J. Lamont Harris - The Curtis-Harris Education Foundation

J. Lamont Harris - The Curtis-Harris Education Foundation J. He is a Culture Award Winner & one of the Top 10 MLT Leaders in the World

Lamont is one of the most talented and gifted Business, Personal Transformation, Motivational, DEIB Leaders, Speakers & DISC Human Behavior Analysis Consultants in the USA today.

After years of studying high-performing coaches, trainers, and speakers —One pattern is unmistakable:How they start the ...
06/14/2026

After years of studying high-performing coaches, trainers, and speakers —

One pattern is unmistakable:

How they start the morning determines who they are for everyone else the rest of the day.

Here's what the top performers do before their first client, call, or session:

5:30–6:00 AM — Silence 🌙
No phone. No news. No input. Just presence.
The world will fill your mind all day — protect the morning.

6:00–6:30 AM — Movement 🏃
Walk, lift, stretch, run. The body activates the mind.
Every sess

I've sat through trainings that made me want to check email after 10 minutes.And I've sat through trainings that made me...
06/13/2026

I've sat through trainings that made me want to check email after 10 minutes.

And I've sat through trainings that made me rethink my entire professional identity in 90 minutes.

The difference wasn't the content.

It was these 5 mistakes — and how they were avoided:

❌ MISTAKE 1: Death by PowerPoint
✅ DO: Use slides as prompts, not scripts. Your presence is the presentation.

❌ MISTAKE 2: Talking AT people instead of WITH them
✅ DO: Every 10 minutes — question, reflection, or activity. No excep

Facilitating senior leaders is one of the most challenging and rewarding rooms you'll ever stand in.Because here's what ...
06/12/2026

Facilitating senior leaders is one of the most challenging and rewarding rooms you'll ever stand in.

Because here's what no one tells you going in:

That room is full of people who are used to running rooms.

They're evaluating you from the moment you walk in.
They're testing your credibility before your first slide.
And the moment you waver — they'll fill that vacuum with their own agenda.

Here's how to command that room:

✅ Lead with their language — research the organization, their challeng

Here's what most corporate trainers get wrong:They design for delivery.The best trainers design for retention.These are ...
06/11/2026

Here's what most corporate trainers get wrong:

They design for delivery.

The best trainers design for retention.

These are completely different outcomes — and they require completely different design choices.

The neuroscience is clear: Adults retain information through emotion, repetition, and application — not through information transfer alone.

Here's what I call the R.E.A.L. Learning Framework:

R — Relevance: Before content, establish why this matters to them, in their world, right now.

The best-kept secret in executive coaching?The client who stays is worth 10x the client you chased.Retention isn't sexy....
06/10/2026

The best-kept secret in executive coaching?

The client who stays is worth 10x the client you chased.

Retention isn't sexy. It doesn't make for great "I signed a new client!" posts.

But it's the foundation of every sustainable coaching practice.

Here's what keeps coaching clients engaged, loyal, and referring for years:

1. Milestone Mapping 🗺️
Set 90-day milestones at the start of every engagement. When clients see progress marked — they feel progress. And they continue.

2. The Mid-Engagem

Let me ask you something uncomfortable:Do you know your hourly rate?Now here's a more important question:Do you believe ...
06/09/2026

Let me ask you something uncomfortable:

Do you know your hourly rate?

Now here's a more important question:

Do you believe you're worth it?

Because in coaching, pricing is never just a math problem.

It's an identity problem.

Most coaches who undercharge aren't unqualified.

They're just still operating from a scarcity mindset that says: "If I charge too much, they'll say no."

But here's what 20+ years in this field has taught me:

✅ High-value clients EXPECT high rates — it signals credib

The #1 mistake coaches make with lead generation?They think it's about getting clients.The 7-figure coaches I've studie...
06/08/2026

The #1 mistake coaches make with lead generation?

They think it's about getting clients.

The 7-figure coaches I've studied, trained, and been coached by?

They think about attracting clients.

There's a massive difference.

Getting = pursuing. Attracting = becoming.

Here's the daily practice that creates a magnetic coaching presence:

🌅 Morning: Publish one piece of genuine insight — not a pitch. An observation. A truth. A question that makes people think.

☕ Mid-day: Engage with 5 real peop

High-D leaders built their careers on results.They're decisive. Direct. Driven.And often — profoundly lonely at the top....
06/07/2026

High-D leaders built their careers on results.

They're decisive. Direct. Driven.

And often — profoundly lonely at the top.

Here's the paradox:

The very traits that made them successful as individual contributors can erode their effectiveness as leaders.

Because leadership isn't about doing.
Leadership is about developing people.

And you can't develop people you can't connect with.

High-D leaders don't lack empathy because they're cold.

They lack empathy practice — because no one ever req

Here's something I've seen play out in boardrooms, coaching sessions, and leadership retreats over and over:Teams don't ...
06/06/2026

Here's something I've seen play out in boardrooms, coaching sessions, and leadership retreats over and over:

Teams don't fail because of bad strategy.

Teams fail because of behavioral blind spots.

The D or C leader who thinks their I team member is "unfocused" — when they're actually highly creative and need connection to perform.

The S team member who appears disengaged — when they're actually overwhelmed by conflict and need psychological safety to speak.

D.I.S.C. doesn't label people.

I

You can have the right strategy.The right framework.The right insight.And still lose the client — because you communicat...
06/05/2026

You can have the right strategy.
The right framework.
The right insight.

And still lose the client — because you communicated in YOUR style, not theirs.

This is the hidden tax most coaches never stop paying.

D.I.S.C. changed the way I show up in every room, every session, every stage.

Here's a quick breakdown:

🔴 D (Dominance): Direct, results-focused, doesn't want your backstory — wants your bottom line. Lead with outcomes. Be concise.

🟡 I (Influence): Energetic, relationship-driven, wan

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