2023

Exciting News! 📣

I’ll be signing copies of my latest book, “Yes Please! 7 Ways to Say I’m Entitled to the C-Suite,” in Washington D.C. on October 5th at the Executive Leadership Council’s Mid-Level Management Symposium. Join me immediately following my session, “The Power of Positive Emotion to Propel You to Better leadership,” from 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. ET. 📍 Location: Gaylord Hotel & Resort, National Harbor. Check your symposium…

How to heal….and move forward. 🚗💨

Sometimes it simply takes more… …to lift you out of moods and mindsets and move you forward. So we reimagined things for you. Have you explored “Coaching+ Counseling” with L. Michelle Smith, M.S., ACC, CPEC and Dr. Jeff Gardere for yourself or your organization? Join the many leaders in my coaching community who have. Inspired by our work together on the book Yes Please! 7 Ways to Say…

Coach L.  Co-Hosts TCU Black Excellence Night with NBC 5’s Newy Scruggs

#FlashbackFriday to last week at the Texas Christian University Black Excellence Night Gala with my cohost, Newy Scruggs. We had a blast emceeing the event, reminiscing, storytelling and sparking thoughts and giggles throughout the night. Hosting is fun. I host once every blue moon. Some of my most unforgettable moments were at @nabjofficial with ABC’s @linseytdavis and not long ago for my Sorors of @oao1908 when they took…

I’m headed your way again, DMV!

Meet me for the Executive Leadership Council’s (@elcinfo) Mid-Level Management Symposium, Oct 4-5 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, MD. I’ll be hosting an engaging session on The Power of Positive Emotion to Propel You to Better Leadership. It’s a cornerstone message that centers my latest book, Yes Please! 7 Ways to Say I’m Entitled to the C-Suite, a leadership and coaching guide…

Do you doom scroll?

Looking for a way out? Perhaps your answer isn’t simply unlearning the habit. It may be finding a community with others fighting the same habit. Building great new habits that promote leadership and personal development is a crucial aspect of self-improvement. What’s Black about it? One of the insights in Yes Please! surrounds how Black women over index on negative feelings after taking in media (social or traditional)…

Have a cup of tea or coffee with me…☕

Have a cup of coffee or tea with me, and let’s hack your life and leadership goals together! That cup is on me if you relax on my couch at my office and join me in person. So local leaders and those who happen to be in town, head my way. 🚗 Did you know that I take clients on the fly, no contract, by appointment? Space is…

Yes Please! The audiobook is coming this fall

Yes Please! The audiobook is loading… It’s science + culture for your leadership journey in your ears. Look for it later this fall.

The sure-fire way to change your life 💯

  So, you want to change your life…your leadership trajectory? What could you accomplish if only you were consistent? That means that you can’t give up, Sis. Building new habits means that you need to stick to it, and not just for a week or month or two. My private online growth group is discussing it today and all this week. Watch the video to hear me talk…

What is one good habit you’d like to form this month?

Building great new habits that promote leadership and personal development is a crucial aspect of self-improvement. All this month in The Circle, we will be discussing what it takes to form good ones, and undo bad ones. Journal Question: What is one good habit you’d like to form this month that will put you on the road to success in life and leadership? Let me hear from you.…

Black Excellence Gala 2023 Hosted by L. Michelle Smith

Thrilled to take the stage with fellow alum and sportscaster @Newy Scruggs as we host the TCU Black Excellence Gala in celebration of the university’s sesquicentennial. It will be a night of awards and moving performances from students and alumni. I’m especially looking forward to the Gospel Word of Truth Reunion Choir and will likely be holding myself back from joining them somewhere backstage because that choir defined…

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