{"podcast":{"title":"Black Woman Leading","slug":"black-woman-leading-3688363","podcast_index_feed_id":3688363,"rss_url":"https://blackwomanleading.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://blackwomanleading.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/3/a/f/93aff2ace2e3ce5316c3140a3186d450/Podcast_Cover-20251030-36jzjpj64s.png","author":"Laura Knights","episode_count":150,"summary":"This podcast amplifies the needs and experiences of Black women leaders in the workplace with a holistic focus on three core areas -- leadership development, mental wellness, and relationship management. Our ultimate aim is to help Black women learn, heal, and grow in their leadership capacity.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T20:19:49.477511+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/black-woman-leading-3688363"},"episode":{"title":"S9E13: Influencing from the Middle with Kelli King-Jackson","slug":"s9e13-influencing-from-the-middle-with-kelli-king-jackson","published_at":"2026-09-10T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/black-woman-leading-3688363/s9e13-influencing-from-the-middle-with-kelli-king-jackson","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/black-woman-leading-3688363","url":"https://blackwomanleading.com/podcast","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/blackwomanleading/BWL_S9_Kelli_King_Jackson.mp3?dest-id=2742914","summary":"Middle management may be the hardest seat in any organization: accountable to the leaders above you, responsible for the team below, with authority that is real but limited. And roughly 80 percent of an organization's people are led from that exact seat. Kelli King-Jackson, an executive coach with more than 800 hours coaching Black women in predominantly white spaces, joins Laura to reframe the middle as one of the most powerful positions in an organization, once you learn to influence rather than simply manage. She breaks down the real difference between influence and manipulation, how to manage up by understanding what your leaders actually care about, how to build trust with your team by \"sharing the code,\" and what introversion, neurodiversity, and AI all mean for the way Black women lead from the middle right now. In this episode: Why the middle is uniquely hard, and uniquely powerful, for Black women, and how to stop experiencing it as only a squeeze Influence versus manipulation: managing up by learning how your leaders are persuaded, and translating for the team below Building trust downward by \"sharing the code,\" plus what introversion, neurodiversity, and AI now require of leaders in the middle About Kelli Kelli King-Jackson is the founder of Kelli King-Jackson, LLC, a social impact firm focused on coaching, leadership assessments, strategic advising, and facilitation. With more than 25 years of experience across nonprofits and philanthropy, she has coached Black women and femmes leading in predominantly white spaces for over 800 hours. Kelli is an ACC‑level coach, a 21/64 certified philanthropic advisor, and co‑founder of The Bayou Collective in Houston. Connect with Kelli Website: https://www.iamkelli.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kkingjackson B…","meta_description":"Middle management may be the hardest seat in any organization: accountable to the leaders above you, responsible for the team below, with authority that i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3342,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/black-woman-leading-3688363/episodes/s9e13-influencing-from-the-middle-with-kelli-king-jackson/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/black-woman-leading-3688363/s9e13-influencing-from-the-middle-with-kelli-king-jackson.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}