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"The authors, all high-level black executives, seek to "support women who do not always have access to coaches, mentors, or the 'Old Boys' Network," and their professional advice is savvy and sensitive to the challenges women of color face in the workplace. They offer self-affirming advice to rev up a career, complete with "MAMAisms"--What the authors describe as aphorisms and "familiar terms, both practical and spiritual, that we grew up with and...

"Paths to Power explains how the demographics of leadership have changed over the twentieth century - and how they're changing now. In addition, the authors discuss the mechanisms of advancement for insiders and outsiders and show how these mechanisms have evolved." "With its wealth of stories about leaders from a wide array of industries and firms, this book offers a provocative assertion for any aspiring business leader: though white men still hold...

A sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism, existential clarity and courage.

Examines the lives of more than fifty successful middle- and upper-middle class African American women to document their achievements, inspirations, family lives, national contributions, and struggles with a stereotyping society.

In this book, the authors break new ground in our understanding of the requirements of truly great leadership. Illustrated through dozens of profiles of business visionaries, this book reveals that outstanding leaders possess more than charismatic personalities and an appetite for risk. They have "contextual intelligence" - a profound ability to understand the spirit of the times and harness the opportunities it presents to create successful organizations....

Shares the stories of eight entrepreneurs who rose to the top, outlining practical strategies in such areas as customer service, the use of technology, and overcoming competition.

This study explores how firms attain and hold market dominance and the implications for economic performance. The book attempts to sort out the relevant points by exploring market dominance experienced by firms in ten different industries and examining whether certain factors are consistent.

With The Apprentice, Donald Trump has gone beyond celebrity to become a true legend. He's the one billionaire everyone recognizes, the only one whose name is its own global brand. But, for all the ink that's been spilled about him, nobody's ever fully captured the man - until now.