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How Women of Color Get to Senior Management

Harvard Business Review

Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. And yet black women’s advancement into leadership roles has remained stagnant , even as the number of them in professional and managerial roles has increased. How did (or didn’t) managers play a role? What made their ascent possible?

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How to Bring in a New CEO for Your Startup

Harvard Business Review

They have an even harder time admitting that the answer might be new leadership. Research shows that only a small percentage of founder-CEOs have the skills and experience needed to ensure company growth and shareholder value beyond a startup’s early stage. For many, this means recognizing the need for a new CEO.

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With New York Schools Appointment, Bloomberg Did it His Way

Harvard Business Review

Black has no management experience in education — her entire career has been spent in magazine publishing — and her contact with the public school system in New York has been very limited. The contretemps over this appointment brings to mind three classic management issues, and research about them that is too often ignored.