Leadership Sovereignty Podcast: Career Growth and Promotion · 2025-08-11 · 26 min
Don't be the angry black man. Take more risks. Open your mouth. Don't be afraid to be the only person in the room. In the final episode of the Leadership Sovereignty Podcast's seven-part Speaking Truth to Power series, Phillip Gregory McKibbins answers the question that closes every great leadership conversation: what would you tell your 20-year-old self? His answer is not what you expect - and it is more powerful because of it. Phillip shares how he has learned to be the calmest person in the room when he is the most upset, how his team now knows that when Phil goes quiet, Phil is burning up inside. He delivers one of the most important career principles in the series - "be promoted in your deeds, stop worrying about the reward" - and shares the story of being nominated for Tech Titan of the Year in Texas by a man he had dinner with just six weeks earlier. Not because of his title. Because of who he is. After seven episodes of faith, adversity, career setbacks, brain tumors, championship football games, and 30-interview job searches - this is how it all lands.
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