Lessons in Leadership Conversation Series

Lessons In Leadership:

Expanding and Embracing Access To Opportunities

We (virtually) sat down with a number of AboveBoard members actively working toward enhancing diversity in leadership. These executives shared their perspective on how organization’s can support diverse leadership and offered leadership advice based on their own career experiences. If you are an executive looking for your next leadership opportunity or a hiring manager looking to improve your recruiting efforts, you don’t want to miss these insightful conversations. Watch the full conversations below.

Evolving Traditional Approaches To Leadership

“Transforming how we work today will be conducive to creating the structures people need to be successful”

Karen Richard
SVP and CHRO at Andersen Corporation

“If you blow out my candle, yours doesn’t shine any brighter. We should all be trying to light each other’s candles”

Denise Leleux
Board Member at Women Tech Council

Women Tech Council (WTC) is a national organization focused on the economic impact of women in the technology sector. Click here to follow their updates or support the organization.

Safe Spaces & Resources For Cultivating Potential

“Know your value. Be courageous. Hold your space. And share your voice.”

Amelia Hardy
Vice President of Strategic Community Engagement at Best Buy, Nonprofit Board Member

“If you align your values with your skills, you can enhance your leadership capacity anywhere”

Sara Clarke | Co-President at Harvard Business School African Alumni Association (HBSAAA)

Sara Clarke
Co-President at Harvard Business School African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA)

HBSAAA is an organization dedicated to inspiring and elevating the collective power of HBS Black Alumni to serve each other, our communities and the world. Click here to follow their updates or support the organization.

Overcoming Barriers to Entry

“How do we stretch the bounds of what we deem as traditional to include more of the people we want to see in leadership?”

Layla Ramirez
Sr. Program Manager, Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity at Amazon Web Services

“Don’t be afraid to ask questions and be a little vulnerable”

Esther Aguilera
President & CEO at Latino Corporate Directors Association (LCDA)

Latino Corporate Directors Association (LCDA) is a community of US Latinos at the highest levels of corporate leadership that are committed to paying it forward. Click here to follow their updates or support the organization.

Stay tuned for upcoming sessions in this conversations series.

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