EP13: Business Start-Ups & Leadership Success

Dr. Dudley discusses business startups and leadership "unlocked" with Renita Alexander: Servant Leader, Retired Air Force officer, Author, and Founder, Leadership Unlocked

Renita Alexander is passionate about leadership!  As the oldest of W.L. and Fannie Smith’s five children and the oldest grandchild on both sides of the family, she was often “voluntold” to take on some task and learned early on that responsibility is difficult with no authority. She has been a student of leadership since, applying what she read, witnessed and experienced as an Air Force officer and leadership coach to consistently improve her leadership.

 Since retiring from the Air Force after 27 years and moving to Chicago, Alexander has put her leadership knowledge to use, co-founding The Social Leadership Academy, a global education company for aspiring entrepreneurs and leaders, facilitating MoxE Women, a group of Christian leaders and entrepreneurs, and creating the Leadership Empowerment Academy for the Air Force Academy High School to help young leaders find their leadership strengths. Her company, Leadership Unlocked, is a full service, leadership development and training company focused on developing servant leaders. 

Alexander’s book, Just Breathe: Leading Myself One Breath at a Time, was released in 2019. She believes that being the leader you are called to be is the journey of a lifetime.