Gatekeeper

By Dwayne Hicks | August 26, 2020 |

I’ve used this term before to describe an executive assistant or executive secretary who protects access to a CEO or President of a large company. People in high demand leadership have gatekeepers. I had the privilege of meeting some of our elected officials a few years ago in Washington D.C. and they all have “gatekeepers”…

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Guarded

By Dwayne Hicks | March 15, 2017 |

  I have learned to guard my words and my input into certain situations. It’s so easy to be misinterpreted and misunderstood. There are times I feel like I made my position or point clear only to learn that it was misunderstood. I would rather guard my words carefully than to have them splatter all…

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