You and Yours

You and Yours

A few months ago a friend suggested that I read “Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever” by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard.  What a fascinating book about a man who still is considered today, the best president of the United...
Preventing Irresponsible Leadership Mistakes

Preventing Irresponsible Leadership Mistakes

A few weeks ago, all seven members of Amnesty International’s senior leadership team offered to resign, according to the BBC. Amnesty International is a UK based non-governmental organization (NGO) that focuses on human rights and has over 7 million members for those...
What is Executive Presence?

What is Executive Presence?

A few weeks ago, in a Black Heights podcast, I asked Mr. Darcelus Reid what his definition of executive presence was, and he said, “the way you communicate, your appearance, how you shake a person’s hand and look them in the eye along with other things.”  He was...
From Unnoticed to Discovered

From Unnoticed to Discovered

I recently read a Harvard Business Review article called “Interviews with 59 Black Female Executives Explore Intersectional Invisibility and Strategies to Overcome It” and one of my takeaways from the article was how these women executives went from unnoticed to...