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Oct 2020
38m 24s

How Those With Power and Privilege Can H...

Harvard Business Review
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Tsedale Melaku, sociologist at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and David Smith, professor at the U.S. Naval War College, have been looking at the ways people with the most power in society and organizations can become better allies to those who have less authority and influence. In the United States, that typically means white men helping t ... Show More
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