Being slapped in the face with your gender and race is exhausting. Being devalued due to the same is demoralizing, degrading, and devastating. Unfortunately, that is what it means to be a Black woman in Corporate America. We make 37% less than our white male peers and...
Knowledge is power, unless you're a woman. Worse if you're a Black woman.I love education. I'm a learner. My profession has been in training and development for two decades. I became a coach because I'm fascinated by the inner workings of the mind and our ability to...
Read the transcript below... Marie: Okay, it's Marie here, it is Wednesday, we are live at lunch. I am here with coach Kerry-Ann Elliot today. I am super excited because Kerry's one of my favorite-favorite people. And you're going to find out why in just a minute, but...
You can stop mandating everyone to have their video on when in Zoom. As a communications coach and professional facilitator for what seems like forever, I often find myself being asked about best practices to get full engagement. I find myself challenged about what...
Incorporating your business is a very important step and a huge milestone for any small business owner or side hustler. Many are eager to Incorporate because it makes you feel official. Others see incorporation as the first step to really running your business...
Is your black owned business anti-black? It's a compelling thought right? It all starts from an understanding that when we are talking about Anti Black racism we are not talking about the actions of individuals, but instead the product of policies and procedures that...
Everyone should have guiding principles that are at the core of their business review, their life and their work. Mine are abundant equity, growth, community and Sankofa. I feel like in some ways Sankofa is a cheat because it means so much. It's more than just one...
As the year comes to a close it's a great time to pause and do a post-mortem on all that we've accomplished, all that we want to continue, and what we're willing to let go of. A simple Start-Stop-Continue exercise is a great way to kick off your Q4 post-mortem and set...
Do you know what it is to be a star? You know a star is a concentrated ball of energy? It creates light because light is energy and movement because that's energy too. And it doesn't take instructions from anyone. A star shines because that is its nature. It doesn't...
Would you call yourself a great boss? Of course in a world post COVID-19 we all have been examining our relationship with our work differently. Whether you are noticing that you 1) don't like your work, 2) are accepting that you can work differently and it'll all be...
or Read the Transcript below... Marie: Hello, Facebook. It is live at lunch. So excited to be here with you. And today we are joined by the beautiful, the genius, the magnificent Dr. Shenell. Could you please just introduce yourself to the folks on She Runs It, let us...
or Read the Transcript below... Marie: I'm continuing our Side Hustle alumni interview series. Today, we have the magical Luz Schreiber Writing With Light. So excited to have you introduce yourself, tell everyone who you are, what you do, what you're about. Luz: Hi...
Culture is the ultimate product. For every team, every organization, the clearest way of understanding your USP (unique selling proposition) or key differentiators is by examining organizational culture. Turning Inward: Crafting Ethos, Not Just Vision...
I was facilitating for a team this past week and in a conversation about workplace boundaries I presented this quote, “Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously.” - Prentis Hemphill And depending on your relationship with love...
What is up with Juneteenth? Juneteenth is not a Black holiday. We don’t have any holidays in the U.S. based on race actually, and that’s maybe a thing we can be proud of/let out a sigh of relief about. What we do have are holidays related to a shared national past. ...
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