A Blessing: Women of Color Teaming Up to Lead, Empower and Thrive

by Bonita C Stewart, Jacqueline Adams

Overview

A Blessing presents a fresh, bold analysis of African American female leadership. An unapologetic look at our often-overlooked role in America's social, political, psychological and economic history, it is armed with data that should be empowering for today's "unicorns."

The book offers a "playbook" to help Black unicorns "team up" and find innovative ways to support one another as they climb, what research shows, are lonely, stressful, jagged yet ultimately rewarding ladders of opportunity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781946274472
Publisher:	Bookclick 360
Publication date:	10/15/2020
Pages:	250
Sales rank:	257,825
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)

Editorial Reviews

10/01/2020

Stewart (vice president, Global Partnerships, Google) and Adams (communications strategist, CBS news correspondent), two Black women who have succeeded in business, wish to encourage other Black women to do the same. To do so, they offer lessons from their own lives and the lives of others, backed by extensive research. Although Black women have made marked advances in recent decades, they still face obstacles that impede their path. Stewart and Adams stress in particular that large corporations often hire only one or at most a few Black women. How do Black women respond to this discriminatory treatment? Here the authors rely on a survey of several generations of women of color. Those from an older generation tend to emphasize the need for hard work and persistence, while those born later are more apt to affirm their own worth. But, they say, this is not enough; society must intervene against unfair treatment of women of color. Tokenism must come to an end. VERDICT Anyone interested in the role of Black women, and women in general, in business will learn a great deal from this well-argued book.—David Gordon, Ludwig von Mises Inst., Auburn, AL

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