Leading with Intent

The Treasure of America's HBCUs Awaits

History is rarely perfect, but it is always useful. A look at Lewis and Clark's expedition shows how purposed leadership unlocks the ability to achieve the previously unfathomable.



The Crushing Weight of Racism on Your Company

How prioritizing an anti-racist environment positions you to unleash brilliance, innovation and leadership within your organization

With the rise in global consciousness over the last few months about the vast discrimination that has been a harsh reality for Black people in America for generations -- and with notion that a racial reckoning is now upon us as a nation -- the wisest business owners and executives realize that the need to address racism and its impact on their organization is paramount. I would even say, it’s urgent. 

What Will Be Your Legacy as a Leader?

Courage plus Commitment: The fuel that will allow you to confront your biases and transform your organization

The calls for diversity, equity, fairness, and justice grow louder each day -- not for mere progress, but substantive change. However, the most urgent call is for leadership. Purposed leaders, who possess the heart to move into a new direction, will leave legacies. Managers who are satisfied with improvements and superficial accomplishments will be sad examples of the changing same.

The Power of A Leader’s Language

Many leaders today are proclaiming the desire to increase diversity within their organization

The 1970's sitcom, Good Times, follows an African American family living in public housing on Chicago's South Side. The third season opens with the family excitedly preparing to celebrate its patriarch, James Evans, on his trade school graduation. James enters triumphant and proud that he, at an advanced age, has sacrificed to qualify himself to pursue and obtain good, high paying jobs in the construction industry.