I Am Debra Lee - A Memoir

LEAN IN meets MORE THAN ENOUGH in a must-read candid, entertaining part memoir and part self-help book by the former CEO of Black Entertainment Television about navigating a demanding work life with its own #MeToo story, and balancing womanhood and motherhood as a high-powered Black woman executive.

About the author

Debra Lee was named one of the Hollywood Reporter’s 100 Most Powerful Women in Entertainment and Billboard’s Power 100. She serves as a director on the boards of Warner Bros. Discovery, Burberry Group Plc, Marriott International, and Procter & Gamble. Lee is the founder and chairman of Leading Women Defined Foundation, a foundation of Black female thought leaders, which she founded in 2009. She served as the CEO of Black Entertainment Television Networks for thirteen-plus years following the network’s founder, Robert Johnson. She is also the co-founder of Monarchs Collective—an organization wholly dedicated to mentoring, supporting, and empowering women and men of color to serve on corporate boards. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

Summary

LEAN IN meets MORE THAN ENOUGH in a must-read candid, entertaining part memoir and part self-help book by the former CEO of Black Entertainment Television about navigating a demanding work life with its own #MeToo story, and balancing womanhood and motherhood as a high-powered Black woman executive.

Foreword

LEAN IN meets MORE THAN ENOUGH in a must-read candid, entertaining part memoir and part self-help book by the former CEO of Black Entertainment Television about navigating a demanding work life with its own #MeToo story, and balancing womanhood and motherhood as a high-powered Black woman executive.

Product details

• Authors: Debra Lee, Lee Debra
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.05.2025
• EAN: 9780306828607
• ISBN: 978-0-306-82860-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 208 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 231 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Ethnic Studies, SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Success, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Careers / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Success, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Entertainment, Advice on careers & achieving success, Relating to peoples of African descent, Relating to African American people, Advice on careers and achieving success, Media, Information & Communication Industries, Relating to African American / Black American people, Relating to people of the African diasporas / heritage