Barron Witherspoon’s Post

Had to share this post from Justin Cloud who enjoying his journey through The Black Exec. You should consider joining him with your own copy. Pick one up via theblackexec.com and let me know your thoughts.

Since retiring, my ‘second’ career has included speaking. My recent presentations include L3Harris Technologies, UBS, Strada Education Foundation, TEDX and Heidrick & Struggles. I enjoy sharing knowledge acquired during my 35+ year career at Procter & Gamble and new knowledge gained from interacting with audiences and hearing their thoughts and insights. The picture seen here was taken during my talk at L3Harris Technologies. Vice President of Engineering (Functional) and Event Moderator, Jahmar Ignacio was excellent. As you can tell, I truly enjoyed the opportunity to speak and engage with the audience. Feel free to reach out to Jennefer Witter of The Boreland Group, my PR agency, if you are interested in booking me for an engagement. Her email is jwitter@theborelandgroup.com. In the meantime, you can view my list of post-retirement talks – along with topics – here: https://lnkd.in/etzU6DUb Image courtesy of L3Harris Technologies.

What a week!   I am very happy to share that “The Black Exec and The Seven Myths” was selected as a finalist in the prestigious National Indie Excellence® Awards competition. We were among books that placed in the “Business Motivational” category.   According to NIEA®, finalists are “determined primarily by a book’s written content coupled with the various informational, functional, and designed elements that comprise a publication.”   I could not be happier.

It’s official!   The Black Exec is an Amazon best seller for *ONE* full year! It is ranked Top Ten in both the “Interest Economics” and “Financial Interests” since its publication in June, 2023.   I am overjoyed by the positive response of so many who bought and read the book. I am also excited to continue sharing what I learned in my 35-year career as a senior executive at Procter & Gamble. My purpose is to assist emerging Black and Brown leaders in their efforts to excel in their own professional careers. FYI - You can buy a copy of The Black Exec here -https://lnkd.in/ev_Ud5t5.

I spoke about the Myth of Valuation during my Fireside Chat at UBS. Here is a clip that discusses this line of thought.   I am very interested in your comments as well as how you have dealt with this Myth.

As mentioned, I am showcasing the seven myths from The Black Exec and will feature each of them over the next several days, either through book excerpts or video. Today, we start with the “Myth of Belonging” with a passage from my book. “This is a powerful tactic most often used by your peers to add a caveat to your very presence. I want you to adopt a mindset that combats this sort of thinking. For some of you, this will be a new mindset, but I want you to arrive at work each day knowing and operating in the confidence that you are well prepared. I want you to begin by accepting your readiness. Without accepting your readiness, I can’t see how you can convince anyone that you belong in the company.” I would love to hear your thoughts. And if you’re interested in reading more about the myth of belonging, you can purchase a Kindle edition of The Black Exec here - https://lnkd.in/egdZQFDd.

Hello Friends – I have gotten such wonderful feedback about The Black Exec and The Seven Myths that I decided to share “teasers” around the myths with excerpts from the book and my talks. Aside from giving you these tastes, I hope to prod you to think about each myth and how they have impacted your lives.... First, however, I will discuss why I decided to write The Black Exec. This clip was taken during my talk at UBS on the book.  

Thanks LaTasha Dandy for your post following our time together at L3Harris. Congratulations on reaching your network with your reactions—over 100 reacted!

Earlier I shared the calm before the storm from my event at L3Harris. Here are some “action shots” from the storm itself. Thanks to Carmen Robertson who worked with Jennefer Witter on my team to put together the concept and event strategy. Thanks to Sohret Simay Simon SHRM-CP who ran point on logistics. Thanks to Serg who worked behind the scenes. Special thanks also to Jahmar Ignacio who masterfully MC’d and Moderated the event. In short, the team at L3Harris Technologies showed up and showed out! Thanks to my friend and board colleague Jim Girard for the initial invitation last year and for showing up in person. Keep up with the work we are doing to empower and enable the NextGen at theblackexec.com