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Author Ballard, Donna.

Title Doing it for ourselves : success stories of African-American women in business / Donna Ballard.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Berkley Books, [1997]
©1997

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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  331.4 BALLARD    Check Shelf
Description xx, 150 pages ; 22 cm
Note Includes interviews with Benita Pierce, Karen Gibbs, Brenda Neal, Margot Lee, Judith Aidoo, Toni Banks and eighteen others.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-150).
Contents Breaking Through the Last Bastion -- Karen Gibbs: Breaking the News -- Benita Pierce: Years Before Diversity -- Teri Agins: A Passion for Fashion -- Toni Banks: It's Never Too Late -- Wanda Hill: Taking the Lead -- Margot Lee: Finding Balance -- Gay Young: Making It Happen -- Lydia Payne: One Step at a Time -- Sandra Stevens: Programmed for Success -- Gail Gross: Being Strategic -- Carla Harris: No Limitations -- Judith F. Aidoo: Sole on Africa -- Shahri Griffin: Thinking Global -- Carol Green: Shaping the Future -- Lisa Cowan: Young and Talented -- Teresa Clarke: Golden Opportunities -- Gloria Turner: The Risk Taker -- Grace Vandecruze: MBA - Must Be Aggressive -- Angela Brock-Kyle: Two Degrees of Success -- Lisa Caesar: Trading Up -- Cristal Baron: Putting in the Time -- Bithiah Carter: Changing Perceptions -- Brenda Neal: Staying Power -- Jacquette M. Timmons: Doing It for Herself -- Organizations and Addresses.
Summary Doing It for Ourselves presents twenty-four informative, inspiring, and entertaining conversations with African-American women in the securities, public relations, media/communications and fashion industries. The women discuss their academic backgrounds, career tracks, and personal experiences in their current and past positions and highlight those skills and talents necessary for success. Whether middle managers or CEOs these are the voices to be heard, the lessons to.
be learned for any African-American woman aspiring to succeed in today's challenging workplace.
Subject African American women executives -- Interviews.
Added Title African-American women in business
ISBN 0425156133
9780425156131
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