
When a Leader Loses Influence
The Early Signs Most Executives Miss I Watched Influence Slip—Even With the Title Intact I’ve served in senior leadership roles in healthcare organizations where the
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The Early Signs Most Executives Miss I Watched Influence Slip—Even With the Title Intact I’ve served in senior leadership roles in healthcare organizations where the

The Invisible Barriers that Hold Leaders Back The First Time I Realized Respect Wasn’t Enough Early in my career, I was elected to public office.

In The Audacity of Leadership, I wrote about learning to lead from the front row and the back bench. In football, in politics, in the

I grew up in a military household. Discipline. Duty. Don’t rock the boat. So for most of my early leadership years, I carried that mindset

When I was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives, I was the first African American to ever represent District 79. I thought the

Let me take you back to 1993. I was a sophomore offensive lineman at the University of South Carolina. New season. New jersey number. New
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