#CuriousLeilani
“The future belongs to the curious.” - Anonymous
To the Class of 2022: Don’t Let TikTok Dictate Your Future
Over the past two years, our world has changed dramatically, and with it our opinions towards work and the way we approach it have also undergone a radical makeover.
What Do Black Eyed Peas Have to Do with Privilege?
I have been working with my clients to help them understand privilege and power and to think more broadly about how both elements can be an obstacle to inclusion and equity.
Run Your Own Race.
We check our alma mater’s ranking in the U.S. News & World Report, its movement up or down since the previous year and some of us even use the bragging rights to tease good friends at cocktail parties and dinner.
Art is STILL the Reason.
The Wall Street Journal recently published an opinion piece by Eric Gibson, sharing his concern that “Woke Ideologues Are Taking Over American Art Museums.”
Sometimes You Choose the Work and Sometimes the Work Chooses You.
Respond to every call that excites your spirit. Rumi
Juneteenth in Charleston
“I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where I was born a slave.” Frederick Douglass
Overnight Sensation
“If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.”
Steve Jobs
It's Never Too Late.
REALITY CHECK…We will each have different education and workforce journeys.
The Great Resignation & The Future Of Work: Leilani M. Brown On How Employers and Employees Are Reworking Work Together
An Interview with Karen Mangia for Authority Magazine
“Just count your blessings, cut your losses and follow the yellow brick road.” Miss One
The Wizard of Oz was always a very scary movie to me. It might seem ridiculous now, but as a kid, the green faced witch and the flying gremlins frightened my sister and me.
Run Your Own Race.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. That means that for the next 30 days you are likely to see a lot of useful information about mental health, self-care, therapy and checking in with ourselves. (and that is a very good thing.)
What’s New About From Campus To Career?
Some have asked me why I decided to update my career advice guide and change the title to “From Campus to Career”? The first, and most obvious reason is that, the pandemic changed everything – from the way we live, the way we travel and the way we work.
From Campus to Career
It’s been about 7 years since my first book of career advice was published and let’s face it…the way we work, live, and do most everything has changed forever.
The Value of Being Yourself
Tip # 22. Be your authentic self. Don’t waste any time or energy trying to be anything other than who you are.
Thank You: From Campus to Cubicle
To every person who purchased, reviewed, supported, or shared my first book, From Campus to Cubicle: 25 Tips for Your First Professional Year, I want to say THANK YOU!
What Makes a Good Neighborhood?
Many years ago, while attending a dinner with good friends, a guest very casually referred to Laurelton, Queens in a derogatory way.
Authenticity
"You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not its idea of you.” — James Baldwin
The Sweetgrass Basket
This site’s icon, imagery and visual identity is inspired by the sweetgrass basket, the exquisitely crafted low country art with African origins.