On the evening of January 21st, the New Jersey chapter of the National Association of African Americans in Human Resources hosted a re-launch celebration in Newark, New Jersey that, for me, conjured up memories of a time in the late 1970’s when Dr. King’s dream was continuing to be realized – in spite of his recent, untimely death. The spirit and energy in the room felt as if we were in some new millennium, single-minded Soul Train line. In the late 70’s African Americans wer

In one of my former positions, I moderated a series of leadership forums/panel presentations for women leaders, during which I presented the following scenario to the panelists (and sometimes to the women in the audience): “Imagine that you are in the checkout line at your favorite supermarket, and you happen to glance back and see your boss, a colleague, or an ‘influencer’ in your company. If you overhead them talking about you with someone, what would you hope they’d be say