The Uncommon Executive

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How to Find a Role Model When No one Looks Like You at the Top

How to Find a Role Model When No one Looks Like You at the Top

While one style dominants due to the white male leadership culture, it is possible to find balance between your authentic self and what the business world expects.

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Yue Zhao
Apr 09, 2024
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(Teddy the corgi with Dash the corgi; Sofa at home)

What do you do when there isn’t someone “like you” to mimic? When your leadership lacks a person of color or a minority? The further up I climbed through the levels of a company, the more difficult it was for me to look up and find role models. As an entry level PM, there were many people I could look …

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