Resultados para "Black" en Negocios y profesiones

The decisions we make every day—frequently automatic and incredibly fast—impact every area of our lives. The Little Black Book of Decision Making delves into the cognition behind decision making, guiding you through the different ways your mind approaches various scenarios. You'll learn to notice that decision making is a matter of balance between your rational side and your intuition—the trick is in honing your intuition to steer you down the right path. This book helps you pinpoint the right mix of logic and "gut feeling," and use it to find the best possible solution.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A riveting, true-life legal thriller about the government’s pursuit of billionaire hedge fund manager Steven Cohen and his employees at SAC Capital—a revelatory look at the power and wealth of Wall Street ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—The New York Times...

There is a huge racial wealth gap in America today. Owning a business is one of the best ways to build wealth—but entrepreneurs need capital. And investing in Black companies is obstructed by systemic racism and implicit biases that continue to create barriers to success. Merging historical information and data, along with tactical examples and explanations, this practical guide shows us what needs to be done in order to change the way we support Black companies and how we think about wealth.

From the award-winning entrepreneur USA Today named one of the twenty-one most influential Blacks in technology comes an empowering, bracingly honest, entertaining blueprint for success in life and work—including the true story of what really happened to MoviePass—straight from the cofounder and former CEO himself.

Sociologist and law professor Kevin Woodson knows firsthand what life at a top law firm feels like as a Black man. Examining the experiences of more than one hundred Black professionals at prestigious firms, Woodson discovers that their biggest obstacle in the workplace isn’t explicit bias but racial discomfort, or the unease Black employees feel in workplaces that are steeped in Whiteness. The Black Ceiling is a vital resource for leaders at preeminent firms, Black professionals and students, managers within mostly White organizations, and anyone committed to cultivating diverse workplaces.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The most influential book of the past seventy-five years: a groundbreaking exploration of everything we know about what we don’t know, now with a new section called “On Robustness and Fragility.” A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal...

¿Alguna vez has sentido como si estuvieras literalmente luchando contra el tiempo, corriendo para cumplir con el plazo de mañana que te fue dado hace meses? Puede que te haya desconcertado y estresado. Puede que te hayas culpado por estar demasiado distraído y por hacer todo menos lo que se suponía que debías hacer. ¿Te dices a ti mismo que "la próxima vez" lo harás mejor y que te concentrarás más en hacer las cosas a tiempo?

This book addresses and helps with solutions for many of the key, urgent aims of the Black Lives Matter #BLM movement. Timms shows how all teachers, regardless of their own cultural heritage, can make a difference to African American children, their confidence, their futures from within the education system. Not just in terms of curriculum delivery and lesson-planning (all of which are covered), but also in terms of understanding key cultural and historical issues that affect the students' outlooks and expectations.

Black Ops Advertising dissects this rapid rise of "sponsored content," a strategy whereby advertisers have become publishers and publishers create advertising - all under the guise of unbiased information. Covert selling, mostly in the form of native advertising and content marketing, has so blurred the lines between editorial content and marketing message that it is next to impossible to tell real news from paid endorsements.

"Thriving, In the Black," the metaphor of being in a dark, confined space is explored not as a hindrance, but as a vital stage of growth and opportunity. This perspective shift is crucial for anyone navigating the turbulent waters of financial challenges or personal setbacks. It posits that these challenging times are not about being buried under problems but about being planted in the fertile soil of potential. This book encourages listeners to embrace these periods of darkness as opportunities for planting the seeds of future success.

This book is for anyone who wants to understand what being more inclusive at work means, especially as it relates to black leaders. Based on candid interviews with thirty successful black leaders, it peels away the multifaceted layers of black British leaders in organizations to offer a new way of thinking about the black British experience.

With In the Black, T. Dallas Smith identifies the centrality of honest and open relationships to success within the world of high-dollar commercial real estate deals. His advice to “build relationships before you need them” is complemented by personal stories highlighting the importance of identifying one’s advocates.

The American workplace exhibits a growing imbalance when it comes to human identity. Leaders are frequently defined in the absence of their critical social identifiers, but the exclusion of these identifiers is a mistake and ignores essential physical, cultural, and spiritual realities. Rather than abandoning an individual's social identities, the ones we choose and the ones we do not, Leading While Black draws on the lived experiences of executive-level leaders of the Christian faith and Black identity, and offers a testament to the power of a living God in the social fabric of public life.

Have you ever been considered the black sheep in your family, or in a group, just because your thoughts and ideals differ from those around you? Have you ever felt like the “other” because of your inability to accept or live according to the status quo? The label of black sheep is often met with judgment and negativity, but what if we redefined the role of the black sheep as one whose unique, stand-alone qualities inform success? Author Keith Hahn sets out to do just this while simultaneously helping you identify your inner black sheep and use it to triumph over convention.

Without woman there would be no man. Somewhere along the way society has forgotten the power of not just women but Black women. There is a gradual shift though, a turning of the tide, as the Black woman begins to really embrace her true beauty, power, and essence. From the natural hair to the different hues in skin tone, the black woman is a force to be reckoned with.

Successful Black Entrepreneurs is an insightful collection of Harvard Business School case studies about Black entrepreneurs succeeding in a variety of industries and through different routes, including start-ups, franchising, and acquisitions. The book also recognizes and celebrates Black entrepreneurial excellence, as it takes the listener through the stages of entrepreneurship, including ideation, raising capital, growing the company, and taking it public.

Self-care can take many forms, but speaking life into yourself in the morning with morning affirmations goes a long way. It's been proven that your mental state, rather than your physical state, has a direct influence on your actions - what you do (or don't do).

Edwin Black, award-winning author of IBM and the Holocaust, has mined scores of corporate and governmental archives to assemble thousands of previously uncovered and long-forgotten documents and studies into this dramatic story. Black traces a continuum of rapacious energy cartels and special interests dating back nearly 5,000 years, from wood to coal to oil, and then to the bicycle and electric battery cartels of the 1890s, which created thousands of electric vehicles that plied American streets a century ago.  

In the Black traces B. Denham Jolly's personal and professional struggle for a place in a country where Black Canadians have faced systematic discrimination. He arrived from Jamaica to attend university in the mid-1950s and worked as a high school teacher before going into the nursing and retirement-home business. Though he was ultimately successful in his business ventures, Jolly faced both overt and covert discrimination, which led him into social activism.

In recent years, the world has changed dramatically to remove color complexes from societies. But, still, there are many corners where Black women are not treated equally. This book is a small gift to all the Black women out there. Let's change our lives for the better! With two simple words, you can transform your self-image and embrace the power of positive thinking: declare "I Am" and rejoice in the life God has created for you! With affirmations tailored and created out of the heart of the Black experience, don't miss out.