GoKawiilEntrepreneur Op-Ed: Black Women's Leadership Styles Model Future Workplace Skills
A contributor essay in Entrepreneur argues that collaboration, emotional intelligence, adaptability and community-building skills now prized by organizations have long been practiced by Black women, often without formal titles. The author draws on personal experience balancing work, education and caregiving to illustrate how home-based leadership skills translate directly to workplace leadership. The piece calls on leaders to invite diverse voices, build influence through relationships, and value work that holds teams together.
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The essay suggests that companies seeking to modernize leadership training could look to leadership patterns already demonstrated informally by Black women rather than treating these skills as new corporate innovations. This framing could influence how organizations design leadership development programs and recognize unpaid or undervalued labor. As an opinion piece, its claims about leadership models reflect the author's perspective rather than empirical workplace research.
- Opinion piece argues Black women have long modeled skills like empathy, adaptability and collaboration now valued in corporate leadership.
- Author draws parallels between caregiving and professional leadership competencies based on personal experience.
- Piece recommends leaders create inclusive spaces, build relational influence, and redefine success and value for team-sustaining work.
Source: entrepreneur.com — Dr. Kerry Mitchell Brown, 2026-10-20
Published there as: “What Black Women’s Leadership Can Teach Us About the Future of Work”
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