Coca-Cola was one of the many contributors to the company are: (1-r) Veronica McGill, Cheryl Bucha-
7th annual BEEP ( Black Executive Exchange Pro- nan-Martin. Jodi Douglas and Terry Peterson, a
gram) held recently at Johnson C. Smith Universi- Coca-Cola rep.
ty. Plctiured with the door prizes donated by the
BUSINESS MS WEEK
MBA's Told
To Perfect
Their Skills
NEW YORK - George Lewis,
vice president and treasurer,
Philip Morris Companies Inc.,
advocated "Integrity" and
"creativity" as vital attributes for
a career In business. He told a
recent meeting of black MBA
students, also, to perfect their
communications skills while
preparing to work with cultural
diversity In an Increasingly In
ternational marketplace.
Lewis was the keynote speaker
for the 9th Annual MBA Confer
ence at the Columbia University
Graduate School of Business In
New York.
In addressing his topic,
"Career Positioning For Global
Success," Lewis said, " you can
not assume that your boss will
be an American."
Lewis told the group to learn to
speak foreign languages, to get
an imderstandlng of foreign cur
rencies as well as the geogra
phies and cultures of foreign
lands.
"A new corporate buzz term Is
'managing diversity,'" Lewis add
ed. "There are cultural differenc
es. You have to deal with that.
The good news Is, so will mem
bers of all the other cultures."
Most people, Lewis said, are
most comfortable among people
like themselves.
"But you have to be prepared to
develop relationships," he said.
'You can learn amazing things
about what's really going on the
company by playing golf or rac-
quetball, or Just being sociable
after work."
More than 300 black business
students and guests attended
the two-day session on 'The
Black Professional: Positioning
Ourselves For Global Success In
The 1990's."
To demonstrate the growth of
International business, Lewis
told the students that when he
joined Philip Morris In 1967, the
company had operations In 11
foreign countries.
Lewis said: 'We now have oper
ations all over the world, and
they're generating roughly 31
percent of our total revenues
and they are the fastest growing
Darts of our business."
Lewis complimented the stu
dents for their successes, not
ing, "you had to be good to get
this far. You are people who can
make a difference."
He also cautioned them to re
member that you owe people.
Not those who went before you,
like me. You owe your brothers
and sisters who'll be following
you. It's not enough to achieve
success - you have to leverage It
for those behind you."
Urban League
Holds Job Espo
Continued from page lA.
scheduled to be at the expo. In
cluding corporate giants IBM,
Bell South Advertising and and
First Union.
Donald Bowen, Vice President
of Programs for the Urban
League, said this year's expo will
be basically the same as last
year's, except for a change In
timing.
"Last year, we had the first one
In May, and it wasn't as useful
for college seniors as we
would've liked It to have been,"
he said.
Last year's expo was a success,
Bowen said, with about 2,000
job-seekers attending. 'The af
ternoon and evening sessions
were quite good, which even ex
ceeded our expectations," Bow
en said, adding that 3,000 peo
ple are anticipated to come this
year.
Unemployment Is low In Meck
lenburg County, Bowen said, but
many workers are underem
ployed with jobs that don't take
advantage of an individual's ed
ucation or experience.
"I would think it would be fair
to say there are people looking
to upgrade rather than looking
for that first job," Bowen said.
Competition between compa
nies for available workers Is
spirited because of the low un
employment rate, which makes
the expo a useful recruiting tool,
Bowen said.
"There Is a competition for the
available labor," he said. "There
are others who are having a dif
ficult time finding people for
jobs."
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