6 Strategies To Grow Your Influence With Others

Domino effect

Influence can be defined as the power to affect people.  Not too long ago, Blacks were not in positions of power to affect others.  Now that we have increasingly gained power to affect organizations, communities, and the country, we may encounter unique challenges when attempting to influence people who prefer NOT to be influenced by [...]

Tackling Opportunities: 3 Academic Lessons from Football

Jerome Bettis

I’ll never forget watching my brother play college football on national television.  Alex was on the Air Force Academy Fighting Falcons team that played the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the early 1990s. Back then, the Irish had a running back by the name of Jerome “The Bus” Bettis.  Bettis was a man-child back then [...]

Got an MBA? 3 Reasons to Pursue a DBA

DBA Hooding

I’m not talking about DBA as in “database administrator” or “doing business as,” but a Doctorate of Business Administration. Most people interested in pursuing the highest level of formal education opt for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree.  I would like to share 3 reasons why people may want to consider pursuing a Doctorate of [...]

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