Unapologetic Authenticity with April Stallworth

Unapologetic Authenticity - An interview with Chief of Staff & LinkedIn Learning Instructor, April Stallworth

In this interview, April Stallworth, Chief of Staff at T.D. Jakes Enterprises, speaker, coach, and LinkedIn Learning instructor, will tackle a question many Administrative Professionals wrestle with: How do you succeed without losing yourself in the process?

With more than 35 years of experience and a career spent helping professionals grow in confidence, visibility, and leadership, April brings a powerful perspective on what it means to show up with conviction in environments that often reward polish, perfectionism, and putting everyone else’s needs ahead of your own.

This won’t be a conversation filled with generic advice about “being yourself.” It’s about the very real tension so many Administrative Professionals face every day: the pressure to be endlessly adaptable, highly polished, emotionally steady, and always two steps ahead — while quietly wondering where you fit into the equation. Together, we’ll explore authenticity, confidence, imposter syndrome, boundaries, self-advocacy, and what it looks like to lead with strength and clarity without abandoning the very things that make you who you are.

If you’ve ever felt like success in this profession required you to shrink, over-edit yourself, or become a version of yourself that felt safer, more agreeable, or more acceptable, this conversation is for you. Unapologetic Authenticity is about reclaiming your voice, trusting your instincts, and learning how to lead from a place of self-awareness instead of constant self-correction.