Black Magic: What Black Leaders Learned from Trauma and Triumph
In good times for a company, opportunities for promotions and growth
Chad Sanders • Black Magic: What Black Leaders Learned from Trauma and Triumph
I did develop a capability to think independently and to only be moved by better information and not by who it was coming from. And
Chad Sanders • Black Magic: What Black Leaders Learned from Trauma and Triumph
emerge, and the money you make the company and the strength of your relationships are your leverage to access them. Always make your boss look good to her boss and make sure your boss knows you’ve done so. Value is measured by outcomes and not process. No points awarded for trying hard. No bonuses for sending the most emails. Do your job first befo
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All black people need to understand this!!!
So with white people I know there is nothing really core to them that will make them not harm me. And that leads me to be less inclined to expose myself to them and really trust them as a group.
Chad Sanders • Black Magic: What Black Leaders Learned from Trauma and Triumph
Nothing core to them...wow
“Does your dad think the bus driver’s gonna forget where our school is? What the hell is he doing back there?”
Chad Sanders • Black Magic: What Black Leaders Learned from Trauma and Triumph
It didn’t protect us entirely,
Chad Sanders • Black Magic: What Black Leaders Learned from Trauma and Triumph
I think that I understood the importance of doing my own research and creating my own perspectives on things and fitting other people’s information into that, versus starting with other people’s information and then figuring out
Chad Sanders • Black Magic: What Black Leaders Learned from Trauma and Triumph
being Emmett Till or Trayvon Martin or some other little memorialized Black boy. He’s protecting me for as long as he possibly can, before it’s out of his control,”