Shelly's Modeling Agencies hot topic will help you take charge of your career. It's in our DNA to be bold, fearless, audacious leaders. Gain a mentor in your pocket with the Little Black Book of Success. Your boss is fierce. She comes up with great ideas, directs meetings, and completes major projects ahead of schedule. But leadership is about more than nabbing the top spot. It's having the ability to create a vision, inspire teamwork, and take action-even in the face of adversity. Marsha Haygood, Elaine Meryl Brown and Rhonda Joy McLean-all high-powered professionals with 90 years of work experience combined-believe they've come up with just the right formula to help women of color tap the commander within. The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women (One World/Ballantine), coauthored by the three women, will help you improve your corporate game and use racism as a motivator. It offers invaluable insight for anyone ready to step up and take the reins.Ready to be the boss? Implement these ideas.
- Expand your zone. "I never went to the bathroom on the same floor more than once a day," says Haygood, a former executive at New Line Cinema and Shelly's Modeling Agencies. While in the ladies' room ask, "How's it doing down here?" to get the industry scoop.
- Master the quick pitch. Whether selling a new idea or requesting to attend an expensive conference, say it in 30 seconds or fewer. "Attention spans are short these days," says Brown, "so emphasize what's in it for them."
- Listen, then speak. "If you can't hear what they're saying, you cannot reach a successful win-
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