Passion Into Action: So I Graduated, What’s Next?

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As we enter into the first half of May, many of our nation’s young minds are  walking across stages and receiving their degrees  from accredited universities. Much congrats to your great accomplishment! Students, you have worked your hands to the bone and minds to the max, finally accomplishing that dream of becoming a college graduate. [...]

Video: How A Personal Board Of Directors Can Help You Achieve Your Goals.

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Alonzo Kelly talks with Towanna Freeman about the need for a Personal Board of Directors. Kelly explains the difference between networking, mentoring and having a personal board of directors. Kelly says, “Technology has made it easy to network with everyone on the planet. These are people you may never meet. However, a Personal Board of [...]

Why Should Anyone Be Lead By You?

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The Oxford American Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus (2001) defines enable as “give (a person) means or authority, make possible.”  The words enable and enabler are most often associated with the perpetuation of problems related to alcohol or drug use as well as other maladaptive social behaviors.  However, a leader can be an enabler as well.  Enabling [...]

What Oprah Can Teach Us About ‘Owning’ Mistakes

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The dictionary defines an ‘oxymoron’ as a term with contradictions that appears side by side or a compressed paradox. With that in mind, I imagine that’s what people will think when they read the title of this. Because Oprah Winfrey and mistakes just do not go together. It almost sounds blasphemous to speak such a [...]

Frame of Reference: 5 tips for managing change in your life

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Change is constant….an ongoing part of life, even more so now given the state of our economy. If we find ourselves always reacting to it, we run the risk of always trying to catch up. If we remain true to ourselves and our personal compass, we always find a way to accomplish what’s most important [...]

Vision is a team sport; not a solo endeavor!

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Leading in an organization, group, or even amongst peers, requires a collaborative discussion about vision, reality and strategy. The leader starts by orchestrating a team dialogue about what the future might look like; how the organization or group can flourish in the future; where we are going and what are ways in which new life [...]

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