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A timely resource for Black professionals on how to rise to the top of their organizations or industries and, just as importantly, to stay there.
Black Faces in High Places is the essential guide for Black professionals who are moving up through their organizations or industries but need a roadmap for how to get to the top and stay there. It highlights the experiences of other Black faces in high places who were able to navigate various crossroads, reach the top, and stay there, including insights from President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Cathy Hughes, Bob Johnson, Ursula Burns, David Steward, Angela Glover Blackwell, Ken Chenault, Senator Cory Booker, Geoffrey Canada, and others. This groundbreaking book:
- Provides a lens into the careers of other prominent figures, across several industries and sectors.
- Identifies the 10 strategic actions successful Black leaders and executives must take.
- Empowers readers with models and steps to follow these 10 strategic actions on their own journeys to becoming a prominent leader.
- Outlines the unique challenges that come with a leadership role and how to overcome them.
- Walks readers through the changes in mindset, skillset, and toolset required to travel along the success path while helping others at every step along the way.
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About the Authors
Dr. Randal Pinkett has established himself as an entrepreneur, innovator, speaker, author, media personality, and DEI expert who is leading the way in business, technology, and equity for all. He is cofounder, chairman, and CEO of BCT Partners, a global, multimillion-dollar research, training, consulting, technology, and data analytics firm whose mission is to provide insights about diverse people that lead to equity. The company has been recognized by Forbes as one of America's Best Management Consulting Firms and by Manage HR Magazine as a Top 10 Firm for Diversity & Inclusion. BCT Partners has also appeared on the Black Enterprise BE100s list of the nation's largest Black-owned businesses and the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. In 2021, Ernst & Young named Dr. Pinkett and fellow BCT Partners cofounder Lawrence Hibbert EY Entrepreneurs of the Year.
Dr. Pinkett is an expert in several areas relating to emerging technologies, "big data" analytics, social innovation, culture, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and is a regular contributor on MSNBC, CNN, and Fox Business News. An international public speaker, he is the author or coauthor of several books, including Black Faces in High Places, Black Faces in White Places, Data-Driven DEI, Campus CEO, and No-Money Down CEO. He holds five degrees, including a BS in electrical engineering from Rutgers University; an MS in computer science from the University of Oxford in England; and an MS in electrical engineering as well as an MBA and PhD from MIT. Most notably, he was the first and only African American to receive the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship at Rutgers University; he was inducted to the Academic All-America Hall of Fame, as a former high jumper, long jumper, sprinter, and captain of the Rutgers men's track and field team; and he was the winner of NBC's hit reality television show, The Apprentice.
Born in Philadelphia and raised in New Jersey, Dr. Pinkett is a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, and First Baptist Church in Somerset, New Jersey, where he resides with his family, including a daughter and two sons. Dr. Pinkett firmly believes that "for those to whom much is given, much is expected," so throughout his endeavors, he places great emphasis on his responsibility to give back to the community.
About Ron Butler
Ron Butler is a Los Angeles–based actor, Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator, and voice artist with over a hundred film and television credits. Most kids will recognize him from the three seasons he spent on Nickelodeon’s True Jackson, VP. He works regularly as a commercial and animation voice-over artist and has voiced a wide variety of audiobooks. He is a member of the Atlantic Theater Company and an Independent Filmmaker Project Award winner for his work in the HBO film Everyday People.