Underestimated A CEO's Unlikely Path to Success

Underestimated is the unlikely tale of a Black male who faced down the odds in a world that seemed stacked against him to become a CEO, high tech entrepreneur, and diversity, equity, and inclusion thought leader-in the face of a society that views him as "just another Black guy."

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505 8 |a Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Quitting is Not an Option -- Making the Grade -- Pushing Boundaries -- Chapter 2 A Winning Standard -- Learning About Learning and Hard Work -- Paintings, Cheerleaders, and Injustice -- No "I" in Team -- Chapter 3 Schoolyard Lessons -- What Did You Call Me? -- Moving Again -- Academic Prejudice -- Passive Resistance, Backfired -- Chapter 4 My Turn to Play -- Success is the Best Revenge -- Chapter 5 Challenge Accepted -- Thompson for President -- A Car, No Butts About It -- Meeting the Doctor -- Recruited, but -- Chapter 6 Blazing a New Trail -- From Scrimmage Line to Downline -- Chapter 7 More Than One Way to an Education -- Climbing a Mountain While Digging a Hole -- Chapter 8 Dream Big to Win Big -- Working the Night Shift -- Chapter 9 Trying a Different Play -- Chapter 10 A Numbers Game -- New Opportunity Nearly Trashed -- Putting in the Reps -- Less Than Paycheck to Paycheck -- Chapter 11 I've Already Beaten the Odds -- Chapter 12 Seizing Opportunities -- Chapter 13 Success Doesn't Sneak Up and Attack You -- Vice President of Giving Grant Breaks -- Good Cop, Bad Cop, and Riding Shotgun -- Chapter 14 The Opportunity of a Lifetime -- Grant Makes a Decision -- Grant's New Boss -- A New Chief -- Chapter 15 Shared Risk, Shared Reward -- Service with a Sneaker -- Chapter 16 Play to Your Strengths -- Down at Halftime -- Mr. Cash Flow is King -- Chapter 17 Every Problem is a Leadership Problem -- Growth and the Art of Surprise Interviews -- Paying it Forward -- Chapter 18 The Best Idea Wins -- The Good Goodbye -- Chapter 19 A Toast to Beginnings and Ends -- Options and Reflections -- Chapter 20 Big Decisions -- Thinking Too Small -- India? No. Pancakes? Yes. -- Done -- Chapter 21 A New Path -- North America and Beyond -- Red Beans and Advice -- Daughter, Teacher 
505 8 |a Freedom of Choice -- Finding My Inner David -- Chapter 22 Beyond the Checkbox -- No Rest for the Weary -- Back on the Football Field -- Forging West -- Here We Go Again -- Finding Diversity -- Giant-Slayer -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author 
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Freedom of Choice -- Finding My Inner David -- Chapter 22 Beyond the Checkbox -- No Rest for the Weary -- Back on the Football Field -- Forging West -- Here We Go Again -- Finding Diversity -- Giant-Slayer -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author
Underestimated is the unlikely tale of a Black male who faced down the odds in a world that seemed stacked against him to become a CEO, high tech entrepreneur, and diversity, equity, and inclusion thought leader-in the face of a society that views him as "just another Black guy."
Thompson, Donald
African American executives-Biography
Entrepreneurship
Executives-United States-Biography
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Thompson, Donald Underestimated La Vergne : Morgan James Publishing,c2022
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Underestimated A CEO's Unlikely Path to Success
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Entrepreneurship
Executives-United States-Biography
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