This is an incredible book outlining essential strategies that every Black professional should embrace. ' * David L. Steward, Founder and Chairman, World Wide Technology * ' Black Faces in High Places not only gives strategy, it gives proof of concepts by authorship from people who have done it!' * Janice Bryant Howroyd, CEO and Founder, ActOne Group *
effrey A. Robinson, Ph. D. is an award-winning business school professor, international speaker and entrepreneur. Dr. Randal Pinkett has established himself as an entrepreneur, speaker, author, scholar, and leading voice for his generation in business, technology, diversity, and inclusion. He is the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of his fifth venture, BCT Partners, a multimillion-dollar research, training, consulting, technology, and data analytics firm headquartered in Newark, NJ. BCT' s mission is to provide insights about diverse people that lead to equity. The company has been recognized by Forbes as one of America' s Best Management Consulting Firms and has been named to the Black Enterprise BE 100 list of the nation' s largest African American-owned businesses.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781400228973
Published: 17 Mar 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: HarperCollins Leadership
Publisher: HarperCollins Focus
Format: Paperback
Height: 212mm
Width: 139mm
Spine: 24mm
Weight: 312g
Pages: 304

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