135: True Modern Leadership with JeVon McCormick

<p><strong>Episode 135 – True Modern Leadership with JeVon McCormick</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are delighted to speak with an amazing individual today! JeVon McCormick is a phenomenal person and an incredible leader! He is the CEO of Scribe Media and the author of the bestselling book Modern Leader. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">JeVon is top-ranked with Glass Doors and received Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year. He was named Best CEO in Austin and Best Culture Company in America! He joins us today to talk about his personal and professional life, share his experience, and discuss his take on diversity, equity, and inclusion.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We hope you enjoy listening to today’s inspiring conversation with JeVon McCormick!</span></p> <p><strong>About JeVon</strong></p> <p><a href="https://jevonmccormick.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">JeVon McCormick</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">was born the son of a Black pimp father and a white single mother on welfare. Poverty, abuse, eviction, and discrimination were a daily part of his life. Today, he’s the CEO of</span> <a href="https://scribemedia.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Scribe Media</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, a multi-million dollar publishing company that was recently ranked the #1 Top Company Culture in America by Entrepreneur Magazine. JeVon’s experiences shaped a mindset for modern leadership that now guides his service as the CEO of a massively successful company that’s redefining the world of publishing.</span></p> <p><strong>JeVon’s journey</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">JeVon’s mother grew up in an orphanage. She had JeVon when she was still technically a child herself. Growing up in the 1970s was hard for JeVon because he was half black and half white and never felt he belonged. He was always trying to fit in. He got molested as a child and was in and out of juvenile prison. He never graduated from high s