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Striving While Black is a personal reflection, a playbook and a portable mentor for African- Americans and others who didn't and don't have the advantage of trailblazers who have gone before them in forging a successful corporate career. Success in corporate America is based on not only what you know--but, as importantly, who you know and who will sponsor you, share information with you as well as advocate for you. This book shares in a straight talking manner what those who feel marginalized in corporate need to do for themselves to be seen as competitive and value added.
Review
Most people have a skill set; Kwame Salter has that plus a gift set. At various stages of his career, Kwame s gifts have empowered him to be a highly successful: businessman, elected public official, civil rights activist and educator. As a scholar and practitioner, he s ...been there, done that! The gifts of insight, discernment and elucidation are central to Kwame s gift set. He sees what others do not; he puts the evil eye on what is in view; and he is able to explain his observations in ways that enable others to share in his understandings. He is able quickly to defuzz issues and concepts to prove that that which seemed complex is often merely complicated and unnecessarily so. Striving While Black is Exhibit A of Kwame s gifts. Without fluff and falderal, Striving While Black gives Black aspirants and any upwardly mobile professional in any field the coaching required to arrive with one s soul and integrity intact. Striving While Black is portable, readable, witty, exceptional and highly recommended. Buy, read, learn. John Y. Odom, Ph.D. --John Y. Odom, Ph.D., Odom & Associates
Good Morning! I just read the book while on the elliptical machine. I loved it! I almost fell of trying to high light key observations. Well done. Much Luv ....Jacqui --Jacqui Grant, Sales Executive
About the Author
Kwame S. Salter was born in Delhi, Louisiana and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He earned his Bachelor s degree from the UW-Whitewater, graduating Magna Cum Laude and earned his Masters in Educational Administration from UW-Madison. He served as the Director of the UW-Madison s Afro-American Center from 1970-1973. From 1976 until 1986, Kwame serve as the Executive Director of Dane Co. Parent Council, Inc, the Project Head Start Grantee for Dane County as well as interim Executive Director of the Community Action Commission, Inc. (CAC) of Dane County. He has been recognized as an Outstanding Alumni by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Throughout his adult life, Kwame has been a campus activist, a community organizer, a political leader giving voice to the disenfranchised and a persistent force for strategic inclusion in corporate America Kwame won election to the Madison Metropolitan Board of Education, becoming one of the youngest person elected. He served three terms, a total of 9 years, on the Board of Education. During his tenure he served 6 years as an officer of the Board 2 years as Vice-President and 4 consecutive years as President of the Board of Education. Additionally, Kwame served two terms on the University of Wisconsin Madison s Graduate School of Business, Board of Advisors. Kwame has been cited and honored by a number of organizations, groups, and media. He was selected as one of 80 for the 80 s highlighting young leaders by the Milwaukee Journal newspaper. In 2006, Kwame was featured in Celebrating African-American Achievements: The Inaugural Edition, Who s Who in Black Chicago He was recruited to the Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation in 1986 by the Chairman and CEO. At Oscar Mayer, he moved rapidly from Corporate Affirmative Action Manager to HR Director of the Oscar Mayer Business Unit in Madison, Wisconsin. Kwame s professional HR experience has been varied and deep. In 1995, he was appointed Sr. Director, HR for the Kraft General Foods', North American Foodservice Division and moved to Glenview, Illinois.