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Lead with Cultura
By Lisa Manafian
Hispanic/Latino women have a distinct advantage when it comes to competing
for and succeeding in leadership positions: Their culture. That is, provided they recognize and harness the gifts their culture has to offer, according to Marisa Rivera-Albert, president of the National Hispana Leadership Institute (NHLI), an organization dedicated to the education and leadership development of Hispanic/Latino women.Through her instruction, Rivera-Albert helps women realize and use their cultural assets to compete for top-level positions. “Your cultural background shapes you and the way you lead,” she says. "Offer no excuses for your identity."Rivera-Albert urges women to exercise these culturally distinctive leadership assets:
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What Black Managers Can Do to Make the Organization Work Better for Them
By Ancella Livers and Keith Caver, Center for Creative Leadership
As African Americans attempt to confront the issues that surround them at work, it is important to recognize that there is much they can do to improve their leadership journey, says Ancella Livers, co-author of "Leading in Black and White: Working Across the Racial Divide in Corporate America". As an African-American leader in corporate America, consider the following guidelines and strategies. These suggestions - addressing self-development, education and behavior - can provide you with a starting place for thinking consciously, comprehensively and constructively about race and leadership.
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Getting To The Top: Strategies for Breaking Through The Glass Ceiling
By Tracey de Morsella (Formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Headlines detailing the accomplishments of Stan O’Neal, COO of Merrill Lynch; Carlos M. Gutierrez, CEO of Kellogg Company; Ken Chenault, CEO of American Express; Hector de J. Ruis, CEO of AMD; Richard Parsons, CEO of AOL Time Warner and other powerful minority executives have most of Americans thinking that minorities no longer face discrimination in the workplace. The reality is that these success stories are the exception and not the rule. They are more a result of the perseverance, talent, ambition, and determination of these executives than anything else. Many minorities have been able to gain entrance into the workplace, and often climb into lower and middle-level management positions. However, in many cases, the path to success dead-ends.
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Why Are Asian American Executives Scarce?
By Dan Woog
Asian Americans make up 60 percent of Silicon Valley's professional and technical workforce and 28 percent of ...
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Triage Counselor
University of Vermont ~ Burlington, VT -
Head of Lower School
Sandy Spring Friends School ~ Sandy Spring, MD -
Associate Dean for Multicultural Enrollment and Associate Dean for Student Transition
Bates College ~ Lewiston, ME -
Athletics Division Administrator
Athens-Clarke County Government ~ Athens, GA -
Counselor Education
Florida Gulf Coast University ~ Fort Myers, FL
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National Employment Minority Network Diversity Career Fair.
February 3 ~ Cleveland, OH -
Clark Atlanta University’s Annual Career Fair.
February 21 ~ Atlanta, GA -
National Employment Minority Network Diversity Career Fair.
February 24 ~ Newark, NJ
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