Livers / Caver Leading in Black and White

Working Across the Racial Divide in Corporate America
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-7879-6673-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: J-B CCL (Center for Creative Leadership)

Many blacks in the workplace face a set of dynamics unique to being African American in a traditionally white, male-dominated world. In this landmark book, authors Ancella Livers and Keith Caver-- co-facilitators of the Center for Creative Leadership's African-American Leadership Program for the past five years-- explain how the leadership experience for blacks is radically different from the experiences of their white colleagues. These differences, of which most white managers are unaware, can lead to miscues and distortions in communication and ultimately get in the way of effective performance and optimal productivity for organizations. In Leading in Black and White, the authors not only clearly explain how things go wrong, they also provide sensible solutions for both the white manager and the black manager on how to make them right.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Livers, Ancella

Caver, Keith

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Acknowledgments.
The Authors.
Introduction.
Part One: A World of Difference for Black Managers.
1. The Assumption of Similarity.
2. Who Are We?
3. Looking Out for Each Other.
4. Navigating the Shoals of Race and Gender.
5. Working the Networks.
6. Growing and Grooming Leaders.
7. Understanding the Political Landscape.
Part Two: Coming Together.
8. Strategies for Black Managers.
9. What Colleagues Need to Know.
10. What Organizations Need to Know.
Appendix: Assessing Your Political Savvy.
References and Suggested Readings.
Index.
About the Center for Creative Leadership.

Über Autor(innen)

Ancella B. Livers is a manager of Individual Leadership Developmentfor
the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL). In this role, shemanages and trains in several programs and designs and deliverscustom programs for clients in public, private, and non-profitsectors. Livers, a former business journalist, is a certifiedexecutive coach and feedback specialist who has published andpresented widely on the role of race in the workplace.
Keith A. Caver is the director of Client and Assessment Servicesfor CCL, where he is responsible for client-management andassessment processing activities. Caver is a core trainer forseveral CCL programs, delivers numerous client-specific programs,and is a presenter on leadership issues ranging from diversity tochange management. He is a former U.S. Air Force officer and acertified executive coach and feedback specialist.
The Center for Creative Leadership (CCLR) is an international,nonprofit educational institution whose mission is to advance theunderstanding, practice, and development of leadership for thebenefit of society worldwide. Based in Greensboro, North Carolina,CCL conducts research, produces publications and assessment tools,and offers a variety of educational programs. For the secondconsecutive time, CCL was ranked number one for Leadership in theExecutive Education Special Report in BusinessWeek magazine and wasranked seventh overall among the top international providers ofnon-degree executive education programs in the 2002 Financial Timessurvey. For more information, visit CCL's Web site at www.ccl.org.