Meet Dr. James B. Golden | Founder, Golden Global Enterprises | Co-Founder, TTC College | Award-Winning Author

We had the good fortune of connecting with Dr. James B. Golden and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Dr. James B., what do you attribute your success to?
The most important factor behind my success has been faith — faith in God, faith in people, and faith in the work itself. I’ve never led from fear or scarcity; I’ve always led from the belief that if we build with integrity, work with excellence, and keep love at the center, everything else will align.

Golden Global Enterprises exists because I believe leaders don’t just need more strategy, they need more healing. TTC College exists because I believe education should restore dignity while opening doors. And my art has always been about telling the truth even when it was heavy.

If I had to name one thing, it’s that — faith and vision together. That’s what has carried me, sustained my brand, and made the impossible possible.

What should our readers know about your business?
Golden Global Enterprises isn’t just a company — it’s the vessel I’ve built to carry out my life’s assignment. What sets us apart is that we don’t treat leadership like a buzzword or a title. We treat leadership like healing. At GGE, we’re raising leaders of leaders — people who will transform their communities, not just manage them. We provide consultation to executives that resonate with servant leadership and speaking engagements to help successful companies become world change agents.

I’m most proud that our work is not confined to one lane. We are training and equipping leaders across education, healthcare, justice, spirituality, and business. We’re creating pathways for servant leaders to rise up, to feed the hungry, to house the unhoused, and to free people from burdens that systems have placed on their shoulders. That’s the work that excites me — because it’s about nothing less than shaping the future of humanity.

I didn’t arrive here by accident. I’ve lived many lives — award-winning poet, K–12 educator, activist, counselor, healer, business consultant, philosopher, musician. I’ve studied and earned the degrees, but more importantly, I’ve walked with people through their pain. My career has always been modeled after people like DaVinci and Gandhi, leaders who were artists and visionaries, who approached life as polymaths with a mission to serve.

But none of it has been easy. I’ve been broke, doubted, underestimated. I’ve heard “no” more times than I can count. What got me here was faith, persistence, and humility — the ability to walk into a boardroom one day and then spend the next day on Skid Row, serving people face to face. I’ve learned that leadership has to live at both altitudes: high vision and ground-level love.

The lessons? Scarcity is a lie. Rest and reflection are essential. And the greatest leaders aren’t remembered for their influence — they’re remembered for their integrity, their courage, and their love.

What I want the world to know about me and Golden Global Enterprises is simple: we’re not here for optics, we’re here for transformation. I am a vessel for change and justice. This isn’t business as usual — this is a movement.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
If my best friend came to visit me in Los Angeles, I’d give them the full experience — the real L.A., not the postcard version.

We’d start on a Sunday afternoon in Leimert Park, because you can’t understand this city without standing in its heartbeat. The drums, the vendors, the food, the shops — it’s a gathering place where culture is alive in every step. From there, we’d eat at Joyce’s or Fixin’s in DTLA, because soul food is the kind of welcome you don’t forget.

We’d hike Fryman Canyon in the Valley, because L.A. is as much about the mountains as it is about the skyline. And I’d bring them to my long-time church, ONE | A Potter’s House Church, or Michael Beckwith’s Agape Spiritual Center, because faith is part of my foundation, and I’d want them to feel that energy for themselves.

At night, we’d party at Lost in DTLA, where the city’s edge and creativity collide. And during the week, we wouldn’t just tour — we’d serve. We’d spend time at MacArthur Park, feeding, clothing, and supporting people with substance use services, because the best way to know Los Angeles is to love its people, all of them.

I’d make sure we walked the halls of The Broad Museum, where art pushes you to see differently, and we’d close the week watching the sun set in Marina del Rey — because nothing reminds you of God’s artistry like the sky folding into the ocean.

Los Angeles is rich as pound cake. It’s layered, it’s sweet, it’s got history baked in. And I’d want them to taste every slice.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
My story isn’t mine alone, so my shoutout has to stretch wide. First, I honor my family — especially my late aunt, whose love and wisdom still guide me. She taught me that healing is leadership, long before I had the words for it.

I also stand on the shoulders of the Black artistic tradition — Baldwin, Lorde, Hughes, Simone, Giovanni, hip-hop itself — voices that taught me how to turn pain into power and truth into poetry.

Professionally, I owe deep gratitude to Dr. Jose Salazar, Haben Berhe, Alana Sanchez-Prak and my colleagues at TTC College who entrusted me to build an institution from the ground up. And I couldn’t do what I do without the communities and students I serve; they’ve been my greatest teachers.

Spiritually, I know none of this would be possible without God’s steady hand. My faith has carried me, stretched me, and sustained every risk I’ve taken.

So my shoutout isn’t to one person — it’s to a village, a lineage, and a calling.

Website: https://www.jamesbgolden.com

Instagram: @thejbgolden

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesbgolden/

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