Wal-Mart Stores Inc has named Rosalind Brewer as CEO of Sam’s Club — the first woman and the first African-American to hold a CEO position at one of the company’s business units. Brewer, 49, is replacing Brian Cornell, 52, who is leaving the company so he can return to the Northeast for family... Read More »

I read Change or Die in May of 2005.  It begins “What if you were given that choice? (Change or Die.) What if it weren’t just the hyperbolic rhetoric that conflates corporate performance with life and death?  Not the overblown exhortations of a rabid boss, or slick motivational speaker, or self-dramatizing... Read More »

It has been said, “Adults who are truly alive are always learning.”  I love that saying.  Learning, for me, is an attitude, a habit, and a way of life.  I see learning as a way to turn problems into investigations and crises into opportunities.  When you are learning you discover new ways of... Read More »

If you were asked to write a book about yourself what would it be?  Would your character be the most compelling such that if it was a movie, you could not keep your eyes of him/her.  The minute that your character appeared on the screen, the excitement level in the audience went up. As I was work out... Read More »

A new comprehensive research study from scientists at Harvard, Yale, Northeastern, and the University of Maryland suggests that the more skin someone shows, the more likely they are to be perceived as possessing less self control and less power over their own decision making.  Whoa!  This study... Read More »

On December 12, Gene Mark a contributor to Forbes (online) wrote the article “If I were a Poor Black Kid” which contained assumptions about what’s available to “poor black kids.”  I, like others, commented on his blog.  I’ve attached a link to the article; please take time to read... Read More »

Having just finished Thanksgiving we are now headed directly into the Christmas season. And before you can blink an eye, 2012 will be here. No matter where you are in your career journey, there must be milestones for review. Some people use an array of dates as reminders to have that conversation with... Read More »

As the parent of a child thriving on the Autism Spectrum (I don’t use the phrase syndrome), I find that I am consistently contacting teachers, specialists and the school administration to make sure that it is known what I will accept as appropriate and adequate schooling. I know what the stats say... Read More »

Download the image here Full report 2011_Five_Truths_Digital_African_American_Consumer Source: thinkinsight with Google ... Read More »

Cattle calls are auditions in which a large number of actors or performers try out for a role. Think of any interview you have also as a cattle call.  Can you imagine an actor that knows that they are heading for possibly the role of their life and not being prepared?  In other words they are not going... Read More »