by Renita Alexander | Aug 25, 2020 | Leadership Equilibrium
Someone requested a favor of me, a favor that did not align with what I was doing and would have inconvenienced me. I was assured I could say NO… which I promptly did. I felt some kind of way about the giving of permission to refuse. It wasn’t required; I...
by Renita Alexander | Aug 25, 2020 | Lead Yourself First
Leadership is influence. But influence outside of relationship is almost impossible. So this mission-oriented, borderline introvert had to step out of my comfort zone to find the relationship approach that authentically worked for my personality and allowed me to...
by Renita Alexander | Aug 25, 2020 | Lead Yourself First
My leadership experience began early in life. As the oldest of five and the oldest grandchild on both sides of my family, I was often “voluntold” to lead my siblings and/or cousins in some activity, an exercise usually like herding cats but nowhere near as smooth as...
by Renita Alexander | Aug 25, 2020 | Lead Yourself First
A friend of mine said she was mad at God when the choice she made didn’t work out the way she planned. I started to question her…ask her why Then I remembered the stupid thing I did when I didn’t pay attention to my inner knowing, the God voice whispering, or the...
by Renita Alexander | Aug 12, 2020 | American Experiment
I have always understood that most Black Americans have some European DNA; a study published in 2016 reported that essentially all Black American descendants of enslaved Africans have European ancestry. ALL Black American descendants of enslaved Africans would...
