How Exceptional Black Women Lead: Unlocking the Secrets to Creating Phenomenal Success in Career and in Life

by Avis Jones-Deweever

How Exceptional Black Women Lead brings together compelling research, hard data, and generously shared personal advice to unlock the secrets to exceptional success for today’s Black woman. Shared in these pages are perspectives gathered from 70 exceptional Black women leaders, each who've blazed a trail in corporations, non-profit organizations, as public servants, activists, elected officials, entertainers or entrepreneurs. From the C-Suite to the Streets, and even to the Halls of Congress, How Exceptional Black Women Lead relays the strategies and techniques that result in breaking away from the pack, making your mark, and overcoming the layered challenges every Black woman faces on her way to the top. How Exceptional Black Women Lead Vanessa De Luca (Editor-in-Chief, Essence Magazine); Rep. Gwen Moore (U. S. House of Representatives); Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (Mayor, City of Baltimore); Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook (U. S. Ambassador-at-Large); Shellye Archambeau (CEO of MetricStream); Charisse Lillie (President of the Comcast Foundation); Denise Evans (Vice President, IBM); Erika Irish Brown (Global Head of Diversity, Bloomberg); Dr. Julianne Malveaux (Economist, Activist, President Emerita of Bennett College for Women); Dr. Jane Smith (Vice President for College Relations, Spelman College); Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron (President & CEO of YWCA USA); Teresa Younger, (President, Ms. Foundation for Women); Roslyn Brock (Chair, NAACP); Melanie Campbell (President, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and Convener, Black Women's Roundtable); Dr. Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson (International President, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and Sr. Vice President, Goodwill Industries); Dr. Paulette Walker, (National President, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.); Dee Marshall, (Entrepreneur, Television Personality); Bishop Coretta Vaughn, Star of Oxygen Network's Preachers of Detroit; Sharene "Shay" Wood, (President & CEO 5001 Flavors, Harlem Haberdashery, and Designer to the Stars); and many, many more.

Genres: Business

188 pages, Paperback

Published February 22, 2016

Reviews

[Aneth Davidd]

The author documents challenges that black women may uniquely face in career building and leadership aspirations and what can be done to overcome, them drawing lessons from how other successful women did it. Although the context of the book is based on the US, I found relevant lessons as a black woman myself on a career building journey.

[Dr Jeanne Porter King · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exceptional Book for Exceptional Women

This book was a great read, and I highly recommend it for actual and aspiring Black women leaders. I plan to share it with my millennial nieces and mentees!

[Raquel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it! I highlighted paragraphs on almost every page.

[Alicia Morgan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellence in Action

I am a black woman in executive leadership in the nonprofit sector ; the insight shared in this book is empowering. You are living in your greatness as you blaze trails by honoring your uniqueness. Thank you, Dr. Avis, for sharing your story and the stories of powerful black women who lead through excellence in action. I am ready to continue carving my path and lifting others as I climb. I will advocate for others to have opportunities to lead as I sit at tables of influence.

[D. Valerie]

I am so excited about reading this awesome creation with a wealth of knowledge for everyone. I feel this book will help me with the push and ideas I need to scale my business to the next level. I will write a full review once I finish reading the book. Congratulations Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever. Continued Blessings

[Raquel Masco · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!

So many gems and nuggets of wisdom in this book. I did a lot of highlighting. There are tips I can actually put into practice.