Coaching
Coaching - My approach & What informs my work
I cater my work specifically to members of the Global Majority, more commonly referred to as BIPOC. In my career, I have found that most coaching and professional development is crafted to be universally applied as if every person enters a position on a level playing field. Rarely does it consider the individual and how their identity impacts their work. The experience of a white cis-gendered heterosexual male manager is vastly different than his BIPOC counterparts, let alone those of a different gender identity or sexual orientation, and yet the guidance on how to be successful is typically designed with this image in mind. When I entered leadership, none of the training or professional development I received factored in how my identity might influence or hinder my work, which it did significantly. I was often left to my own devices to figure out how to overcome unseen roadblocks such as racial bias, misogyny, or xenophobia to name a few. This was isolating as a manager in a large corporation and my journey as a co-founder and entrepreneur. There is so much I wish I knew when I entered leadership and started a company. The self-help tools available seemed to be talking to everyone but me. I bring the lens of a woman of color who understands what it is to navigate the business world as someone in leadership but also holding marginalized identities in predominantly white and male-run professional environments. Not all Founders/ Managers/ Business Owners are treated equally. I bring this perspective to my coaching, but I don’t exclusively work with people in these roles. I have experience working in non-exempt, hourly positions where I had to clock in and out. No matter what stage of your career you are in, I am happy to explore working together.
IMPORTANT: The individual needs of my clients is paramount. Please note that although I offer soul care, spirituality will not be brought into our sessions unless you specify that you would like to include that aspect in our work together. I will never proselytize nor force spirituality on anyone.
“There's magic in being seen by people who understand - it gives you permission to keep going. Self-expression sometimes requires other people. Becoming ourselves is a collective journey.”
― Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary