I Am Black Success®

RM Harrison is business strategist and pivot consultant, helping women entrepreneurs build a path to personal fulfillment in their careers, so they can avoid burnout and sustain the motivation they need to achieve their fullest potential. As the author of "The Pivot Map: Uncovering Your Path to Sustainable Success...", RM literally wrote the book on how to pivot when you've hit an e...

Rohan Gilkes is a serial entrepreneur who has built several multi-million dollar companies in a few short years. He was recently voted one of the 100 most influential African Americans by the Root and has been recognized by the Obama White House for his work in entrepreneurship. Rohan has developed and presented business case studies for Catholic University and Northwestern University's MBA p...

Kwame Christian is a business lawyer, an accomplished Ted Talk speaker and founder of the American Negotiation Institute. Kwame hosts a podcast called Negotiate Anything where he shares powerful persuasion techniques. Buy Kwame's New Book: Nobody Will Play With Me:  How to Use Compassionate Curiosity to Find Confidence in Conflict by Kwame Christian Book Description: It doesn’t make sense to...

BLACK MEN AND BOYS MATTER. They are assets to our communities and our country. As a nation, we cannot truly prosper when any group of people is excluded and forced to exist on the fringes of society. The well-being of Black men and boys has a direct influence on the strength of our families, communities and our nation as a whole. 2018 MARKS THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY of the Campaign for Black Male Achie...

Investing in young people in a critical way is important. We can't move our work forward if we aren't moving young people forward. Our featured trailblazer is Torie Weiston-Serdan . Torie is a scholar and practitioner with over eleven years of teaching and youth programming experience. She received her Ph. D. in Education from Claremont Graduate University at the age of 30 and has dedica...

After over 10 years as a powerhouse sales executive at Fortune 500 companies, Nicole Walters quit her job live on Periscope in front of 10,000 people to start her own business. Less than one year later, she’d grown The Monetized Life™ into a transformative lifestyle brand and helped hundreds of entrepreneurs generate millions in revenue. Through online courses, consulting and networking, Nicole te...

Joshua DuBois is one of our country’s top voices on community partnerships, religion in the public square, and issues impacting African Americans. Joshua led the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships in President Obama’s first term and was called the President’s “Pastor-in-Chief” by TIME Magazine.  Joshua is the author of the bestselling book, The President’s Devotional:...

Before Nicole Roberts Jones was a best-selling author, international speaker and CEO of Fierce Factor Lab, she was an entrepreneur, who was struggling to make ends meet -- for 17 years! When she finally hired a coach, working with her showed Nicole why she wasn't making money in her business. "Once I got clear on my gift and stopped trying to be like everybody else, things changed,"...

There are many businesses that begin between siblings. There are many success stories and probably many more untold failures of these types of businesses. If you'd like to learn from a sibling duo that is thriving, you'll want to listen to today's featured guests, Stephen Carter and Sterling Carter of Sterling Staffing Solutions. Sterling Staffing Solutions, headquartered in Sugar L...

Are you interested in building a business based on your invention or idea? So am I. I interviewed business man Joshua Esnard for this week's episode. Joshua Esnard was formerly a 13-year-old who was sick of his father's haircuts and unable to get to the barbershop. The St. Lucia-native is now the Inventor/CEO of The Cut Buddy, the beard and haircut grooming template, that rode the wave o...

Our featured trailblazer is Janice Bryant Howroyd. She is a businesswoman, entrepreneur, educator, ambassador, author, mentor and Presidential Special Appointee. Janice is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The ActOne Group, a global leader providing customized cutting edge solutions in the human resources industry. She's currently listed at #54 in the Forbes 2018 list of America’s Ri...

What are you saying to yourself to overcome your challenges, to push yourself beyond your human potential, to find your purpose and to really push yourself to who you were meant to be? My featured trailblazer is Charles (Chazz) Scott , a published writer, motivational speaker, and an accomplished computer security technologist from Ellicott City, Maryland. He holds both a Bachelor’s of Science deg...

Tiffany F. Southerland is a career coach and founder of Four Corners Coaching, host of How Does She Do It podcast and helps individuals identify their gifts and strengths. -- If you're posting to social, please tag @tbpod and use the hashtag #missionfuel #iamblacksuccess Please help us by SHARING this podcast with others. We believe that these inspiring stories are going to move aspiring Blac...

