Thought Leadership

“...When I'm referring to inclusive leadership, I am talking about leading in a way that acknowledges the individual ideas and perspectives of a multitude of people. This is leadership that fully recognizes and appreciates diversity of thought and perspectives. And it actively seeks out and invites those new perspectives and voices and contributions into how we reach team goals, vision, and mission.”

--Marie Deveaux , Inclusive Leadership Coach

Last Friday, I had a great conversation with Ma…

…”Leaders need to be a lot more targeted when it comes to accessibility considerations... In accessibility considerations, you need to bring the people that you're designing for in to have a conversation about what works for them.”

-- Ngozi Ugoji , Accessibility, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant 

A few days ago, I had a great conversation with Ngozi Ugoji, a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant who also happens to be a certified Project Manager and qualified Architect. We c…

"… If you want to actually have equity be something that's a lifestyle, you need to live out to the simple values that you've set, and then continuously do what you've always known to do. Which is to make sure you humanize the people, keeping the big picture, in sight as well as the small picture."

-- Tayo Rockson , Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Thought Leader

A few days ago, I chatted with diversity, equity, and inclusion thought leader Tayo Rockson. We spoke about pay scales, compen…

I think we've all grown new muscles in our empathy toolbox. I think we we've learned to be much more empathetic and open to the experience that sometimes, whether it's emotional, physical, mental, we need to take time off and we need to attend to our own mental health needs.

-- Rachel Kanarowski Founder, Year of Living Better

May is Mental Health Awareness month and to commemorate that, we continued our conversation on workplace and corporate wellness with Lauren ‘LC’ Wells and Rachel Kan…

… Leadership can be either bad or good. You can be effective at leading people to certain aims, but we want good leadership. Good leadership is leading people towards a goal that has a common benefit.

– Segun Olagunju,  Social impact educator and Leadership development guide.

A few days ago, I had a very interesting conversation with Segun Olagunju about leadership development across the world, the core elements of successful leadership, building leaders across all levels and ages, and muc…

Executive presence is about your ability to inspire confidence. Inspiring confidence in your subordinates that you're leading,...stakeholders,  managing above, managing below, managing across…

-- Kelly Lynn Adams, Executive Business and Life Coach.

A few days ago, I had a very insightful conversation with Kelly Lynn Adams about executive and leadership presence; what it is, why leaders need it, what mistakes leaders make and how to avoid them, and so much more.

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This week I was joined by former recruiter and Success Career Coach Joel Kojo Abaka Anaman to discuss how to find and secure well-paid opportunities in Africa.

The actionable advice he shared is applicable no matter where you live.

(Listen to the entire conversation here)

Here are three of my favorite moments from our conversation:

1. Joel highlighted the importance of defining 'well-paid' and doing your research. He spoke about how relative the concept of 'well-paid' is and that it is your…

...[I]f one in three [managers] are not feeling like there are enough opportunities and resources for their growth..that's a fairly big risk for a company...you need middle management to actually execute...

-- Chris Suzdak, Founder of CoffeeChat

This past Friday, we discussed the results of two CoffeeChat surveys focused on leadership development and access. Though the surveys were taken by African-based managers and L&D professionals, the data collected provides valuable insight to anyone int…

Last week we invited Anemari Fiser to share more about her experience and perspective on successfully building a career in tech.

(Listen to the entire conversation here)

Her number one piece of advice was to make sure that you give yourself the opportunity to master soft skills.

During our conversation, she also shared that:

The best way to find your next role is through networking, tech communities, and spaces:

First because we are people...We react based on human interaction...By talking …

Wellness starts with self.

Wellness starts with having conversations.

Last week we hosted a conversation with wellness expert and practitioner Krystal-Joy Williams.

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When asked about the relationship between self-care and wellness, she shared:

It all begins with self-care. So before beginning to thrive in wellness, or even focus on wellness… self-care is where it begins…[U]ntil you're caring or care about yourself, how could you possibly thrive in a…