Q1: What is the difference between mentoring and coaching? A1: Mentoring is a time where the mentor guides the mentee with advice or learnings that are personal to the mentor’s experience. Many times, it results in anecdotes that have relevance to the mentee, and places them on a path toward success based on the mentor’s best practices, experiences or even insights gleaned from their own mentors. Coaching is…
Former marketing exec turned beauty entrepreneur says it is time for #MUAs to step from behind the brush and share their other talents. Celebrity makeup artist @melissahibbert and I talk about how social media has spawned a new era of entrepreneurship for independent #beauty mavens. It is how she and I connected, and it’s beautiful! She talks about her journey and her new book #FaceYourBeauty. Don’t miss it…
We talk to the head of Denny’s restaurants in this episode, and you may be surprised at who you meet. John C. Miller is the former president of Texas-based, super-regional chain Taco Bueno and is now the CEO of Denny’s. Find out with the IHOP nemesis is doing to engage their multicultural audience and franchisees in the digital age with swiftly shifting demographics. We had this chat on…
When two colleagues met at an agency and felt the urge to do multicultural marketing the right way, they went with their intuition. They made the leap into entrepreneurship, and just two years later, their business is a formidable competitor in the space. I’m talking about Roy Broderick, Jr. and Eshena D. Roman of Intuition Consulting of ATL. I’ve worked along side them, and they have a something…
In part 2 of this double episode, I speak with the president of Lane College, Dr. Logan Hampton, about HBCUs, their place in American culture; their significance to black students, the importance of role models coming on campus to speak to students; the Lane College Leadership Conference and much more.
On my visit to Lane College, I got to know and speak with an actor from one of America’s most iconic TV shows, A Different World; a show, which along with The Cosby Show cemented Thursday night as Must See TV. Darryl M. Bell who played Ron Johnson on the show is also a producer and entrepreneur, and he has a point of view on all things tech,…