For years, hustle culture has convinced leaders that success requires exhaustion. Long hours, endless to-do lists, and a calendar packed to the brim have been worn like badges of honor. But what if that very mindset is quietly undermining your clarity, creativity, and capacity to lead? Neuroscience shows that the brain’s decision-making center, the prefrontal cortex, performs best when it has space to recover. Positive psychology research also…
While everyone is talking about mid-career pivots and layoffs at the top, we’re overlooking a key group hit hardest by today’s shaky job market: college seniors. The Class of 2025 is entering a world of work that looks more like a tightrope than a career ladder. I sat down with my friend and colleague Leilani M. Brown, CEO of Giant Steps and author of From Campus to Career,…
When your press badge doesn’t protect you. In my latest episode of The Culture Soup Podcast®️, Errin Haines shares what it was like reporting on the ground in Ferguson—rubber bullets flying, tear gas in the air—while law enforcement made no distinction between journalists and protesters. “Me having on a press badge or identifying myself as press—that did not protect me.” This is bigger than one city or one…
What happens when legacy meets evidence? In the second installment of the Leadership Revival series, we explore the science pillar of Call & Response. From positive psychology to neuroscience, we unpack why evidence-based coaching isn’t just powerful—it’s essential. I’ll take you behind the scenes of my journey through coach training at The CaPP Institute—founded by Valorie Burton, my mentor coach—and share how that science-centered approach continues to shape…
🎙 Guest: A’Lelia Bundles, Award-Winning Author & Journalist 📖 Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance ✨ What if you were so extraordinary—so magnetic, so dazzling—that Langston Hughes himself called you “Joy Goddess”? ✨ A’Lelia Walker wasn’t just the daughter of Madam C.J. Walker. She was the heartbeat of the Harlem Renaissance—a woman who turned salons into sanctuaries for Black brilliance, who made a space where art,…
The Culture Soup Podcast has been amplifying conversations at the intersection of tech, culture, and business, and now we are entering year seven. Can you believe? But if there’s one thing I’ve learned after all this time, it’s that change is inevitable—and resilience is the key to thriving. This Black History Month episode was originally supposed to be backed by a major sponsor, filmed live with one of…
In the latest episode of The Culture Soup Podcast ®, I take time to reflect on 5 lessons I’ve learned over the past five years of running my professional private executive & personal coaching practice in a very special Coaching Corner episode. We are celebrating NSC Coaching’s 5th anniversary all this month, and we are also observing International Coaching Week. Listen for what I learned along this journey…
🎙️How about more about her time in Atlanta with the Executive Leadership Council’s C-Suite Academy, their conversation about how crucial P&L ownership is to their leadership ascension to the C-Suite? 🎙️Or her book signing in Atlanta? It’s all here in this bonus edition of TCSP.
We’re kicking off a series that will take us into fall… The Culture Soup Podcast®️ presents A C-Suite Chat, where we highlight voices from my new book, Yes Please! 7 Ways to Say I’m Entitled to the C-Suite. This episode, we are featuring Dr. Kecia M. Kelly, SVP and Chief Nursing Officer at one of the largest healthcare networks in the nation. Dr. Kelly and I discuss intentional…