Here we go again with names and hashtags. In times like these, you have to call your longtime girlfriend, because if the pandemic wasn’t enough, they’re killing black people again. Socamom® and Socamom Summit founder, children’s book author and Caribbean parenting expert Eva Greene Wilson, JD and I have a raw conversation about what it is like to be black in America, raise children, especially sons, have a…
When a global pandemic hits, things change, and they can for the better if you just put your mind to it. Five of technology, business and opera’s finest minds discuss how covid-19 will bend but not break because it is determine to lead with technology and not just use it as an “in the meantime” tool. This fascinating discussion is applicable to any industry or business plotting…
If you missed it, here’s your chance to listen to this walking encyclopedia, @henrylouisgates. You’ll hear a covid-19 story that you haven’t heard before just as the show gets started. If you have watched @findingyourroots, you know how interesting and downright riveting he is. Imagine what it is like to sit with him in person and listen to him rattle off everything you’d ever want to know and…
The Coaching Corner is going through some changes. Leaving Linkedin Live? You’ll want to hear this! It seems appropriate, since the order of the day seems to be change on Planet Pandemic. How are you getting ready? We talk about Career Transitions. Get ready.
There is power in the telling of a story. It’s even more powerful when it is personal and centers on culture. It’s the only kind of story @natashasalford tells, for herself and for @thegrio. She is the People’s Journalist and the Millennial Executive and on Thursday’s show, we discuss everything from how covid-19 is impacting black businesses, being black and Latina, her very own Coronavirus scare while managing…
SO MANY GEMS DROPPED! Did you know that Madam CJ Walker hosted one of her first Mary Kay-like conventions in 1917? Do you know what date that was in history? Just on the heels of the so-called “Spanish Flu” the only other pandemic in American history, and much like the #bossbabes of today, she had to weather the storm with her business during her era’s own #covid-19. Other…
YOU KNOW, I haven’t slown down since the slowdown. I canceled my daughter and my trip to Disney, but I never took the actual time off. I literally went into overdrive supporting people, their brands and their careers in light of Covid-19. But a conversation with my own mentor coach revealed that I needed some self care in a hurry. It seemed time to take a break, and…
When Lamar Tyler sets his mind to something, it gets done, let me tell you! When I first met him and his lovely wife Ronnie, I was extremely impressed. Let me first say that the bloggers of today are not cut from the same cloth as the ones my teams first worked with in 2008…I’m talking about Lamar and Ronnie, Patrice Yursik, aka Afrobella, Luvvie Ajayi…I think you…