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The Perils of Black Leadership

NonProfit Quarterly

from Pixabay Race plays an outsized role in how people experience leadership, with White leaders widely considered to be the norm. 1] In spite of the salience of race in the experience of leadership, there is not much study of the Black leadership experience. Image Credit: Van3ssa ? A somewhat different perspective.is

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Living Beyond the Constructs: A Conversation with Cyndi Suarez and Marcus Walton

NonProfit Quarterly

There were people of color representing a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds—from South Asian to African American. When I came on board, people were looking backward and feeling the effects of exposure to persistent disruptive forces of organizational change. These were the dynamics playing out. CS: Totally.