Black@Work™

Empowering Black employees to manage microaggressions, imposter syndrome, and more.

Help your teams prioritize both their well-being and professional development despite the challenges.

Black@Work™ is a series of professional development and stress management workshops based on the specific challenges our community faces in the workplace. Whether it's microaggressions, the glass ceiling, sponsorship, or racial trauma and stress, your teams will learn powerful well-being tools such as mindfulness and breathwork so that they can not only survive, but thrive despite the challenges.

Note that workshops can be tailored for additional marginalized communities.

Workshop Series A:

Black People Breathe

Workshop Series A:

Black People Breathe

In this series we’ll do a deep dive into key chapters of Zee Clarke’s book, Black People Breathe.

  • A1: The Only
  • A2: R-E-S-P-E-C-T at Work: Breathing Through Microaggressions
  • A3: To Code-Switch or Not to Code-Switch?
  • A4: Countering Imposter Syndrome with Courage

Workshop Series B:

Rising in the Ranks

Workshop Series B:

Rising in the Ranks

With limited representation in leadership, this series focuses on actionable strategies to successfully achieve your professional goals.

  • B1: Hitting my Head on the Glass Ceiling
  • B2: Building up the Courage to Ask for Promotions, Raises +
  • B3: Mindfulness around Seeking Sponsors & Mentors
  • B4: Mindfulness around Giving & Receiving Feedback
  • B5: Envisioning My Future: Reaching for the Stars

Workshop Series C:

Black@Work™

Workshop Series C:

Black@Work

In this series, we discuss the specific challenges that we face at work, and ways we can overcome them.

  • C1: Stereotypes: The Elephant in the Room
  • C2: Managing the Need to Outperform
  • C3: Visualization for High Performance
  • C4: Finding the Courage to Take Risks
  • C5: Managing People: The Black Experience

Workshop Series D:

Stress Management & Self-Care

Workshop Series D:

Stress Management & Self-Care

This series focuses on how to prevent and manage high stress levels and how to prioritize self-care during our busiest days.

  • D1: Prioritizing Self-Care
  • D2: Managing Stress
  • D3: Feeling Overwhelmed
  • D4: Rejuvenation from Black Fatigue
  • D5: Channeling Black Joy

 Why Support Black Employees?

 While Diversity & Inclusion initiatives often focus on addressing implicit biases and the behavior of our colleagues, they often do not provide people of color with support to manage the challenges that continue to exist while we are on this journey.

5X
Black people are 5 times more likely for others to act as if they aren’t smart.

49%
of Black women feel that their race will make it harder to get a raise or promotion compared to just 3% of white women.

3%
Black people hold just 3% of executive or senior level roles among all US companies with 100 or more employees.

Black@Work™ workshops will help

  • RETAIN Black talent by demonstratinga clear commitment to their well being

  • EMPOWER your workforce with practical tools for their entire career

  • ACCELERATE career advancement and diverse representation in leadership roles

 What They’re Saying

Testimonials - Black@Work

I loved that we shared our experiences with microaggressions followed by extremely useful techniques to tackle any negative responses.

- Black@VMWare

I loved Ms. Clarke's real life examples she shared... priceless! Though we're connecting over shared stress and pain, it's good to know I'm not alone.

- Blacks at Bain

Zee was very inclusive and I really enjoyed this session, especially the exercises that will help us cope with microaggressions!

- Visa Black Employee Network

This workshop really allowed us to take a moment and center on work trauma that has happened in our lives and how we can change the story of it by dealing with it in a different way.

- Black Googler Network

 Sign up to receive updates and special mindfulness and breathwork tips from Zee Clarke.

We respect your privacy.