{"id":4874,"date":"2020-10-09T07:30:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T14:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markccrowley.com\/?p=4874"},"modified":"2020-10-10T09:34:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T16:34:19","slug":"minda-harts-a-conversation-with-the-author-of-the-memo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/minda-harts-a-conversation-with-the-author-of-the-memo\/","title":{"rendered":"Minda Harts: A Conversation With The Author Of \u201cThe Memo\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fleadfromtheheartpodcast%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fleadfromtheheartpodcast%2FLFTH-Episode_55.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fstaging-wmplo.xyz%2Fmark-c-divi5%2Fminda-harts-a-conversation-with-the-author-of-the-memo%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/leadfromtheheartpodcast\/content.blubrry.com\/leadfromtheheartpodcast\/LFTH-Episode_55.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/?powerpress_pinw=4874-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/leadfromtheheartpodcast\/content.blubrry.com\/leadfromtheheartpodcast\/LFTH-Episode_55.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"LFTH-Episode_55.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Minda-300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4875 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Minda-300-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Minda-300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Minda-300-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong><i>A recent Fortune Magazine survey shows that nearly two-thirds of American CEOs have committed to taking meaningful action to advance racial equity within their\u00a0organizations .<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just this week, JPMorgan Chase CEO, Jamie Dimon, committed $30 billion dollars in support.<\/p>\n<p>But, it&#8217;s not just money that organizations must spend in order to attain greater diversity and fairness, of course. Facebook, for example, has devoted millions of dollars to diversity efforts; but its latest report card shows the proportion of Black and Hispanic employees only increased from 8.4% in 2018 to 9.0% in 2019. So, spending a lot of money isn\u2019t the solution.<\/p>\n<p>Today,\u00a0Black people represent just three percent of workers at the top 75 tech firms \u2013 and only three percent of people holding management roles in companies with 100 or more employees. There&#8217;s a lot of room left for improvement.<\/p>\n<p>What individual managers need most today then, is clear guidance on how to fulfill their CEO&#8217;s mission and help create greater diversity within their own teams. \u00a0CEO pledges are directionally important, but\u00a0most companies evidently have little experience or success in these matters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Minda Harts, assistant professor of public service at New York University,<\/strong> has just written a rather down-to-earth and honest guide to career success for people of color (women especially) called <strong><em>\u201cThe Memo: What Women Of Color Need To Know To Secure A Seat At The Table.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 As our guest, she shares intimate and practical insight on how workplace managers can better understand the challenges and countless barriers people of color experience, not to mention equally useful ideas on how to make meaningful improvements within their own teams \u2013 and within their own organizations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Minda\u2019s book is a national bestseller<\/strong> and is both thoughtfully and humorously written.\u00a0 One of the nearly 600 Amazon on-line reviews helps to capture the overriding intent of this episode of the podcast:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<em>As a white-presenting person in leadership in my field, I&#8217;m not the primary target audience for this book, and that&#8217;s important. 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This comes at a time when Black people represent just three percent of workers at the top 75 tech firms \u2013 and only three percent of people holding management roles in companies with 100 or more employees.The focus of this podcast is to help answer the question: \u201cHow can individual managers and leaders help create greater team diversity and advocate for the career progress of all their colleagues of color?\u201d This question is important mostly because many companies have little experience (or success) in these matters.\u00a0 Facebook, for example, has devoted millions of dollars to diversity efforts; but its latest diversity report shows the proportion of Black and Hispanic employees only increased from 8.4% in 2018 to 9.0% in 2019. So, spending a lot of money isn\u2019t the solution.Minda Harts, assistant professor of public service at New York University, has just written a rather down-to-earth and honest guide to career success for people of color (women especially) called \u201cThe Memo: What Women Of Color Need To Know To Secure A Seat At The Table\u201d \u2013 and as our guest, she shares intimate and practical insight on how workplace managers can better understand the challenges and countless barriers people of color experience, not to mention equally useful ideas on how to make meaningful improvements within our own teams \u2013 and within our own organizations. Minda\u2019s book is a national bestseller and is both thoughtfully and humorously written.\u00a0 One of the nearly 600 Amazon on-line reviews helps to capture the overriding intent of this episode of the podcast: \u201cAs a white-presenting person in leadership in my field, I'm not the primary target audience for this book, and that's important. 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