Subversive Leader Blog
Leadership insights, frameworks, and real talk from Dr. Latisha Chisholm and Zmara. Practical tools for professionals leading within systems not built for their success.
- Your Development Belongs to You (Not Your Employer) — Your professional development belongs to you, not your employer or your manager's budget cycle. Here's what that actually means — and what to do about it.
- How to Have Difficult Conversations With Your Manager — Difficult conversations with your manager fail for a reason most advice misses. Here's the real problem — and what both people in the room actually need.
- The Hidden Curriculum of Professional Workplaces — Professional workplaces run on two curricula: the official one and the hidden one. The hidden curriculum is the set of unspoken rules that determine who actually advances, who gets protected, and who gets passed over.
- The Coaching Access Gap Is by Design — A reflection on the Rich Black Woman podcast — the phrase that stopped the interview, why the coaching access gap is structural, and why your development should travel with you across every role and every organization.
- What Leadership Coaching Actually Is (And Why You've Never Had It) — What leadership coaching actually is — and why most professionals have never had it. The case for intentional development, and what's now possible.
- How I Built a SaaS with AI and No Coding Experience — How I built a leadership coaching SaaS in 6 months with no coding experience — using AI as my technical co-founder. The real story, including the crises that almost ended it.
- What My Users Taught Me About Teams — I built the platform for individuals. My users are showing me it's also for teams. Month one data is in — and the users who stuck around are asking: "Can my team use this?"
- Why Do We Pretend? — Why do we pretend like adult professionals don't need help learning? The cycle of undeveloped leaders producing more undeveloped leaders has to break somewhere.
- What Is Subversive Leadership? The Complete Framework — Subversive Leadership is the stance, agency, and action to disrupt cultural reproduction. Grounded in doctoral research: four principles, nine orientations.
- The Foundation of Subversive Leadership | Panel + Full Transcript — Watch the full 32-minute interview or read the complete transcript. The women — Nierria, Jamilah, and Kim — share their honest experiences with Zmara, Dr. Latisha, and Subversive Leadership.
- Welcome to the Subversive Leader Blog — Join our community of leaders who are redefining what it means to lead authentically.
