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Column: Decide & Design Your Leadership Style

Column: Decide & Design Your Leadership Style

[Column written by Jessica Lightbourne, which is Part 5 of a five part series] Part 5: Decide and Design Your Leadership Style As a Black man, your leadership journey can have additional challenges and as you work your career to the next level, showing up powerfully in the boardroom can be the make or break. Jessica Lightbourne PCC, a leadership coach... Read more of this article

Jessica Lightbourne Column: Control Orientation

Jessica Lightbourne Column: Control Orientation

[Column written by Jessica Lightbourne, which is Part 4 of a five part series] Part 4: Control Orientation How do you own the boardroom? Bottom line: remember that you are the CEO of your life. This knowledge is what separates the wheat from the chaff. As a leadership coach specialising in career development for Black male executives, I have witnessed... Read more of this article

Column: Strategic Communication & Influence

Column: Strategic Communication & Influence

[Column written by Jessica Lightbourne, which is Part 3 of a five part series] Part 3: Strategic Communication & Influence In the age of the hybrid workplace, employee activism and the millennial and Gen Z workforce, the most effective leaders use a coaching style which is truly compelling, engaging and transformational. As a leadership coach specialising... Read more of this article

Column: Journey Can Have Additional Challenges

Column: Journey Can Have Additional Challenges

[Column written by Jessica Lightbourne, which is Part 2 of a five part series] As a Black man your leadership journey can have additional challenges and as you prepare to take your career to the next level, showing up powerfully in the boardroom becomes even more significant. We continue this series to guide you on your executive leadership path. Leverage... Read more of this article

Column: Showing Up Powerfully In The Boardroom

Column: Showing Up Powerfully In The Boardroom

[Column written by Jessica Lightbourne, which is Part I of a five part series] Part 1: Self-Awareness and Power Showing up powerfully in the boardroom with presence and gravitas starts with being grounded in self. As a Black man, you have already had to cultivate resilience and grit like none other to gain the great success you have achieved to date. You... Read more of this article