The power of the question can change your leadership path. In this episode, Vice President of Enterprise Systems & Platform Solutions at CenterPoint Energy, Shachella James, reveals how strategic curiosity, confident communication, and better questions can accelerate your career momentum. Through her SPICE framework—Sponsorship, Performance, Image, Curiosity, and Exposure—she shows how leaders rise by cultivating stronger questions, deeper awareness, and intentional exposure.

What You Will Learn:
• How the power of the question shapes leadership and influence
• How curiosity improves promotability and executive presence
• How AI and leadership share the same success principle: better prompts, better outcomes

About the Guest:
Shachella James is a senior technology and business leader with extensive expertise in enterprise transformation, operational excellence, and executive leadership. Her work bridges technology modernization with real human and organizational needs.

Leadership Problem We Address:
Many leaders fail to advance because they don’t ask the kinds of questions that build trust, visibility, and strategic alignment. Shachella explains how to change that.

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