How to Turn People's Stereotypes of You into Assets

Use Other People’s Biases Against You to Your Advantage
How to help others see you the way you want to be seen
Laura Huang
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Jan 27, 2020
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Photo: 10'000 Hours/Getty ImagesNot too long ago, I was setting up slides in my classroom to teach a new MBA course when a student mistook me for the IT support specialist who was ostensibly setting up for the professor. Classic stereotyping: Asian woman equals tech support, not professor.
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Written by Laura Huang
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Professor, Harvard Business School. Author, EDGE: Turning Adversity into Advantage (Jan 2020). Researcher, #inequality, #disadvantage, #bias, #entrepreneurship
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