Be an Encouraging Developer How can we develop others to create community? Develop those around you by cheerleading, complimenting, challenging, and displaying gratitude. Sometimes, we simply forget to point out what people are doing well.  If we maintain a culture of “catching people doing something right” and pointing it out, it will have a ripple […]

Can we be done dogging Millennials now?  Thank you. We’ve heard them all – Participation ribbons.  Super flexible work schedules.  Asking for promotions way too soon…Snowflakes, right?  If this sounds like your mindset on Millennials, you’re taking a big risk and missing a huge opportunity.  The key to your organization creatively overcoming future challenges lies […]

The corporate world is pretty homogeneous–basically everyone looks the same. Being black, this is something you notice. You’re always slightly aware of not only the melanin differences, but the differences in mentality as well.  That’s just the way it is. It’s not always a bad thing, it just correlates with the differences people have. However […]

  Over the past decade working in the corporate world, I’ve learned many humbling lessons but one in particular I wanted to share is the importance of taking your destiny into your own hands. What exists today in business, may not be relevant tomorrow. How you’re doing something today, may not be how it should […]