Business profile: Lakisha Brooks

Lakisha Brooks, a native of Valdosta, Georgia, is the CEO of Brooks Enterprise and Consultants. In addition, she is a motivational speaker, author, women’s leadership and development professional and a career coach, who is motivated by education and the struggle for women’s rights.

Brooks Enterprise and Consultants is a sustainable career and leadership coaching company whose primary target is women.  The organization hosts monthly women’s leadership seminars titled “Business and Beauty” at the historic APEX Museum, where they discuss various leadership roles as they relate to those in attendance. 

Brooks’ primary goal is to implement her leadership development curriculum in corporations and organizations across the country.  The curriculum is designed to prepare high-potential female leaders for management positions.  Her mission is to challenge and educate companies on the importance of hiring and retaining top female talent.  Brooks has hosted a number of workshops and training seminars at colleges and universities across the country and hopes to one day teach at the collegiate level. Training and preparing students to be leaders in the workplace is very important to Brooks.  She is currently working on a book titled: Create the Strength, Discipline and Freedom to Define Your Best Self: A Guide for the Sustainable Leader. She hopes that this book will inspire, motivate and teach others to realize their full leadership potential. 

Atlanta Free Speech salutes Lakisha Brooks.