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SPEAKING AND COACHING

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Professional Leadership Programs
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FOLLOWERSHIP TO LEADERSHIP

Followership to Leadership (F2L) connects leaders and followers to enhance organizational performance. The program leverages leadership theory plus follower and team development models to learn how people leading without titles can only take your business to new heights.

F2L explores the leadership practice of followership, helping you understand how everyone from the enthusiastic go-getter to the quiet contributor impacts the leader's performance. With that, F2L shows how the follower types mix and navigate differences while also contextualizing stages of teamwork.

  • You will learn about the Leader-Member Exchange Theory and how it can be applied to your team(s).

  • You will finally understand your people's behavior using the “Five Follower Types” model. 

  • The popular "Gumbo Theory" will help you understand your team's dynamics.

  • You will uncover the mystery of why your team performs a certain way at certain times.

Ideal for team retreats and Employee Resource Groups.

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​LEAD BY LEADING YOU

Help your leaders grow into stronger leaders by helping them focus on their personal growth and development. Your leaders will learn the impact of self-awareness, the top five obstacles that leaders must overcome, and how to get the most out of others.

Ideal for leadership retreats, leadership training programs, and employee engagement initiatives.

​EMPLOYER BRANDING ON A BUDGET

If you want your customers to rave about your product or service, you're going to need the people who can make that happen. Your reputation as an employer MATTERS. Your employer brand can determine the quality of the folks applying for your open positions. 

This presentation will help you understand how an employer brand can ensure high employee satisfaction for your business, nonprofit organization, government agency, or educational institution. And high employee satisfaction is great for the bottom line. 

  • You will understand how employer branding can boost your business using the 3 Seeds of Employer Branding.

  • You will learn how to develop your employer value proposition.

  • You will learn how to build a compelling employer brand campaign on a tight budget!

Ideal for leadership retreats, board meetings, and association conferences.

College Leadership Programs

FOR COLLEGE AUDIENCES

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FOLLOWERSHIP TO LEADERSHIP (COLLEGE VERSION)

F2L: THE BLACK GREEK SUCCESS PROGRAM

Followership to Leadership (F2L) connects leaders and followers to enhance the impact of your student organization, athletic team, or fraternity or sorority chapter. The program leverages leadership theory plus follower and team development models to learn how people leading without titles can take your group to new heights.

  • You will learn about the Leader-Member Exchange Theory and how it can be applied to your student group.

  • You will finally understand your people's behavior using the “Five Follower Types” model. 

  • The popular "Gumbo Theory" will help you understand your group's dynamics.

As an experienced NHPC speaker, I provide members of the "Divine Nine" and other Black fraternal organizations a customized version of this presentation.

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LECTURES TO LIVELIHOOD

Get your students ready to snag valuable internships and early career opportunities. "Lectures to Livelihood" gives insider knowledge from a former talent acquisition professional who worked with over 300 hiring managers in several industries to recruit from the entry to executive levels.

 

Students learn what employers want, the anatomy of a winning resume, and how to build an attractive personal brand NOW. 

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LEAD BY LEADING YOU (COLLEGE VERSION)

Motivate your students who have a burning desire to inspire and lead. Show them how to focus on their personal growth and development in order to effectively lead others.

 

Students learn the importance and impact of self-awareness, the top five obstacles that leaders must overcome, and how to get the most out of others.

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GIVE ‘TIL IT’S BUILT

Do you dream of building a better society as a servant leader? Are you constantly encouraging yourself to be the change you want to see in the world? This presentation is for you! Philanthropy isn't about your money. It's about your resources--and you have more than you realize. 

 

Give 'Til It's Built (GTIB) demystifies philanthropy and philanthropic impact. And it goes beyond giving. GTIB will inspire your group to think of themselves as leaders by helping them focus on the causes that they care most about and what making a difference truly looks like.

  • Learn how and when to begin your philanthropic journey. 

  • Understand what it means to develop a philanthropic identity and how philanthropy builds your leadership skills.

  • Learn models and strategies for effective giving and service.

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OOORRRRR, HIRE ME FOR...

  • Panel discussion moderation

  • Event MCing

  • Keynote addresses

  • Workshop facilitation

Testimonials
“The Black Greek Success Program really helped our NPHC members to truly examine the challenges facing their organizations and to discover that the solution to these challenges lies no further away than a constant dedication to each organization's guiding principles."

Kyle Gallagher

Former Assistant Director for Student Engagement, Southeastern Louisiana University

Public Speaking Coaching

PUBLIC SPEAKING COACHING

Whether you need to get over your fear of public speaking, calm those nerves before the next big presentation or put yourself in a position to "wow" audiences, let's make beautiful speeches together!

From being a passionate thespian who studied theater in college to having been in the trenches with audiences from high school to the corporate world for more than 25 years to being the son of an opera singer, I have the tools to take your speaking game to the next level.

 

Here's the best part. It's not about my instruction. It's about YOU. You will get a customized approach based on who you are

 

With prices for modest budgets in mind, my public speaking coaching focuses on:

  • Expressing your personal brand

  • Storytelling

  • Message structure

  • Vocal dynamics

  • Eye contact

  • Movement

  • Articulation

Past clients include professional from the fields of law, higher education, insurance, and life coaching.

Contact me for a 30-minute brainstorming consultation TODAY!​ Coaching can be conducted in the Greater New Orleans area or virtually.

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