Keisha Smith-Jeremie shares 3 leadership gems in today's replay. Especially valuable episode for those in corporate leadership. -- If you're posting to social, please tag @tbpod and use the hashtag #missionfuel #iamblacksuccess Please help us by SHARING this podcast with others. We believe that these inspiring stories are going to move aspiring Black trailblazers to make significant chan...

To effectively brand yourself, you must WHO YOU ARE and know WHO YOU ARE SERVING. -- If you're posting to social, please tag @tbpod and use the hashtag #missionfuel #iamblacksuccess Please help us by SHARING this podcast with others. We believe that these inspiring stories are going to move aspiring Black trailblazers to make significant changes that have generational impact, both now and wel...

Stephen A. Hart is a Brand Alignment Strategist, and helps individuals create their amazing personal brand and an impressive digital footprint. -- If you're posting to social, please tag @tbpod and use the hashtag #missionfuel #iamblacksuccess Please help us by SHARING this podcast with others. We believe that these inspiring stories are going to move aspiring Black trailblazers to make signi...

Dre Baldwin is the world’s only Work On Your Game expert. A 9-year international professional basketball player, Dre teaches Mental Toughness, Self-Confidence and Self-Discipline to athletes, entrepreneurs and business professionals. On YouTube since 2006, Dre’s content has been viewed over 39 million times by 120,000 subscribers. -- If you're posting to social, please tag @tbpod and use the...

Kwame Christian is a best-selling author, lawyer, professor, and the Managing Director of the American Negotiation Institute. He has conducted countless specialized trainings worldwide and is a highly sought after keynote speaker. -- If you're posting to social, please tag @tbpod and use the hashtag #missionfuel #iamblacksuccess Please help us by SHARING this podcast with others. We believe t...

We have 6 months left in this year to figure out what the rest of this year will look like for us. How far are you willing to go to get your goals accomplished? What can you do to knock off a couple of things that you wanted to get done by the end of this year? It’s time to take control and get to your desired state! We’ve got a really short but powerful episode for you today. My sista from anotha...

Our very first guest ever on the Trailblazers. FM podcast, Mr. Donald C. Kelly is back and here for yet another first on the podcast.  Today, we are trying something brand new. I've asked Donald to do our very first masterclass style episode, where he's dropping some mission fuel directly with you.   For those of you that aren't familiar, Donald C. Kelly is the host of The Sales Eva...

This past week, our host Stephen A. Hart and his wife Kristin celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary, and Stephen will share 3 lessons that have helped them to not only survive, but thrive at the completion of their first complete decade of marriage. If you’re single or married, we hope these nuggets of wisdom give you insight and wisdom into things you might want to begin working on or maybe eve...

DO NOT create a product or service or a promotion or offer, or a book or podcast, or even a resume or cover letter, until you understand who you are speaking to.  Knowing your audience is essential.  -- If you're posting to social, please tag @tbpod and use the hashtag #missionfuel #iamblacksuccess Please help us by SHARING this podcast with others. We believe that these inspiring stories are...

Today is Father’s Day and I want to wish my dad and all dads a Happy Fathers Day. To celebrate I thought I’d share a few tips that have helped me pursue my quest to becoming a great father.  -- If you're posting to social, please tag @tbpod and use the hashtag #missionfuel #iamblacksuccess Please help us by SHARING this podcast with others. We believe that these inspiring stories are going to...

So here’s what’s up, it’s summer and like Outback Steakhouse, we’ve got no rules and it’s just right. So today, I thought to expand on the concept I laid down last week with Think Big, Aim High, Act Bold. But instead of me going for a round 2, I thought to share a couple clips from some other amazing past guests that shared some of the things that I wished I knew when I was younger. Shout out to D...

Stephen A. Hart is the Founder of Isles Media LLC. His passion lives in guiding busy professionals and entrepreneurs through a clear process to create, market and grow their personal brand, quickly and effectively. Stephen is also the host of Trailblazers. FM™, the #1 podcast highlighting today’s successful black professionals. Stephen was recognized and selected to the  2016 class of the Black En...