Navigating Leadership Positions as a Woman of Color: A Toolkit for Success

Join us for an insightful session on navigating leadership roles as a Woman of Color. We'll delve into the unique challenges faced by WOC Leaders in corporate environments and provide actionable strategies for overcoming these obstacles. This session promises to equip you with the tools needed to assert your presence, advocate for yourself, and build a robust support network, ensuring your success in leadership positions.
 
The Why: Understanding the dynamics of leadership for WOC is crucial in today's diverse workplaces. Despite making significant strides, WOC still represents only a small fraction of C-Suite positions. This session addresses the systemic biases and offers practical solutions to empower WOC to break through these barriers, fostering more inclusive and equitable leadership structures.
 
Key Takeaways:

• High Agency and Self-Advocacy: Learn how to assertively navigate your career path, championing your own achievements and ambitions without waiting for perfect conditions.
• Sponsorship: Discover the importance of building and leveraging a network of allies and sponsors to support your professional growth.
• Cultural Competency and Bias Awareness: Gain insights into the cultural biases that affect perceptions of leadership and strategies to recalibrate your assertiveness to align with external expectations.                                                   

This session is for you if:

• You are a Woman of Color aspiring to or currently in a leadership position
• You want to understand the unique challenges and opportunities for WOC in leadership roles.
• As a leader you are committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within your organization