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From Poverty to Pastor to Prosperity: Ricky Floyd S.O. What! Success Story
So many blessings came from my experience at my first career job which was with the Memphis Grizzlies.
There was a group of us hired as temporary sales reps whose job was to get as many season ticket and group sales for the team as possible…
Empowering Black & Women’s History: Unveiling Stories of Resilience
As we approach the upcoming Black History Month and Women's History Month celebrations, I want to share a personal snapshot with you. A moment frozen in time when I left the football field as Ms. University of Memphis. Making history as the…
10-DAY 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY COUNTDOWN- DAY 5: Surround Yourself with Supportive Relationships
It’s Day 5 in my 10-day countdown to my 10th anniversary of my last day before becoming a full-time speaker and entrepreneur.
Today, we're diving into the importance of surrounding yourself with supportive relationships and building a…
New Leadership Feels SO Good
You never know where your dreams can take you. In 2011, I started my speaking business, S.O. What! LLC, and the next year I founded the S.O What! Foundation. I had no idea how hard it would be to lead and grow both organizations simultaneously.…
Tim Ware: S.O. What! Success Story
Find your cheerleader.
That was the closing advice given by the former athlete turned education leader, Tim Ware, in our interview.
When we met over a decade ago, Tim Ware had started a school and today he leads another one just for young…
Fred Jones Jr: S.O. What! Success Story
When I moved to Memphis for college in the fall of 1997, one of the first events I just had to attend was the Southern Heritage Classic.
At the time (and for years after), it was just an amazing gathering where I was guaranteed to see friends,…
Andy Dallin S.O. What! Success Story
You know the saying about how a person may forget what you did, but they won’t forget how you made them feel? Well, I have not seen or heard from or even about Andy Dallin. Ever since the first few months of the Memphis Grizzlies’ move to…
Andy Dolich S.O. What! Success Story
It seems like it was just yesterday that I landed my first job out of college.
It was with the Memphis Grizzlies in their inaugural season in Memphis.
Well, it was actually 20 years ago.
But I remember so many details very vividly including…
Breast Cancer Survivor Staci Franklin S.O. What! Success Story
It seems like it was just yesterday that I was looking up to this (from my perspective) super experienced woman who had just been hired to work in Community Investments at the Memphis Grizzlies. I was 21, and she (Staci Franklin) was only in…