Corporate America & The N-Word

"That's what I want you to do," is how James Rodney describes the moment his life's mission became clear that 2:00am morning riding down alone in the office elevator. Having generated 73% of sales within his branch, this seasoned technology executive and only African American among six salespersons was the top producer. Although the company was in business two decades prior to his hiring four years earlier, its single largest sale was $500,000. Remarkably, in his first year the author closed ...