Minority rules : turning your ethnicity into a competitive edge /
Kenneth Arroyo Roldan and Gary M. Stern.
- New York : Collins, c2006.
- xvii, 279 p. ; 24 cm.
In a perfect corporate world, intellect, hard work, and professionalism would be recognized and rewarded regardless of skin color. Executive recruiter Roldan is here to tell you that nobody works in such a world. Stellar performance alone will not determine corporate advancement--minorities need to learn and follow the rules of corporate politics. Roldan gives a dose of tough love to minorities in corporate America while educating their majority counterparts. He has seen minority superstars at Fortune 500 companies bail out, disappointed and rejected after only a few years. The problem, Roldan says, is that minorities are not adequately prepared psychologically or culturally for corporate careers. The only way to win is to know the landscape and master the rules of the game, and Roldan shows minorities how to climb to the top jobs--and keep them.--From publisher description.