by Julie McDonald | May 5, 2021 | Women We Admire
For the May segment of our Women We Admire series, we talked with JaWanda Jackson, owner of JaWanda’s Sweet Potato Pies. Each month, we interview and promote the work of a Woman of Color who exemplifies strong leadership. We enjoyed hearing JaWanda’s story and look...
by Julie McDonald | Apr 29, 2021 | Nonprofit Spotlight
REV Birmingham is this month’s nonprofit in the spotlight. Each month we honor an amazing nonprofit that provides much-needed services to our community. We are big fans of REV and love seeing the actions they are taking to revitalize Birmingham. We enjoyed...
by Julie McDonald | Apr 28, 2021 | Women We Admire
For the April segment of our Women We Admire series, we talked with Dekia Scott, Chief Investment Officer for Southern Company. Each month, we interview and promote the work of a Woman of Color who exemplifies strong leadership.
by Julie McDonald | Apr 11, 2021 | Building Trust, Dare to Lead
Trust has been the theme of our newsletters over the past two months and it has me thinking about trust within our own company. We have a “small-but-mighty” team at McDonald Graham, and as I have reflected about the trust we have developed inside our company, I...
by Julie McDonald | Apr 4, 2021 | Building Trust, Difficult Conversations
Dear Drs. Graham and McDonald: Your recent trust-building posts have been helpful. But I’m wondering if you would help me apply that advice to a problem with an employee we recently recruited from another firm. The problem with this “rising star” is that she does a...
