The Power of Your Inner Circle
How Relationships Shape Leadership Success
In every breakthrough story, there is a hidden variable. The people who surround the leader.
Transformation rarely happens in isolation, it happens in context and your circle is that context. Research from the Harvard Study of Adult Development, one of the longest-running studies on human flourishing, shows that the strength of our close relationships is a stronger predictor of long-term health and success than wealth or status.
Former President of Spelman College and Sociologist Dr. Patricia Hill Collins, a pioneering American sociologist and one of the most influential voices in Black feminist thought reminds us that networks and communities create the ‘matrix of empowerment’ that shapes how leaders navigate opportunity and resistance.
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