In order for multinationals to retain senior Asian talent, they must now accept leadership differences of culture and gender, and better understand the needs of this highly educated, urban, professional group of female executives.

In turn, these women must make small shifts in what they do or don’t do. Women use a much more indirect communication style. Asian women in particular have a tendency to be humble and not talk openly about their accomplishments.

via How to Retain and Develop Asian Women Leaders – BusinessWeek.

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Check out a few of the latest in news headlines related to women of color:

1. AT&T gives $250K to fund women of color entrepreneurs in California

2. WaPo weighs in on diversity on the federal bench in light of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor

3. Women of color in college athletics meet at Rutgers for conference

4. NYT article on the politics of Black women’s hair

5. CitySaheli.com, a social networking site for South Asian women launched recently.

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