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Communicating as a Leader

Union Leader and Civil Rights Activist Jesse Epps Endorses Daniel Imperato for President in 2008

I1connect asked: Epps is formerly educated in labor relations at Syracuse, Rutgers, and Cornell Universities and has spent the last 40 years fighting for and defending the rights and conditions of all working men and women. Jesse began his professional labor experience working for the International Union of Electrical Workers at Local 320 in Syracuse, […]

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Defining Leadership

Great Leaders display the 3Cs and 2Ps; Simple but Universal

Joel Chue asked: For those of you who harbor bold dreams of becoming a leader with a mission of realizing your vision, we now seek to inculcate in you the 5 essential components that make up a vision. I call it the 3Cs and 2Ps. The first and arguably most important C would be Clarity. […]

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Communicating as a Leader

Will The Next Generation Of Leaders Please Stand Up?

Todd A. Smith asked: When an assassin’s bullet ended the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968, the Civil Rights Movement was at a crossroad. Many people in the movement did not have supreme confidence, including Rev. Jesse Jackson, in King’s successor and confidant, Rev. Ralph Abernathy and consequently many of his protests […]

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Young and Minority Leaders

The Incredible Transition of Dr. King

Karen Cole Peralta asked: A long time ago in the fabled southlands of America, the authorities told black people they had to use the “colored” restrooms – not the “white” people ones. It was thought at the time that “mixing the races” would lead to rape, diseases or other unfortunate circumstances. One public restroom each […]