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A few months ago a friend suggested that I read “Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever” by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. What a fascinating book about a man who still is considered today, the best president of the United States....
Preventing Irresponsible Leadership Mistakes
A few weeks ago, all seven members of Amnesty International’s senior leadership team offered to resign, according to the BBC. Amnesty International is a UK based non-governmental organization (NGO) that focuses on human rights and has over 7 million members for those...
What is Executive Presence?
A few weeks ago, in a Black Heights podcast, I asked Mr. Darcelus Reid what his definition of executive presence was, and he said, “the way you communicate, your appearance, how you shake a person's hand and look them in the eye along with other things.” He was spot...
From Unnoticed to Discovered
I recently read a Harvard Business Review article called “Interviews with 59 Black Female Executives Explore Intersectional Invisibility and Strategies to Overcome It” and one of my takeaways from the article was how these women executives went from unnoticed to...
Self Awareness: Taking the First Step Towards Getting the Bag
Developing self-awareness is the most important capability a leader must develop according to a study by the authors of “How to Become A Better Leader” which was published by MIT Sloan Management Review. Successful leaders know what they are good at and use this to...
Being Black in Corporate America: How Attending an HBCU can Impact the Journey to the C-Suite
For many college graduates, college is some of the best years of their lives. However, after graduation, most are hit with the reality of becoming an adult, potentially working for a corporation and trying to climb the corporate ladder. (But, most face the reality of...
The Black Ceiling: Why African-American Women Aren’t Making It to the Top in Corporate America
I recently read the article “The Black Ceiling: Why African-American Women Aren’t Making it to the Top in Corporate America” by Ellen McGirt. The article highlights Ursula Burns achievement of becoming CEO and touches on specific reasons why African-African women...
What Is The Most Critical Behavior That Will Help You Deliver Results As A Manager?
I remember it like it was yesterday. I received a phone call from HR along with Mrs. Candie Rogers, my soon to be boss at that time, saying congratulations Antoine you have been chosen to lead our Advanced Care Team in Support. Your new title will be Senior Manager...
Summary of “Black Professional Men Describe What It’s Like to be in the Gender Majority but the Racial Minority”
It seems that in 2018 racial issues are still an impact factor when it comes to executive and high-status professional jobs; this needs to be changed, it’s not possible that people who even have their MBA at a such recognized university like Harvard, are still not...
Summary of Working While Black: For One Man, Corporate America Is About Competition, Not Race
In June 2018, I accepted a position within our sales organization. If you know me well, you probably know that I am not your traditional sales person and if you know me very well you probably know that at one point in my career I despised software sales people. The...
