Authenticity at Work: Lessons from Race, Work, and Leadership

Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 4:00 PM until 5:00 PMEastern Standard Time

Authenticity drives engagement, satisfaction, and well-being at work, but how does one decide how authentic they can and should be? Underrepresented individuals in organizations often struggle with this tension. Professor Tony Mayo, co-editor of Race, Work, and Leadership: New Perspectives on the Black Experience, will share some insights about authenticity as well as the key enablers and obstacles for career success with a specific focus on people of color. 

Anthony Mayo
C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator, Thomas S. Murphy Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Tony Mayo is the Thomas S. Murphy Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit of Harvard Business School (HBS). He currently teaches Leadership and Organizational Behavior and Authentic Leader Development in the MBA Program. He recently co-created the HBS Online course, Leadership Principles, designed to help new and aspiring leaders unleash the potential in themselves and others. Previously, he was the course head of FIELD, Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development, a required experiential, field-based course in the first year of the MBA Program focused on leadership, globalization, and integration. Prior to his work on FIELD, he co-created and taught the elective course, “Great Business Leaders: The Importance of Contextual Intelligence.” In addition, Tony teaches extensively in leadership-based executive education programs He is a co-editor of the edited volume, Race, Work, and Leadership: New Perspectives on the Black Experience (Harvard Business Review Press, 2019) for which he also co-authored three chapters including “Pathways to Leadership: Black Graduates of Harvard Business School” (see www.raceworkleadership.com). Race, Work and Leadership received the Gold Medal Award for the best book on Women and Minorities in Business by Axiom in 2020.

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