diversity - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Jan 2020
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12 Books on Diversity and Inclusion Coming Out in the First Half of 2020 That Every Leader Should Have on Their Radar

05 Jul 2015
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Ten Questions

Keywords: career advice; gender diversity; business school; networking

01 Dec 2020
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Serena Ventures, a fund backed by Williams with an emphasis on startups that make diverse leadership and inclusivity a priority. Rapaport manages a portfolio of close to 60 early-stage investments focused on companies in the health,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; venture capital; diversity; inclusion; tennis; leadership; women; Finance

10 Mar 2021
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Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire

The daughter of teenage parents, Kim Lew (MBA 1992) grew up in public housing in Harlem and the Bronx. Her father, a Chinese immigrant, worked in the mailroom of AT&T, where the CEO was a graduate of Penn’s Wharton School of Business. Lew senior urged his daughter to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investing; leadership; diversity; career experience; higher education; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

27 Jan 2014
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Why I Hired an Executive with Mental Illness

Keywords: mental illness; employee management; competititve advantage; workplace diversity

01 Dec 2019
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3-Minute Briefing: Leslie Hale (MBA 2001)

I was born into an entrepreneurial family. My parents owned a small business in the day care industry, so I have been working since I was seven years old. But I didn’t start getting paid until I got out of college. Growing up in South Central Los Angeles, there were a... View Details

Keywords: April White; real estate; leadership; diversity; African American; career paths; women in business; Real Estate

01 Sep 2020
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3-Minute Briefing: Mark Mason (MBA 1995)

In the summer when it got really hot, my brother and I would buy cases of water. We grew up in Queens near Linden Boulevard and we would stand on the corner and sell bottles of water to people who stopped at the light. We always had this knack for creating... View Details

Keywords: April White; Photo by: Michael Bucher; banking; diversity; COVID-19; leadership; African American; career advice; Finance