Success is not just about being good, but one also needs to affirm one’s existing potential. The lack of the latter is one of the major reasons why African- Americans are so under represented at the top corporate leadership positions. Business intelligence collated from the US government department, clearly confirms this trend with a mere 8% of all managers and less than 4% of CEOs being from the community. Several stereotypes one needs to encounter at the early stage that test the self- affirmations on way towards black leadership. In the middle, one is poised for further growth, but the environment keeps it back. One needs to use one’s influence, leadership and power for good, at the late stage of career, for broader empowerment to the community. For all this, the individual will need to carve out one’s own space from within the melee.

Source:https://hbr.org/2019/11/success-comes-from-affirming-your-potential

Uploaded Date:21 December 2019