Enrollment is open for our Fall 2021 cohort! Click here to register. Do you want to become a more courageous leader – someone who can initiate difficult conversations, make the best decision even when it’s unpopular, and choose what is right over what is easy? Then...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
I was recently impressed by the integrity of an independent contractor my husband and I engaged. She works out of her home, and we gladly agreed to meet her there. But the day before our first appointment she called to say someone who had recently tested positive for...
“Our corporate culture is so ‘nice’ that we never have the tough conversations – which means we never really deal with things. Thanks to this McDonald Graham Dare to Lead™ workshop, I now have the tools I need to clearly and kindly address problems early on, before...
Our nonprofit focus for the month of March is Girls Inc. of Central Alabama! We just can’t say enough good things about Girls Inc. As you know, we have a special interest in elevating women, and that starts with elevating GIRLS. Listen in as Julie interviews...
Trust is a big word. Dr. Brené Brown’s BRAVING acronym breaks this big word into specific elements that helps us articulate and address specific areas where trust has fallen apart. In the below video from Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul Session in 2017, Brené...
