Shout out to all my fellow National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) members! I cannot wait to reconnect with you in Las Vegas for the NABJ-NAHJ Convention in August…so many of you that I haven’t seen since Miami Convention in 2018! Be sure to come see me at the NABJ-NAHJ Author’s Showcase where I’ve been invited to sign my book No Thanks: 7 Ways to Say I’ll Just…
Is there anything else you need to do to activate your tribe? In fact, there are a couple things. I discuss it in today’s NSCRockStarLeadership Tip of the Day, so you will want to watch. It’s the sixth and final installment of our series on Assembling and Activating Your Tribe as part of the #. Want to review all the steps? Visit and subscribe to my YouTube channel.…
It’s time you saw the value in your mentees. This isn’t the YOU show, after all. That said, they can be extremely valuable to your TRIBE as you are assembling and activating it. Today’s #NSCJournalPrompt suggests where to begin. Get your journals ready!
Consistently agreeable? It’s probably why your leadership aspirations are stagnant. Learn to provide a well-informed insight. Pose a question that interrogates the norms. “Go along to get along” will never take you where well-placed pushback will. It’s what transformational leaders do.
We’re carrying a very heavy load as leaders these days, so I’m speaking directly to you on Thursday’s episode of The Culture Soup Podcast®️, The Coaching Corner. We’re going back to our roots with all audio streams for the summer, and we are kicking off with three hot topics that are important to you as high-performing leaders: ✔️Dealing with the barrage of gun violence and the trauma…
“The heroine in the book is knowing your value.” I have lost count of the many times that I’ve uttered those words since 2020 when I released the first edition of No Thanks: 7 Ways to Say I’ll Just Include Myself. Soon, I’ll be sharing this in person with the leaders at Denny’s. By the way: “The villain in the book is fear.” We’ll unravel the important…
So who exactly should be a member of your tribe to support your leadership aspirations? In part five of our six-part series on Assembling and Activating Your Tribe we discuss one final group. There are six categories of people, as outlined in my book, No Thanks: 7 Ways to Say I’ll Just Include Myself. It’s the #nscrockstarleadership tip of the day, and it may not be who…
Peers can not only be sponsors. They can be mentors, but the question is: what’s the WIIFM?—the “what’s in it for me?” In today’s #NSCJournalPrompt we go deep into how to activate peers and for that matter, other tribe members. Grab time on my schedule for a free strategy session if you want to get serious about Assembling and Activating your tribe. It will make a notable difference…
There’s some wisdom in the saying: “Your words have power.” But did you know there is actual research to back that? However, the findings begins with our brains. According to neuroscience, repetitive thoughts or actions cause the hippocampus to grow larger. This is key to learning. So by the time those thoughts manifest into words, you can bet that your brain is already trained to think…
Should a peer be on your personal board of directors? In part four of our six-part #NSCRockstarLeadership Tip of the Day series on Assembling and Activating Your Tribe, we get into why they should. You’ll want to watch this one. Remember, having only one kind of peer in your tribe can be limiting. Your goal is to remove your own limitations, and a trusted and respected peer can…