Breakfast Speakers

Each month at the WBE Breakfast we have an inspirational speaker. Thank you to all of our speakers!  Our speaker for November 2008 was:

Debrena Jackson Gandy

Being a Next-Level Leader

Gone are the days when we identified our leaders by their title or the position that they held – Mr. Executive Director or Madame President – and everyone else around them followed quietly along. We are in a special time, according to Debrena Jackson Gandy, where a new leadership paradigm has emerged, and, as she says, “we can’t afford any spectators! We need all hands on deck.”

Debrena’s concept of next-level leadership starts with the recognition that we all have untapped leadership capacity, though we may have some work to do to get through the mental and emotional clutter, the sabotaging behaviors, and the limiting beliefs before we can fully realize those abilities. As women, we have especially unique and wonderful things to bring to the table in this current era, and Debrena imparts her non-traditional key leadership principles to build on that. On November 13th, she'll share powerful qualities to be activated and cultivated within each of us in order to quantum leap your leadership effectiveness, and be a next-level leader.

As a consultant, success coach, and best-selling author of “All the Joy You Can Stand,” Debrena Jackson Gandy continues to use her transformational messages to heal and energize people the world over. She has been a contributor to Essence and O, The Oprah Magazine, and has appeared on CNN and the Wisdom Channel. to We invite you to join us for an exhilarating event that will get you thinking about your role as a leader in a new and exciting way. 
 

Biographical information about Debrena Jackson Gandy:

Debrena Jackson Gandy is an international speaker, business consultant and success coach, national seminar leader, and the national best-selling author of two books: Sacred Pampering Principles and All the Joy You Can Stand. She is the owner of Masterminds, an organizational development consulting firm, and The Afroscentrics Boutique, an online motivational and educational products company.

Ms. Gandy has been a featured contributor to Essence, Heart & Soul, and O magazines and has appeared in Ebony, Upscale, Emerge, Black Enterprise, and Today's Black Woman magazines and the New York Daily News, Chicago Defender, Dallas Morning News, Tampa Tribune, Charlotte News & Observer, Atlanta Metro, and Seattle Times. She has been heard on radio programs across the nation, and has appeared on local and regional TV shows, as well as on C-SPAN, CNN, CNN International, Good Day New York and the Wisdom Channel.

She is a graduate of Pepperdine University and lives here in Seattle with her fabulous husband Joseph, and her three wonderful daughters, ages 15, 14 and 10. Her personal mission is to empower others to create the lives they desire and deserve.