LAKE WORTH – Caribbean American Attorney, A. Wayne Gill formally released his new book, Tales My Grandma Told me – A Business Diversity Fable.
It is the first book to tackle minority business development issues within the context of supplier diversity.
The book is written in the tradition of several successful books, including Ken Blanchard’s The One Minute Manager, Spencer Johnson’s Who Moved My Cheese? and Patrick Lencioni’s The Five Temptations of a CEO. These books teach business principles through fables involving made-up characters, companies and conflicts.
The first part of Tales My Grandma Told Me is the fictional account of Jack Gainey, an African-American corporate executive who inadvertently becomes an entrepreneur when he is suddenly laid off. Through events that flow from his loss of work Jack discovers that in order to succeed, he must quickly learn how to launch a company, build relationships, recruit talent and operate within the world of corporate supplier diversity programs.
Throughout the book, Jack is guided by the voice of his deceased grandmother who overcame tremendous obstacles in her generation to become a successful business owner. Jack applies principles learned from “Grandma” to ultimately succeed in business.
In the second part of the book, the author uses anecdotes from his personal experience to teach ten success principles for Minority businesses and ten success principles for corporations in the supplier diversity arena. Some of the minority business principles are: ethnic status is not enough to win and keep business contracts.
Minority businesses must develop businesses of size and scale that offer real solutions to corporations. Conversely, corporations should respond to the business imperative for including diverse suppliers, demonstrate commitment within their programs and think creatively about minority supplier development, among other principles. He closes each set of principles with a challenge to minority businesses and corporations alike to stay the course, to continually grow in commitment, know-how and execution of what it takes to make supplier diversity and inclusion a reality.
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A. Wayne Gill
About A. Wayne Gill
A. Wayne Gill is an entrepreneur, attorney, and equity partner in Adorno & Yoss LLP. With over 250 attorneys practicing in ten states and internationally, Adorno & Yoss is the largest certified minority-owned law firm in the United States. Gill represents some of the top corporations in the United States, including AT&T, Hilton Hotels Corporation, American Express, and Shell Oil Company.
He is a graduate of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut where he majored in English and was a Teaching Assistant to distinguished Professor of English, James Miller. He later graduated from The George Washington University Law School in Washington D.C., where he obtained Honors in Trial Advocacy and was a clerk to the Honorable Arthur L. Burnett, Sr. of the District of Columbia Superior Court. Gill is of Jamaican Heritage.
