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Boss Habits: 5 Steps to Boost Your Executive Presence
(Image: Thinkstock) Research conducted by the Center for Talent Innovation reveals that top jobs often elude women and professionals of color because they lack executive presence or underestimate it’s...
View ArticleLeadership at Work: 3 Ways to Sharpen Your Communication Skills
Have you struggled with having less-than-ideal communication skills at work? If so, you’re not alone. The great thing, however, is that you can make the decision to become better. In a recent...
View Article8 Tips to Accelerate Your Climb Up the Corporate Ladder
Many times people think that unleashing their entrepreneurial spirit requires stepping out on their own. Wrong! You can do it right in the workplace and become an “intrapreneur.” Troy Nash, a United...
View Article[WATCH LIVE] Women of Power Summit Events Streaming Video March 3
Black Enterprise’s Women of Power Summit, hosted by State Farm, has become the empowerment event of the year. With more than 900 attendees registered, power women are set to arrive at Fort Lauderdale,...
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Day 1: Women of Power Summit Kicks Off in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Image: File The 2015 Women of Power Summit, sponsored by State Farm, has officially kicked off in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with over 800 professional women coming together for three days of networking,...
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Women of Power: Most Powerful Corporate Women Talk the Value of Mentorship
Image: Thasunda Brown Duckett (file) The value of a mentor is invaluable to ones career success. Whether it be a family member, coach, teacher, fellow colleague or boss, many great success stories give...
View ArticleDay 2: Women of Power Attendees Learn How to Be Effective Leaders in the...
Do you ever feel eager to get to that executive position, but wonder how you will balance that role as a power women of color? Black Enterprise’s Women of Power Summit executive leadership session...
View ArticleDay 2: Executive Coach Deborah Gray-Young Talks Stereotypes in Leadership for...
In on-on-one executive coaching sessions, Women of Power attendees are afforded the opportunity to get tips and advice from experts on how to upgrade their executive leadership skills, finances and...
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Day 2: Mellody Hobson Talks Career Success and Being Unapologetically Black
Image: File In a one-on-one conversation hosted by PepsiCo, Black Enterprise Women of Power attendees enjoyed a dynamic power luncheon with business mogul Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments...
View ArticleBlack Enterprise Announces 50 Most Powerful Women in Corporate America
The new February 2015 issue of Black Enterprise features a cover story chronicling the 50 Most Powerful Women in Corporate America. The final 50, chosen from thousands of women in positions of...
View ArticleDay 3: How to Get a Seat on the Corporate Board Room
Session 12 of Black Enterprise’s Women of Power Summit provided tips on how to make position yourself for a corporate board position, from crafting a bio to presenting yourself in a way that makes a...
View ArticleDay 3: Leading Executives Talk Diversity and Innovation in the Workplace
Day 3 of the Women of Power Summit has begun with dynamic conversations and networking taking place among hundreds of leading women in corporate America and entrepreneurship. In a panel titled...
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There Are Still Peaks to Reach in Corporate America
American Express Chairman & CEO Kenneth I. Chenault American Express. Xerox. Sam’s Club. McDonald’s. What do these iconic American companies, with globally recognized American brands, have in...
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$3 Million Pay: Former McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson to Consult with Company
Image: File Earlier this year, it was announced that Don Thompson was retiring from his position as CEO of McDonald’s after serving less than three years as head of the restaurant chain. Now, just a...
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Women of Power Summit: 5 Career-Boosting Lessons from Mellody Hobson
Image: Mellody Hobson, Black Enterprise CEO Earl G. Graves, Jr. and Women of Power TV host Caroline Clarke (File) Black Enterprise’s 2015 Women of Power Summit was a major success with over 1,000...
View ArticleStar Awards: Delta Air Lines Honors Suppliers for Championing Diversity
Delta Air Lines honored top small-business, minority-owned and women-owned supplier partners during the company’s annual Supplier Diversity Star Awards event March 25, at the Delta Flight Museum in...
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America’s Lack of Workforce Diversity: New Campaign Gives Call to Action
Image: Youtube screenshot Studies show that African Americans held a stagnant 12 percent of all jobs between 2001 and 2014, and with recent data from the Pew Research Center showing that women make up...
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The Power Move: How to Successfully Turn Your Passion Into a Lucrative Career
Cheryl Wood (Image: File) The story of the concrete ceiling that exists for women in corporate America—particularly African American women—is not a new one, and today’s progress has been slow and not...
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’50 Billion Dollar Boss’ Authors Talk Diversity, Black Women Entrepreneurs...
Kathey Porter How do African American women fare within the entrepreneurial universe? Quite frankly, that’s the million-dollar question—asked and answered by small business expert Kathey Porter and...
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Women of Power: Sponsors vs. Mentors: Who’s Got Your Back?
(Image: Thinkstock) As we near the end of 2015, it is the perfect time to assess and plan how we will execute in the new year to reap optimal professional and personal results. In assessing and...
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