Embrace the Season of Reflection for Strategic Planning Q4 is a great time of year. That's when everyone starts to slow down and prepare for the winter holidays. If you're a business owner, it's the opportune time to start dedicating some time and energy on your...
Series Part 1: Sharing 22 amazing Black women sprinkling major magic in their respective industries. I hope you’ll get to know them in 2022.
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...
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...
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...
Are you a recovering workaholic? If so, when was the last time you really rested? Especially in the field of Coaching and Consulting our very presence is a service that we provide to others. So often I find that clients not only seek me out because they have questions...
or Read the transcript below… Marie: All right. We're live on the Facebook. Yay. Hey family. It's Marie. This is Candace. I'm so excited you're here today - you don't even understand! It's Wednesday. It's time for a Live at lunch. And today I'm so excited to be...
or Read the transcript below... Marie: Hey, everyone it's Live at Lunch. Happy Wednesday, super excited for today's live because I am joined by the magnificent Arielle Ortiz, Life Space Coach and Organizer, and she is going to share with us all of her brilliance....
Trust, vulnerability, identity and what lies just outside the frame. Many of us have been sheltered and safe, now going on for months. I know for myself it was initially a feeling of going stir-crazy just not having the choice to go outside. Now of course, I'm...
Getting your money right and creating an operating budget BEFORE starting a business is a good idea. I know it's not sexy and no one wants to talk about it but there's something to be said for ironing out your money mindset issues before you get too far into your...
Everyone knows I'm a huge fan of activating our B-MES (bee-mes) in order to keep yourself grounded. Not just as business owners and entrepreneurs, but as human beings with natural needs in the world. And in an earlier post this year I talked about the need to breathe,...
Admin Professionals Day was a holiday that I think was originally developed in order to recognize secretaries and people who help businesses stay afloat. As someone who worked for years in Operations I know that no one recognizes the admin until things go wrong. The...
We are not alone in our leadership crisis. Stranger times have been traversed. And all signs point to evolution, not obliteration.
The Problem with Calling People ‘Resilient’ "You’re so resilient." It sounds like a compliment—but is it? During the February Facilitator Forum, we explored the question: How is resilience a compliment? Through this dialogue, one thing became abundantly clear: many of...
What Does Decolonized Leadership Mean? When thinking about leadership at large, countless books have been written on management, leadership, and how to “get it right.” Some of my early favorites included works by Dale Carnegie, Ken Blanchard, Jim Collins, and Napoleon...
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