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Meet Lakeisha McKnight , the Transformational Global Leader

I am Lakeisha McKnight , and I would like to welcome you into my life . I am currently an entrepreneur , an owner of the ILEAd Company , a training company based in Chesapeake , Virginia that has also a branch in Nigeria , Africa . I am also an active John Maxwell Team partner where I work with building female leaders across the world . I feel very excited about the career path I have right now . It also makes me feel rewarded because I know that I am impacting women ’ s lives . I am very happy helping women become the winning leaders that they desire to become . I have not always been in the position whereby I have owned my own company .

I have been a part of various positions within organizations . I also have an experience starting from a few ventures that did not work . I have had quite a few moments where I experienced failures , where I felt unaccomplished . I had times that I wanted to throw in the towel . But these failures did not stop me from pressing forward . I did not give up . I have gone through many things to reference that has helped me to have this type of attitude when it came to choosing a career path and stepping into the position of leadership .

In this particular time , I would like to take you down on this journey to help us understand how I reached this point in my life . Every woman has a unique journey and every one of us has this unique ability to lead that we take on various roles within our lives . I for myself know that I have these