LMS joined The Memo & Talk to Me Nice author Minda Harts for a trust-centered conversation about Call and Response on her Linkedin LIVE show, Secure the Seat.
16 Books By Black Authors Weโre Excited About This Month From a raw relationship guide from one of your favorite 1990s rappers to a captivating novel rooted in the beauty of friendship, these are the picks you wonโt want to put down in February. Read the article at Essence.com.
February 2026 Books By Black Authors We Canโt Wait to Read February may be the shortest month of the year, but it is full of great new books by Black authors. By Angela Johnson Published February 1, 2026 Itโs hard to believe February is already here. But a new month also means great new books by Black authors for readers of all ages. A memoir from actress Marla…
Neuroscience shows that prolonged stress suppresses the brainโs default mode network, the system responsible for imagination, insight, and strategic problem-solving. Positive psychology research confirms that inspiration isnโt a trait. Itโs a state, one that requires psychological safety, novelty, and play to emerge. If your team feels flat heading into 2026, itโs not a motivation problem. Itโs a brain-state problem, and January is the ideal moment to reset. Iโm…
As we move closer to the February 10, 2026 launch of my new leadership book, Call & Response: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church, weโre entering a pivotal momentโa moment to rethink, reset, and revive how we lead. Next Tuesday marks the start of the 10-week leadership countdown, a weekly journey that explores each of the ten leadership lessons at the core of the Call & Response…
The very first trade review for my upcoming book, Call & Response: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church, has arrived from Publishers Weekly โ and it is everything I hoped readers and leaders would see in this work. They didnโt just summarize the book. They understood it. They affirmed the bookโs central thesis with this line: โThe Black Church and many of its traditions are a crucial…
Iron fists and machine-centered cultures may dominate the headlinesโbut the most effective leaders are charting a different course. Theyโre leading with heart. As I share in my forthcoming book, Call & Response: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church (Amistad Books | JVL Media, Feb 2026), heart-centered leadership isnโt sentimental. Itโs strategic. Itโs the science of emotional regulation, empathy, and trust at work. My research revealed that the…
People are exhausted. Budgets are tightening. Certainty feels out of reach. And yetโthereโs a quiet call for something deeper. In todayโs FlightPath, I unpack what that means for leadership right now and what the science says about empowermentโnot as a buzzword, but as a neuropsychological process that fuels courage, connection, and change. It comes directly from the Call & Response Leadership Revival Framework which reveals that the work…
Every leader faces moments when the path forward blursโwhen market shifts, organizational change, or world events make it difficult to see whatโs next. In those moments, calm becomes more than composure. It becomes strategy. Neuroscience shows that uncertainty triggers the amygdalaโthe brainโs fear centerโcausing stress hormones to rise and focus to narrow. But thereโs another way. When you slow your breathing, reframe the situation, or anchor to purpose,…
In a world that prizes logic, metrics, and constant optimization, emotional regulation has quietly become the differentiator between managers who simply execute and leaders who truly inspire. As I explore in my forthcoming book, Call & Response: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church (Amistad Books | JVL Media | Feb 2026), the most resilient executives donโt rely on head-only decisions. They lead from the intersection of heart…