Are you optimizing the most important social real estate you have on #LinkedIn? I’m talking about your header and headline. It can make a huge difference on IG too if you’re about business on the platform, like I am. Mine is always evolving to make it tighter, more concise, visual and always highlighting the “main thing.” This is your opportunity to communicate the value you bring. I get…
Here are the takeaways I shared with some players from the WNBA for today’s #ShesConnected session for AT&T. 🏀 Know your YOU, your one thing and know who you want to attract 🏀 Speak their pain points and passions. That will attract them like bees to honey 🏀 Your brand is the intentional experience you create 🏀 Personalize and speak to one. The masses will see, relate and…
I really enjoyed this conversation about my new book, No Thanks: 7 Ways to Say I’ll Just Include Myself on NBC DFW today with Kristi Nelson and Sheryl Adkins-Green. Sheryl is one of the voices in the book. She speaks on what it takes to maintain your authenticity in an environment that may push back on it. Here is a look at the conversation. Audio and video were…
It’s rough out here, Sis. How are you hanging in? I just wrapped a recording of @theculturesoup with one of my good friends from Atlanta who is a political pundit, Matt Stevens, and we had to make an intentional effort to end the show on a happy note. What are you doing to end your day on a happy note? Research says that happy people are successful people,…
Your book club can celebrate the worldwide release of the hard cover edition of No Thanks: 7 Ways to Say I’ll Just Include Myself online and in retail with a special offer. Order at least 10* hard cover books for your club and get as many free #NoThanks branded T-shirts. You will also receive squad access to the #NoThanks Digital Tool Kit absolutely FREE. Order 20 or more books, and score a…
When you are talking about elite performers, from executives at CNN to leaders at Microsoft, where do they go when they hit a plateau? Typically we look to our organization’s leaders when we feel stuck… But what if you are the organization’s leader? Well, then you might just want to connect with L. Michelle Smith. L. Michelle is a pioneering executive coach, CEO of No Silos Communication and her accolades could fill…
The Guide to Rockstar Leadership for Women of Color in the Workplace Provides Seven Affirmations, Coaching and Seasoned Insights from Author L. Michelle Smith’s Career Story as a Fortune 10 Ex-Pat and Serial Entrepreneur DALLAS, TX Aug.10, 2020—What if women of color, especially Black women not only understood their value, but how to leverage it in order to climb to executive leadership? That question is core to the new…
Sis, we have rockstar leadership qualities in our DNA. We simply need to tap into them! Sylvia Robinson demonstrated all the qualities, and most people don’t know her story. She took hip-hop mainstream when she produced Rappers Delight in one take in her makeshift home studio with talent plucked the same day from a pizza joint. It was the first commercial rap single to hit the airwaves. We…
