Brеаking Through: Thе Mаking of Minority Exеcutivеs in Corporаtе Amеricа
Publisher: Hаrvаrd Businеss School Prеss
Number of Pages: 347
Published: 1999-06
List price: $32.95
American companies may tout their equal opportunity initiatives, but with 95% of all executive-level positions in the US held by white males, most of these programs clearly fall far short of their goals when it comes to diversifying upper management. Yet, even in the face of such overwhelming odds, some minority executives do break through to the highest leadership ranks. What can we learn from these success stories? In one of the first in-depth studies to focus on minorities who have made it to the top, Breaking Through examines the crucial connection between corporate culture and the adva...