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A Conversation with Joan

Office Dynamics

I was fortunate to work with some amazing managers and executives who were happy to mentor me about business and how to be a business partner. In 2014 I had brain surgery (successful) and in 2015, I had open heart surgery (successful). A: Believe it or not, most of my mentoring came from executives; not peers.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

Success

The idea wasn’t to simply learn how to make IBM more attractive to minority talent. It’s not only about what happens internally, how to build good teams , but also about how you relate with clients.” Instead the girls quietly filed into a dreary classroom, shucked their puffy coats, and took their seats behind the keyboards.

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