How to Own Your Place at the Table as a Minority Leader

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I remember when I got a job at my first big tech company. Walking into my office on my first day, I was brimming with excitement and ideas. I was going to work directly with the CEO — amazing, right? But it didn’t take long for me to realize that the environment I had joined was vastly different from what I had anticipated.

First, I was the only minority woman in the boardroom, which made me feel like I had to accept the role I was given. Then, at a company led by an overpowering CEO whose mantra was “execute, don’t

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