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- Define “Leader”? | Leading Series Week 1Make sure you subscribe to my YouTube channel to follow along the 8-week Leading Like a Lady leadership program! […]
- Black Wall Street: An Intro for Black Children | Investing SeriesIf you haven’t tuned in before, the goal of my Investing Series on YouTube is to make investing and […]
- Glass Ceilings & Chandeliers | Leading Like a LadyI learned to accept what we can realistically expect a woman to do within a society built on the trashy habits and traditions made by men.
- Started From the Bottom Bottom: Building Wealth From ScratchBlack excellence was coming out of everyone’s lips this year, and while I love the motivation behind it, I […]
- Black People Need Their Own CNBC | InvestingIn case you’ve never watched the channel or heard of it, CNBC is the cable news network devoted to […]
- Tyler Perry’s a Billionaire. Now What? | InvestingCongrats Tyler Perry – but now what? We should always celebrate wins in the black community. Especially when it’s […]
- How to Change the World on Less Than $1 a DayWe’re afraid to die yet want something to live for. That’s the unofficial lesson I learned growing up in […]
- Juneteenth is For All of Us: A Letter to the African DiasporaMay 1865: when the United States began to rebuild from the rubble of the Civil War. Two months later, […]
- Self-Care for the Black Woman EntrepreneurI joined the CareDeeply podcast, hosted by Wit & Grace Magazine, and I’d describe it as a form of […]
- If You Want The Protests to End (A #BlackoutTuesday Book List)Read all the suggested books below with a free Amazon Kindle 30-day subscription. Today is #blackouttuesday, a day for […]
- Nowhere is Safe: Microaggressions, Working from Home & Being Black in AmericaThe physical pain of working in a physical office was real. I had heart palpitations every time I sat […]
- Two Stock Tips From Two Bad Decisions | Investing SeriesI’m a kinesthetic learner, which means I have this insatiable energy to learn things by doing things. Which means […]
- For Michelle Obama, Becoming Ordinary is Extraordinary | Leading Like a LadyLesson: See the Unseen. I used to wonder why God was invisible. At times it was hard for me […]
- I’m Not Selling Disney. Here’s Why | Investing SeriesIf 2020 was a motto, it would be fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. […]
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | Leading Like a LadyLesson: Look like a man, think like a woman. You might call Ellen Johnson Sirleaf an “alpha female”, and […]
- The Leading PodcastFor those who like to listen more than read, I’ll post some conversations I’m having with women learning how […]
- Charlotte Seck & the New Feminist Normal | Leading Like a LadyMy Leading Like a Lady series was inspired by an article I originally read in Forbes. The article pointed […]
- Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | Lessons on Leading Like a LadyLesson 1: Finding Yourself. The proudest moment of my life was when I decided to go to therapy. One […]
- Leading Like a LadyWho do you see when you look in the mirror? Some women have a hard time answering that. And […]
- With All Due Respect…Grow Up: Open Letter to African LeadershipThere’s an old parenting adage that says if your friends jumped off a bridge, would you? As much as […]
- Where Water Runs Dry: Streams of Income in AfricaFirst thing’s first: there’s an elephant in the room whether or not we’d admit it. Folks are continuing to […]
- IT Matters More Than You Think: Africans & Remote WorkThe latest pandemic, shut down of global travel, and mandatory quarantines in most countries are forcing us to learn how to make remote work happen. It’s no longer a luxury but a necessity to protect us from what’s been decided as the greater evil – the spread of the coronavirus.
- Going Nowhere Fast: The Rideshare Industry in AfricaNo, I’m not riding on the back of an okata or boda boda. And you’d have to force me […]
- We Need More A.I.R…Second Stop on #GenVolution College TourTelling the truth about your life should feel relatively easy. That’s not always the case with people of color/minority […]
- In Awe…First Stop on #GenVolution Conference TourOctober 11th and 12th became monumental days for my journey with Karfi. I had a chance to speak about […]