Have you noticed that I haven’t been showing up direct-to-cam much lately? You know, with leadership insights and micropractices… There is a reason for it. I explain in this video, which is, ironically, yet intentionally, direct-to-cam. Ok, what gives, Coach L.? Well, it has to do with the weight of my next Call and Response book tour stop. Watch now…and I hope to see you on the road!…
Every leader reaches a point in the year where the gap between who they intended to be and who the pressure of the season has required them to become becomes impossible to ignore. The decisions have not stopped. The team still needs holding. The organizational demands have not let up. And somewhere underneath all of it, the leader, the real one, the grounded one, the one who chose…
In โCall and Response,โ L. Michelle Smith explores how the Black church helped shape generations of Black leaders The author combines research, history, and personal reflection to examine how lessons learned in church translated into leadership across industries. by Kay Wicker, The Grio The award-winning, bestselling author and certified executive and personal coach L. Michelle Smith was nearly 25 years into her career in corporate media training before…
I had the absolute privilege of joining Karen Hunter live on her SiriusXM Satellite radio talk show today to discuss Call and Response. She told me the book “felt like home” to her–literally and figuratively. One of the highlights was me sharing how our newest Oscar-award-winning leading man Michael B. Jordan summoned his people when he first mounted the stage for his acceptance speech, leaning into what science…
Dr. DeForrest Soaries invited L. Michelle onto his SiriusXM Satellite radio show, For Your Soul. ย Listen to the entire show here on Sound Cloud. ย The interview is in two parts, at the top and bottom of the show. dbsoaries ยท 2026 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Speech
There is something powerful about returning to a university campus to talk about leadership. At Texas Christian University, our conversation around Call and Response: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church (Amistad Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishing and JVL Media) was not just about a book. It was about formation. It was about where leadership really begins. About the spaces that quietly shape courage, discipline, and voice…
On this episode of Gen X Amplified, I am joined by bestselling, award-winning author, Fortune 100 C-Suite advisor, and certified global executive coach, L. Michelle Smith. (https://www.lmichellesmith.com/) L. Michelle is the founder and CEO of no silos communications and the creator and host of The Culture Soup Podcastยฎ, heard in over 70 countries. She has spent over 25 years helping leaders do the deep, transformational work that moves…
CALL AND RESPONSE 10 Leadership Lessons From the Black Church A sit-down conversation with L. Michelle Smith – Global executive coach and Award-winning author Discuss the book Call And Response 10 leadership lessons from the Black Church A call to action made for preserving the Black Church’s leadership development capabilities for future generations. A narrative combining historical and cultural insights, personal stories, applied science and leadership research to…
