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@Work

Workshop Series A:

Black @ Work

  • A1: The Only
  • A2: Managing the Need to Outperform
  • A3: Breathing Through Microaggressions
  • A4: Stereotypes: The Elephant in the Room
  • A5: To Code-Switch or Not to Code-Switch?

Workshop Series B:

Navigating Organizational Dynamics

Workshop Series B:

Navigating Organizational Dynamics

  • B1: Playing & Winning the Office Politics Game
  • B2: Engaging with Difficult Coworkers
  • B3: Building Your Personal Brand
  • B4: Boosting Your Confidence (When You Need it Most)
  • B5: The Art of Influence & Persuasion

Workshop Series C:

Rising in the Ranks

Workshop Series C:

Rising in the Ranks

  • C1: Hitting my Head on the Glass Ceiling
  • C2: Building up the Courage to Ask for Promotions, Raises +
  • C3: Mindfulness around Seeking Sponsors & Mentors
  • C4: Mindfulness around Giving & Receiving Feedback
  • C5: Envisioning My Future: Reaching for the Stars

Workshop Series D:

Stress Management & Self-Care

Workshop Series D:

Stress Management & Self-Care

  • D1: Rest as Reparations
  • D2: Prioritizing Self-Care
  • D3: Managing Stress
  • D4: Rejuvenation from Black Fatigue
  • D5: Black Women & The Soft Life: What does that mean for us?

 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

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