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The Road to Someplace Better: From the Segregated South to Harvard Business School and Beyond de Lillian Lincoln Lambert

The Road to Someplace Better: From the Segregated South to Harvard Business School and Beyond

Autor Lillian Lincoln Lambert Rosemary Brutico
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 dec 2009
The first black woman Harvard MBA tells the remarkable story of how she achieved the American dream Lillian Lincoln Lambert rose from humble beginnings as a poor farm girl in the segregated South to become the first black woman to earn an MBA from Harvard Business School and, later, the founder of a $20 million maintenance company with 1,200 employees. In The Road to Someplace Better, she shares an inspiring personal journey that took her from dead-end jobs in New York City and Washington, D.C., to the ivory tower and the world of entrepreneurship. In addition to her own hard work and tenacity, she shows how her love of reading—instilled in her by her mother—spurred her to reach her goals. By sharing her inspiring life story, she helps others see that they, too, have the power to dream big, act bold, and achieve their goals.
  • Charts Lillian Lincoln Lambert's inspiring rise from a poor, rural upbringing in the segregated South to success as a barrier-breaking CEO and entrepreneur
  • Inspiring memoir of a groundbreaking business pioneer who broke down racial, gender, and social barriers to achieve unprecedented success
  • Lillian Lincoln Lambert received Harvard Business School's Alumni Achievement Award in 2003 and has been featured on Good Morning America and in Time, the Washington Post, and Entrepreneur
The Road to Someplace Better is a book you'll want to read whether you're interested in business, history, or an unforgettable story of personal triumph against the odds.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780470401668
ISBN-10: 0470401664
Pagini: 238
Dimensiuni: 163 x 236 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Wiley

Recenzii

* This is an old-fashioned rags-to-riches story that traces Lambert's upbringing as the daughter of God-fearing Virginia subsistence farmers to becoming the first black woman to graduate from Harvard Business School, in year TK, and later attaining success as a Maryland entrepreneur. Told in straightforward, no-nonsense prose, Lambert's memoir begins backward, from the shocking anecdote about arriving for a meeting of a group of powerful businesswomen in New York City in 1986 and being ushered to the kitchen. In fact, Lambert née Hobson worked as a maid when she first arrived in New York City in 1958, fresh out of high school from Ballsville, Va. (Her 1976 startup of a janitorial service in Maryland provides another irony.) Although her mother, a rare college graduate back in the rural South, wanted her daughter to go to college, Lambert resolved to support herself instead, faking references to get a job at Macy's, for example. After working as a clerk-typist in Washington, D.C., she finally applied to Howard University, where her marketing professor, H. Naylor Fitzhugh, one of the few black graduates of Harvard's business school told her she was “Harvard material” and should apply. She was accepted and in the fall of 1967 at 27 years old, she found herself homesick, overwhelmed by the work, but determined not to quit. Her account captures a historic epoch and offers some business strategies. (Jan.) (Publishers Weekly, October 19, 2009)

Notă biografică

Lillian Lincoln Lambert was the first black female Harvard MBA (1969), who in 2003 received Harvard Business School's Alumni Achievement Award, the highest award the school bestows on its alumni. For twenty-five years, she was president and CEO of Centennial One, Inc., a building maintenance company she founded in 1976 in her garage with a few thousand dollars. She grew the company to $20 million in sales and hired more than 1,200 employees. Lambert is the recipient of numerous other awards, including Black MBA Association's Entrepreneur of the Year, and Small Business Person of the Year in the State of Maryland. She has been featured on Good "Morning America" and in "Time," the "Washington Post," and "Entrepreneur."Rosemary Brutico is a freelance writer and principal of Quintessence Communication, a public relations firm. She is a former managing editor of MIT's Sloan Management Review.

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"This moving memoir captures the journey of a woman who came of age as America struggled to deliver on its vision of racial and gender equality. It is a great American story that shows the struggle and triumph of the generation of educated African Americans who created the reality that with opportunity and preparation all things are possible. This book is must reading for men and women who seek inspiration and the enduring lessons of succeeding against the odds."
--David A. Thomas, H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; author of "Breaking Through: The Making of Minority Executives in Corporate America"

"Not only did Lillian become the first black woman to receive a Harvard MBA, but she also played an instrumental role while she was a student to help the business school change its recruitment practices to increase the black student population. Harvard Business School has never been the same since 1969, and neither has Lillian. Told in a frank, thoughtful voice, Lillian's story exemplifies the transformative power of the human spirit when it sets its sights high and refuses to give up."
--Dorothy I. Height, Chair and President Emerita, National Council of Negro Women, Inc.

"This coming-of-age story illustrates the fundamental principles of a classic education. Lillian discovered her purpose and moved forward, with distinction, into an ever-changing world. More than a role model, Lillian is a muse. Her story will inspire you, lift you up, and send you on your way into a world of possibilities."
--Julianne Malveaux, President of Bennett College for Women

"I frequently counsel young women to seize opportunities that don't exist. Discover paths no one can see. How exciting then to read this story of a woman who fought the odds, broke through barriers, envisioned a better life, and now serves to inspire others. Her story is simply remarkable!"
--Swanee Hunt, Chair, The Institute for Inclusive Security at Hunt Alternatives Fund; Eleanor Roosevelt Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government

""The Road to Someplace Better" is a well-told story of an African-American woman's personal and professional struggle to achieve goals in life that at the time seemed unattainable. It reveals with great insight how she reached her goals with her self-respect intact, as well as her view of what a better world should be. This book deserves to be added to the syllabus of an introductory business or women's studies course."
--Ronald T. Gault, former Head of J.P. Morgan South Africa

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The first black woman Harvard MBA tells the remarkable story of how she achieved the American dream. This story encompasses business, history, and an incredible display of personal triumph against the odds.