6 Leadership Lessons from Coretta Scott King

What can today's leaders learn from Coretta Scott King? 

Last week, the Ambition Unboxed book club met to discuss the first half of "My Life, My Love, My Legacy" - Coretta Scott King's memoir as told to The Rev. Dr. Barbara Reynolds. 

Our discussions reinforce and help cement key learnings by:

• providing another way to engage with the material

• hearing others' perspectives, and 

• collaboratively brainstorming ways to apply its learning in daily life. 

That's even more true with a book like this that asks us to make connections across time and circumstance. Scroll through for some of my takeaways for those interested.

Coretta Scott King’s leadership was behind the scenes at times and out in front at others; still always visionary, strategic, and ahead of its time.

I’ll leave you with one of the questions we discussed:

When women who are likable are not viewed as competent, and women who are competent are not seen as likable, is it possible for women to be seen as charismatic leaders? (see lesson #5)