Research Catalog

Title

Take a lesson : Black achievers on how they made it and what they learned along the way / Caroline Clarke.

Author

Clarke, Caroline V.

Publication

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2022]

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Details

Description

xviii, 250 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"'The passing on of information and history from one person to another to another has always served us well. Ours is an oral tradition.' So begins Take a Lesson, a groundbreaking book of oral history. Twenty years later, every word in this book holds up as relevant, resonant and, in some ways, prophetic. Here we are, in a profoundly different world that, in its relationship with Black people, has barely changed at all. Powerful first-person accounts from Black business heroes and role models--super-achievers across diverse industries and backgrounds--the second edition of Take a Lesson will do more than reveal; it will teach. Openly exploring who they are will inspire, instruct, and give readers the confidence and determination to set ambitious goals and reach past and through every hurdle to achieve them. The original interviews for Take a Lesson occurred just prior to 9/11. Picking up in a post-COVID world, in the midst of an insistent, unapologetic Black Lives Matter movement, and with the nation's first black female Vice President in office, we are living in an entirely different time. And yet, the hurdles Black people encounter as they dare to succeed remain as daunting, demoralizing, and deeply rooted as ever. At the same time, Black Americans are more organized and active in pressing for measurable change than we have been in more than a generation. This book will illuminate both sides of that coin via 10-12 updated interviews from the original book combined with 10-12 entirely new interviews, each with critically important lessons to teach, not just to other Black people, but to allies and anyone who seeks to learn more about contemporary Black aspirations, Blacks in business, and Black life"--

Subject

• African American businesspeople > Biography
• African American executives > Biography
• Successful people > United States > Biography
• Success in business > United States > Case studies
• African American businesspeople
• African American executives
• Success in business
• Successful people
• United States

Genre/Form

• Biographies.
• Case studies.

Note

• "Updated and revised" -- from cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes index.

Contents

Peggy Alford, Executive Vice President, Global Sales, PayPal : "There is not one successful personality type. Try to become a better you, not someone else or someone that you're not." -- Keisha Lance Bottoms, 60th Mayor of Atlanta : "Follow your instincts-the first time." -- Samuel Bright, Chief Product Officer, Upwork : "You and I have a voice, we have real influence, right now." -- Laphonza Butler, President, EMILY's List : "Choose to understand before seeking to be understood." -- Veronica Chambers, Author and Editor, Narrative Projects, The New York Times : "Keep going, and make the journey as joyful as possible." -- Kenneth Chenault, Chairman and Managing Director, General Catalyst; Former Chairman and CEO, American Express : "In business and in life, surrounding yourself with a few trusted people just makes all the difference in the world." -- Arnold Donald, CEO, Carnival Corporation : "Anger distorts your reaction. Anger distracts you from your purpose." -- Thasunda Brown Duckett, President and CEO, Teacher's Insurance Annuity Association (TIAA) : "You rent your title, you own your character." -- Charles Harbison, Founder/Creative Director, HARBISON : "In life, as in fashion, it's not the predictable straight lines that make things interesting; it's the unexpected stitching that makes up the fabric of who we are." -- Carole Hopson, First Officer, United Airlines : "Dream every day. Then set a goal and get to work." -- Charles "Chaz" Howard, Vice President for Social Equity and Community and Chaplain, University of Pennsylvania : "We can journey with love through the crap and beautiful things can emerge from rocky soil." -- Tom Jones, Senior Partner, TWJ Capital LLC. : "Repeated success can be very heady, but it doesn't necessarily make you wise." -- Debra Lee, Corporate Board Director and Retired CEO, BET : "Do you. But also be open to evolution." -- Malcolm Lee, Writer, Director/Filmmaker : "Power is a good thing. But it means more work, and more expectations." -- Alprentice McCutchen, History Teacher, New Rochelle High School : "Just take one step at a time, do one thing at a time, don't stop. And you'll eventually rock it with distinction." -- Janai Nelson, President and Director-Counsel, Legal Defense Fund : "There may not be a blueprint for the time and space that you are about to enter. You will likely have to create one." -- Richard Parsons, Co-Founder and Partner, Imagination Capital : "The unanswered question is, are we gonna get it right this time, or are we just going to dance on the surface again?" -- Kahina Van Dyke, Global Head, Digital Channels & Client Data Analytics, Standard Chartered Bank : "Don't do things because they look good on paper. Do things because they inspire you to work when everybody else might be sleeping." -- Jason White, Chief Marketing Officer, MTV : "It's a defining truth: You can be anything you want."

Call Number

Sc E 23-642

ISBN

• 9781119841074
• 1119841070

LCCN

2021059135

OCLC

1294399000

Author

Clarke, Caroline V., author.

Title

Take a lesson : Black achievers on how they made it and what they learned along the way / Caroline Clarke.

Publisher

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2022]

Edition

Updated and revised.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes index.

Local Note

Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

Local Subject

Black author.

Research Call Number

Sc E 23-642