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3: #OpenUpTheWorkforce Executive Series: Forest T. Harper, Jr., INROADS
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In this episode of #OpenUpTheWorkforce, Forest T. Harper, Jr., President & CEO of INROADS, talks about the need for disruptive and innovative solutions in hiring and staffing, and a new breed of CEOs leading the way.
The conversation opens with Forest’s humble beginnings, growing up in a single-parent home in public housing as a migrant worker family picking fruits and vegetables in south Florida. From there he accelerated – going to university, joining the military, becoming a leader in corporate America, and now the President and CEO of INROADS. But it wasn’t an easy road.
Forest expands, “I had 8 different promotions where I was the first and only African American to be an executive in corporate America at Pfizer. And that was a lot! But I remembered something, what a mentor told me. There’s nothing [you can do] about being the first, but there’s always something you can do about being the only.” He shares that his childhood taught him the keys to success in his corporate career: lead by example and respect others and what they bring to the table.
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