I’m A Black Woman Who Tried To Lead Like A White Man

Guess what? It didn’t work

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I had secured my very first leadership role. I was beaming with pride. Being the ambitious person that I am, I wanted to be a good leader. I looked around me in the organization I worked with at the time. There were no Black female leaders. I panicked slightly but decided to not let the absence of minority women in leadership get…