Women of Colour in Leadership

Overview

** Please note - this course is selling very quickly.**

Recent dialogs amongst some of the world’s leaders suggest that businesses that invest in Women of Colour gain a more diverse perspective and win more business. In spite of this, representation in leadership is still very low. “Business in the Community” (BITC), a group founded by the Prince of Wales to support responsible business, found that Black people held just 1.5% of the 3.7m leadership positions across the UK’s public and private sectors in 2019, compared with 1.4% in 2014. This research suggests that businesses still have a lot to do to support and encourage them in their leadership pursuits.

How can a Woman of Colour navigate the day-to-day unspoken challenges of her role? The double-edged sword of race and gender puts them under a constant spotlight of scrutiny. This leadership training has been designed to enable talented women use their self-awareness in reinforcing their emotional intelligence, authenticity and agility.

It is aimed to support Women of Colour adapt daily habits and strategies in navigating the personal, organisational and political challenges of their role, without sacrificing their individuality and cultural identity. Participants will be encouraged to explore unique skills, tools and habits to enhance their impact as an effective leader.

If you are looking to bolster your own self-confidence, become more visible for leadership roles; succeed in leading more authentically; engage and share experiences with other female leaders and build a supportive network, then this course is for you.

What you'll learn

At the end of this course, you will

Identify practical strategies in managing the spoken and unspoken challenges of your role
Be able to define your own personal brand, aligning this with your organisational objectives
Develop new habits that enhances your effectiveness and professional presence as a leader
Develop a framework for building stronger interpersonal relationships fuelled by trust
Connect and share experiences with other female leaders, gaining connections that can support your journey
Gain courage and momentum to pursue future leadership aspirations with great success

Who is it for?

This course is for all Women of Colour who want to develop and progress in their career within a leadership role. If you are looking to bolster your own self-confidence, become more visible for leadership roles; succeed in leading more authentically; engage and share experiences with other female leaders and build a supportive network, then this course is for you.

Your facilitator

Dorinda Nartey

Dorinda is a career and leadership coach within the healthcare sector and life sciences industry. She works with organisations in enabling leaders harness the different facets of their character strengths in staying grounded, motivated and encouraged in supporting members of their teams.

Dorinda is fun, bubbly and passionate about understanding the psychology of people and particularly aims to help others find meaning and movement in challenging circumstances. She is an accredited Senior Practitioner Coach with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC). As a coach, her style is to stay encouraging, open and curious; yet challenging current mindsets, beliefs and values that might be getting in the way of you or your organisations continual success. In her workshops, she engages participants to find sustainable habits they can incorporate into their day-to-day lives for a transformational experience.

Her early years started within the FMCG and clinical research industries. She has led the successful completion of several clinical research projects as a lead quality assurance auditor. She worked with project directors; providing regulatory & compliance support, advice and ideas brainstorming. In fulfilling her role, she often has to engage key stakeholders and top management in solving quality challenges and work collaboratively with different functional areas of the business to manage risk. She has trained, supervised and mentored quality assurance advisers and auditors who now hold key leadership roles within the industry.

Feedback

I found the Women of colour in leadership workshop to be very insightful. It felt good to walk into a room and feel like you belong. Meeting all the other women and knowing that we all face similar challenges in the workplace was reassuring that I am not alone. I wish to have had more time to hear from all the women in attendance, but overall Dorinda did a fantastic job navigating the workshop and sharing her own experiences but also made sure everyone who had a point shared it freely with everyone. Thanks

Jidi

I found this an immensely valuable event (felt like more of a workshop - in a good way :). Our facilitator Dorinda Nartey was insightful and encouraged me to consider and discuss this topic from different perspectives. She also created a safe space for all of us to freely raise our various experiences. As a consequence, I felt empowered to deliver my authentic self at work. Thank you!

Helen

Today was a positive, uplifting day. The trainer Dorinda was absolutely amazing, very genuine and open, warm spirit. So nice to be around grounding women of colour. Nice to have a reminder that we matter, we can do this and all coming from a place of unconditional love. Thank you so much. I will continue to strive to be the best me. Bless and love to all that attended today.

Georgina

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