I’m so glad that the Black leaders at Audible raised this insightful question. I had an awesome time speaking to BEN@audible this afternoon. I shared a bit about my background as a Black Texan and my experience with the holiday before it became nationally recognized, and it may surprise you that my family never celebrated, but we definitely acknowledged it. Perhaps it had more to do with my family’s…
Are you facing a challenging time at work? If a toxic boss or culture is closing in on you, there is hope; however, it is up to you to seek it. Hope comes in the form of opportunity. According to applied positive psychology, hope fuels goal setting. So it’s important to have a vision for your life and work–a reason to look forward.When times get tough, refocus on…
How do you manage stress as a leader as it seems to be piling on with everything going on in the world? There’s even word of a recession looming. There are ways to look out for yourself and your people as you move forward. Today’s #NSCRockstarLeadership Tip of the Day provides some insight from some of the latest neuroscience research on the topic, and provides some examples of…
I hope that you will wake up early with me on Sunday, June 19th where I will be discussing the meaning of the Juneteenth holiday and how people and brands can better celebrate and commemorate this day of freedom. DFW-area community can tune in on WFAA Channel 8 for Daybreak. Outside of our area, you can catch the replay video on wfaa.com after it airs.
It’s time to put pen to paper to get your tribe moving on your behalf. In today’s #NSCJournalPrompt, you get to explore what you need to say to them to call them to action. Remember to provide detail in what you write in your journal. Clarity of thoughts will provide you with clear direction. Let’s go! It’s mid year. How are you doing with your goals? Want to…
Second guess yourself often? Ladies, I’m talking to you, especially my sisters–the high performing ones who are mid-to-late career yet still stuck in the middle of the leadership pipeline. You know, it isn’t that we don’t arrive at a decision as quickly as men do. It is that men tend to trust their first mind and then act on that decision. We tend to question our first notion.…
Shout out to all my fellow National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) members! I cannot wait to reconnect with you in Las Vegas for the NABJ-NAHJ Convention in August…so many of you that I haven’t seen since Miami Convention in 2018! Be sure to come see me at the NABJ-NAHJ Author’s Showcase where I’ve been invited to sign my book No Thanks: 7 Ways to Say I’ll Just…
Is there anything else you need to do to activate your tribe? In fact, there are a couple things. I discuss it in today’s NSCRockStarLeadership Tip of the Day, so you will want to watch. It’s the sixth and final installment of our series on Assembling and Activating Your Tribe as part of the #. Want to review all the steps? Visit and subscribe to my YouTube channel.…
It’s time you saw the value in your mentees. This isn’t the YOU show, after all. That said, they can be extremely valuable to your TRIBE as you are assembling and activating it. Today’s #NSCJournalPrompt suggests where to begin. Get your journals ready!
Consistently agreeable? It’s probably why your leadership aspirations are stagnant. Learn to provide a well-informed insight. Pose a question that interrogates the norms. “Go along to get along” will never take you where well-placed pushback will. It’s what transformational leaders do.