Model Black - How Black British Leaders Succeed in Organisations and Why It Matters

This book provides insights required to have positive conversations about race at work and to create work environments where black leaders can thrive. Based on interviews with 30 black leaders, it peels away the multifaceted layers of Black British leaders in organisations to offer a new way of thinking about the Black British experience.

List of contents

Section 1: How We Got Here, 1. Anywhere Except The Meat Counter, 2. Girls Like You, 3. This Is The Queue For Business Class, Section 2: How We Get On, 4. You Fit In Well Here: The Model Black, 5. You Are Not One of the Loud Ones, 6. You Are Not Chippy, 7. You Have Such a Lovely, Welcoming Smile, Section 3: How We Will Get There, 8. Treat Me the Same, Value My Difference, 9. We All Want Equity - Don't We?, 10. Beyond the Model Black?

About the author

Barbara Banda is the founder of the leadership consultancy, BarbaraBandaConsulting, which works with Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies. As Professor of Practice and Educator in Leadership, Inclusive Leadership and Change at Duke Corporate Education, Rotterdam School of Management and Hult Ashridge, she is passionate about connecting leadership education to the realities of daily life in organisations. Barbara holds five degrees, including a D.Phil from the University of Oxford that explored the importance of connecting management education to the workplace, which informs her approach with clients. She is black British of Jamaican heritage.

Summary

This book provides insights required to have positive conversations about race at work and to create work environments where black leaders can thrive. Based on interviews with 30 black leaders, it peels away the multifaceted layers of Black British leaders in organisations to offer a new way of thinking about the Black British experience.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Banda
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781032060538
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3206053-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Success, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), United Kingdom, Great Britain, Management: leadership & motivation, Management: leadership and motivation, Relating to Black British people, Black & Asian Studies