Partners in Excellence

JUNE 14, 2020

” Everyone said, “Dave, you need to educate yourself.” ” Everyone said, “Dave, you need to educate yourself.” As are so many, I’m astounded, horrified, ashamed, saddened, and angered by the events of the past weeks. Several weeks ago, I felt compelled to write, to express my outrage.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Recently, the NY Times had a fascinating article: “Faces Of Power, 80% Are White As The Country Gets More Diverse.” Business is no different, if one looks at the top 20% of managerial jobs in most corporations, they are dominated by white males. In the Fortune 500, there are only 4 black CEOs.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 22, 2020

From the privileged white male perspective, we have to give women, people of differing race/ethnic backgrounds, nationalities, orientation, age more opportunities at all levels of the organization. It makes sense, if we all have similar backgrounds (for example white males) we tend to fall into “group think.”

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Sales Hacker

MAY 5, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Devante Lewis-Jackson , one of the top rising sales leaders helping companies grow in New York City and most recently a sales manager at The Muse. The Muse helps people navigate their entire career journey and companies recruit top talent from a diverse pool of qualified candidates.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. It has little to do with the work itself, and more to do with the societal pressure, norms, and bias that exist in 2021. We’re often encouraged to hide, toughen up, and bury our emotions. The expectation is that we can “do it all.” Anything less is failure. Imbalance is okay.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 30, 2020

Certain words can imply a certain age, gender, educational background, social class, and so much more. Consider, for instance, the last time you were in a meeting and a leader said, "Okay, guys , let's get started" — do you think that automatically made female colleagues feel a little less-welcomed than their male peers?

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