Meet your teacher
Joy Chen 陈愉
Joy knows exactly how companies choose leaders, because for seven years, she did the choosing, as an executive search consultant to Fortune 500 companies.
Before that, she served as Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles.
Now, she's CEO of the Multicultural Leadership Institute.
For her global leadership in unleashing human potential, Joy's been featured across:
Many companies are struggling to develop Asian American leaders
Asian Americans comprise:
6% of the U.S. population,
13% of the professional workforce, but only
1.5% of Fortune 500 corporate officers.
Asian Americans’ promotion rate is less than that of whites, African Americans or Latinos.
So, the Asian American glass ceiling doesn't look like a slab of glass. It's more like air pollution, hard to see at first, but over time, it stifles the career of nearly every Asian American.
What's going wrong ?
Most leadership training programs are made by and for folks who were brought up with Western mindsets and behaviors.
That works well for most Americans, just not for Asian Americans.
Wait. Aren't Asian American adults -- American?
Yes, but...
71% of Asian American adults over age 25 were born in another country,
compared to 17% of all American adults.
So, the reason Asian Americans maintain the mindsets and behaviors from the old country is that ¾ of us are from the old country!
And most Asian Americans who were born in the USA are the kids of those immigrants. So, even if we speak native-level English, the ways of the old country are still deeply embedded.
Since only 17% of all American adults are immigrants, most American companies are by Western norms.
To succeed, one must behave according to unwritten rules that most Americans were trained in growing up, but which are very different from the way Asian Americans were trained growing up.
For Asian Americans, one-size-fits-all leadership training programs often do more harm than good
Well-intended leaders often offer Asian Americans the generalized leadership training they give everyone.
When the programs fail, leaders conclude the trainees lack leadership potential after all. The trainees end up further marginalized and the stereotypes of Asian Americans as lacking leadership skills end up further reinforced.
There is a better way...
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Shortcuts to success
Finally, understand the unique barriers that face Asian Americans and learn step by step how to overcome them more quickly and easily.
100% success rate
Based on student feedback surveys, 100% of students said they achieved the results they desired from the Asian American Leadership Accelerator.
Proven plan for growth
Get tried and true steps based on cutting-edge research and the experiences of Joy Chen and of 4,000 candidates she has interviewed as a global executive search consultant.
Fully tailored resources
All course content and materials are focused on helping you navigate your career as an Asian American in the workplace.
Social and experiential
Video content, engaging research, real-life stories, discussions, simulations, and actionable strategies.
Network of peers
A network of rising Asian American leaders with whom to learn and grow and exchange resources together.
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