About: Leadership Solutions Inc.

Merriam-Webster dictionary defines generosity as: The quality of being kind, understanding, and not selfish.  When most people contemplate the subject of generosity, they immediately think about giving – and most often the resource being given is money.  However, giving alone is not necessarily a positive event.  As cited by the definition above, to achieve generosity,…

Many diversity conferences and corporate affinity groups that I visit are busy solving a similar problem: What’s keeping us from getting to the top? Inevitably, part of the conclusion is that cultural differences amount to a disadvantage, either legitimately or unfairly.  In my experience, minority professionals often feel under-appreciated for their skills, and are preoccupied…

Leaders are often evaluated against a set of core competencies that describe the skills and behaviors that result in superior performance.   The standard set of leadership competencies, validated by extensive research, has since become the language of leadership.  Vision, Self-Confidence, Developing Others, Problem Solving… we know the list well. In fact, leadership competencies have…

Last week, I gave a presentation to the National Black MBA Association, entitled: Leadership Is Your Fate – Outsmart Your Leadership Genes By Shaping Your Environment.  The concept, which was adapted from my recently published book, explores the notion that everyone has natural leadership attributes (genes) that can both enable our success and threaten to…