Tag: personal-development
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10 Leadership Books That Are Reshaping My Approach

Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed. -Proverbs 15:22 As part of my Doctor of Ministry program, I worked through ten formative leadership texts, each approaching leadership from a distinct angle—organizational, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and ethical. Read together, they offered far more than techniques. They reframed what leadership actually is and what…
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Mastering Cultural Agility: The Power of Coaching for Leaders

One of my longtime coaching clients gave me an interesting nickname. As I have walked her through overcoming the challenges of racial and social division as an organizational leader, she stated that Kathairo, “helped me stay accountable through growth while bringing definition to my goals.” She refers to me as the, “Cultural Sherpa” due to…
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So, You Want to Be an Ally?

As a pastor and nonprofit leader in St. Louis, I speak regularly on racial reconciliation from a Christian worldview. When people outside of the Black community learn about the racial disparities regarding quality of life and the caste system of American history, it often breaks their hearts. The weightiness of these realizations stirs a desire…