Entrepreneurship Wednesday: EMF Book Review: Good is Not Good Enough

EMF Book Review for May: Good is not Good Enough, and other Unwritten Rules for Minority Professionals by Keith Wyche

Good is not Good Enough, and other Unwritten Rules for Minority Professionals by Keith Wyche answers all of the following questions.  It gave me some guidance on how to navigate the workforce and gave me a new perspective on being the only minority in my department how to approach it and take risks.  I recommend this book to anyone who wants a different yet fresh perspective on those unwritten rules that minorities don't know they need to get ahead in corporate america. If you want the answers to the questions below go pick up a copy of this book.
1. How does corporate culture affect career advancement?  How do I understand those unspoken rules?

2. How important is it to have an exit strategy?  How long do you wait for the next opportunity?  How do you know when to move over or get out?

3. How important is executive presence is in perception?

4. How does visibility affect career advancement?  Should we take risks to get noticed during key visibility encounters?

5. What are the career killers for minorities? unethical behavior? career derailment?  not demanding/accepting coaching feedback?

6. What are the critical success factors for successful career?  These are the results, expectations, and outcomes if achieved would document you as being a success in that role.

7. What are the must have skills needed for career advancement?  Are there different skills needed at different levels?

8. How important is it to be mentally, emotionally, and spiritually prepared everyday?  Instead of being the "only minority in the room" we should have the mentalityof "unique minority of one" to make certain one was not being overlooked.

9. How do we overcome gender bias? Having majority men see minority women on same playing field?

10. How important is quid pro quo? the power networking for career advancement?

11. Who are mentors and sponsors?  What are the differences and why are they so important?

For the month of June, I am reading Nice Girls Don't Get The Corner Office 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make to Sabatoge Their Careers by Lois Frankel.


Keep the Faith!

Until next time,
~E