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30 Mar 2010

Debra Lee: On Leadership

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BET's Debra Lee talks about her leadership lessons and management style By Adam Bryant The N.Y. Times (March 26, 2010) Debra L. Lee is the chairwoman and chief executive of the BET Networks. She says that although she is a consensus builder, she has learned over time that as the C.E.O., "it had to be about where ...

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16 Mar 2010

BET CEO Promises Positive Images for Black Women

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BET's Debra Lee seeks to improve black women's images with leadership talks By Krissah Thompson Washington Post   Bonnie McDaniel refused to let her now 24-year-old daughter watch Black Entertainment Television growing up. She hated the oversexed, booty-shaking music videos. She thought the programming objectified black women. She would bad-mouth the network with her girlfriends. This week, the author and entrepreneur ...

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