Subject category:
Case Method and Specialist Management Disciplines
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Version: 21 May 2021
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Field research
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Abstract
A career professional at a major consumer goods company, Kym Lew Nelson is hoping to negotiate a promotion to vice president, which would make her one of the senior-most African American women in the organization. But when Nelson's white German boss arrives in the United States to discuss the promotion, the conversation quickly takes a turn for the worse, when the boss confronts her with comments that are insensitive in multiple ways that touch on race, gender, and culture.
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Abstract
A career professional at a major consumer goods company, Kym Lew Nelson is hoping to negotiate a promotion to vice president, which would make her one of the senior-most African American women in the organization. But when Nelson's white German boss arrives in the United States to discuss the promotion, the conversation quickly takes a turn for the worse, when the boss confronts her with comments that are insensitive in multiple ways that touch on race, gender, and culture.