Call & Response: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church is a captivating, evidence-based exploration of how an establishment that began “down by the riverside” has produced extraordinary leaders who thrive in top boardrooms and businesses, and how we can bolster the pipeline from the pews more intentionally.
It merges culture, neuroscience, and positive psychology tenets to dissect how the Black Church develops business leaders. Call & Response is also the second collaboration between Amistad and JVL Media, a full-service media packaging firm and independent publisher founded by Viola Davis, Julius Tennon and Lavaille Lavette. And as an award-winning author, Fortune 100 C-Suite advisor, International Coaching Federation–certified executive and personal coach, speaker, and the CEO/founder of no silos communications llc., L.Michelle is well set up to do this work.
With its rich storytelling and insights, Call & Response is grounded in an interdisciplinary foundation that blends science, history and culture, and leadership theory which provide the scaffolding for a research-informed exploration of leadership that is both culturally resonant and future-ready.
The result is the Call & Response Leadership Revival Framework, a transformative model structured around three timeless pillars of personal development, deepening of relationships and activating impact in business, the community and beyond. The ten lessons, lifted from the legacy of the Black Church and validated by contemporary research, deliver a new blueprint for leadership in the boardroom, in the pews, and beyond.
Call & Response doesn’t just examine leadership. It calls for it.
HARPERONE GROUP COLLABORATES WITH VIOLA DAVIS, JULIUS TENNON, AND LAVAILLE LAVETTE’S JVL MEDIA ON NEW PROJECT
From the release:
“Call & Response: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church by L. Michelle Smith is a captivating exploration of why many high-ranking, high-performing Black professionals attribute their leadership skills to their origins in the Black Church.”
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