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In a country as diverse as the United States, it’s surprising to see that African-Americans are still underrepresented in executive positions in corporate work environments. In this article we will focus on trying to understand why this is happening, and what needs to...

It seems as though every Fortune 100 company in the US is talking about diversity.  With so many companies saying that diversity initiatives are their priority, the question is, why are they falling short?  Diversity and inclusivity initiatives will only be successful...

A lot of people and entrepreneurs ignore the importance of engaging with others and how much each person impacts your network. An important and crucial part of our career is networking. In order to have a staying power we need to treat networking as a primary factor....

Black millennials are more optimistic about their futures than Hispanic, Asian and even White Millennials according to research done by the University of Texas-Austin and Hispanic advertising agency Richards/Lema.   The title of the study, called “Millennials...

According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission(EEOC), African-Americans had a significant increase in participation in different job categories between the 1970’s and 1990’s, however, this participation slowed for several categories and declined in 2013 for...

It should be no surprise that majority of the topics I write about are related to African American experiences in Corporate America. The Black Heights vision is to prepare African Americans for management and leadership roles in Corporate America. But, I truly believe...

Reginald Lewis was the first African-American businessman to build a billion-dollar company and considered one of the richest African-Americans in the 1980s. Before he died, Forbes magazine listed him as one of the 400 richest Americans, with an estimated net worth of...