Wisdom From The Top with Guy Raz

BET: Debra Lee

Jul 13, 2022

52:22

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The Only Way to Move Forward Is to Learn the Job While Doing the Job

03:11

Don't Miss the Business Model

01:48

What Inspired You to Become a Leader?

02:00

Introduction

2min

BET - The First Self Made African American Billion

2min

What Inspired You to Become a Leader?

2min

Did You, Like, Get Radicalized?

3min

How Did You Become a Lawyer?

3min

The Law Firm Life Was Not for You

2min

How Did You Know You Wanted to Be a Lawyer?

2min

Was It an Incredibly Exciting Time?

3min

Is Boba Johnson a Good Manager?

2min

10.

Message From PR Sponsor Aspiration

2min

11.

How Did You Get Started as a Public Company?

3min

12.

Women in the Workplace

3min

13.

The Only Way to Move Forward Is to Learn the Job While Doing the Job

3min

14.

Women Leaders Are Different From Men

2min

15.

Bob Johnson, I've Had This Conversation With Other C Os, Yet There's No Play Book Write Ing

2min

16.

Do You Want to Take the Best Out of Bob?

2min

17.

Life Insurance - The Heart of Progress

2min

18.

The Impact of Original Programming on Cable Networks

2min

19.

Hippop Music

4min

20.

Did You Trust Yourself When You Had to Make Difficult Decisions?

2min

21.

Don't Miss the Business Model

2min

22.

Is There a Decrease in Women of Color?

3min

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Do You Think You Were Born a Leader?

3min

Black Entertainment Television helped make the first Black billionaire in the US and was the first Black-owned business traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Debra Lee, a young lawyer drawn to the company's mission, was pivotal in turning the small, revolutionary cable station into an industry staple. Growing BET and finding confidence as a CEO amid cultural controversy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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