"Blanche has found her voice, because leadership is choice and greatness is achieved through character and contributions." ---Dr. Stephen Covey

Blanche Williams, M.S. is recognized as a transformational leader, international speaker, trainer/facilitator, educator, and author. She has a proven track record for elevating audiences, organizations, and individuals to perform at their highest and greatest potential.

Her company, Greatness By Design, LLC, specializes in performance improvement, leadership development, team building, motivational speaking, human optimization, integrated talent management and coaching. Her clients have included government agencies, small business, corporations, executives, educational institutions, professionals, and non-profits.

Ms. Williams has earned a stellar broadcast reputation as the pioneering National XM Satellite Radio Talk Show Host of Greatness By Design. For over 7 years, she conducted interviews with high profile and distinguished guests, including Dr. Stephen Covey, Maya Angelou, Charles OsGood, Quincy Jones, Suze Orman, Laila Ali, Kerry Washington, Iyanla Vanzant, Dr. Dorothy Height, Geoffrey Canada, Dr. Ruth Simmons, Janice Bryant-Howroyd, and Deepak Chopra (View Guest List and testimonials). She also produced provocative current issue roundtables and covered historical events including live coverage of the 2008 Democratic National Convention and Presidential Nomination of Barack Obama in Denver followed by front row coverage of the 2009 Presidential Inauguration in Washington, DC.

Following her renowned XM radio roundtable series, Race & Gender in our Nation, she founded and currently leads the National Black Women's Town Hall, Inc. (NBWTH), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, dedicated to addressing black women and girl's issues and concerns through dialogue, leadership development, advocacy, solution-building and mentoring. Because of her focus on women, leadership, and media literacy, she is an expert for Women's Media Center SHESOURCE. (NBWTH)

Williams also uses her broad range of experience and expertise as a Adjunct Professor for the Center for Leadership and Professional Studies at Palm Beach State College. She is author of How To Design Your Mind For Greatness, the 21st Century Sisterhood of Greatness Manifesto, contributing author in bestselling series Chicken Soup for the African-American Woman's Soul, and most recently featured in The Color Complex (Revised): The Politics of Skin Color in the New Millennium. Her academic writings have been published in international business management journals including "Creating and Maintaining an Efficient "Built Ford Tough" Learning Organization: The Evolution of Organizational Success."

She holds a Master's of Science in Leadership (Sigma Beta Delta)from the Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship at Nova Southeastern University and a BA in Communication Studies from University of Maryland University College. She has received several awards with the most recent being the 2012 ICABA 100 Most Accomplished Black Entrepreneurs.

She leverages her abilities, skills, education and experience to elevate her clients potential by expanding their perspective, supporting their vision, and holding them accountable. Blanche believes, "We lead from where we are and succeed by choice. Choose wisely."

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