Don’t Confuse Social Clout with Money Moves

    If you had the option to choose between attending a brunch with a room full of women who are senior leaders at their companies or attending a brunch with influencers and celebrities which one would you choose?

Dismissing Your Purpose

  I never wanted to chase checks or opportunities. I just wanted a good ol’ full-time job with great benefits. I wanted to get paid a great salary that afforded a one bedroom apartment and occasional travel. I wanted a comfortable life and I fought like hell to have one. I did whatever I could to have

Solange Knowles Accepts Her Journey and We Should Too

In five minutes and thirty-three seconds, Solange Knowles summed up womanhood.   At age 31-years-old, she summed up what it’s like to be a woman who leans in. A woman with ambitions. A woman who is sensitive and vulnerable.  A woman who carries her own load as well as the weight of those around her.

4 Entrepreneurs Share Their Love Lessons Learned While Building Their Businesses

Entrepreneurship is the new black and for Black America there’s an increase of women and men who are leaving Corporate America to create our own opportunities, but being an entrepreneur is no easy feat. It’s a 24 hour and 7 days a week undertaking that according to the National Women’s Business Council, over 1,531,494 black

What I Would Tell My 18-Year-Old Self on Graduation Day

I remember how I felt on my high school graduation day, ten years ago. I stood before my 300 classmates as their class president delivering a speech about embracing the next chapter of their lives. I stood before some of my classmates that I’ve known since I was nine-years-old, but at that moment they felt

5 Things I Learned From Working In a Toxic Environment

Can you imagine being worked to death? You worked so hard that your mind could not take it or your body could not take it and it gave out. The recent first-hand accounts of Uber’s work culture that recently resulted in an evaluation of the working environments at many startups stirred up past memories of

4 Basic Rules to Set Yourself Up for a Yes

Are you building a brand, looking for a job or searching for mentorship?  It only takes one email to set yourself up for the opportunity that you want, but your approach can make or break that opportunity.   Last month, GlamBAMN featured me as a spotlight member and asked if I wanted to host a

She’s the Chief: Women CEOs

Twenty-one Fortune 500 companies are being lead by women.  That number is down 4% from 2015 just proving that women leadership is a rare commodity in America’s top businesses.  

Plan A Doesn’t Always Work Out & That’s Okay

Originally posted on The Life Currency   I grew up thinking that no other place mattered but 1st place. That’s how I also felt about plans. There was only plan A and no need for a plan B or C. There was only one way, one path and one road that would make my dreams come

How to Prepare Yourself During Company Layoffs

Originally posted on The Life Currency   My deskmate was called to the conference room around the last couple of minutes of the workday. She came back to our desk shaken and in tears revealing to the rest of the department that she was let go from her job. The next day more and more