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ACCELERATE THE GROWTH OF YOUR NEXT GENERATION LEADERS

WE ARE MORE THAN A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

Our mission to be a strategic partner to growing your organization’s business and advance the personal and economic success for women of color through education and community building. By investing in your women of color you give them the support they need to thrive inside and outside of work.

INVESTING IN WOMEN OF COLOR IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS

Representation of women of color falls off relative to White men, White women, and men of color at every step in the corporate pipeline, leaving them severely underrepresented at the top.

Employees with women managers are more likely to say that their manager has supported and helped them over the past year. When managers support employee well-being and companies prioritize DEI, employees are happier, less burned out, and less likely to consider leaving their jobs. – Women in the Workplace 2021

WHY PARTNER WITH HERSUITESPOT

The lack of female role models at senior and management levels women:

  • Feel discouraged from believing career progression is possible,
  • Feel isolated due to the lack of women of color peers and work colleagues.

Formal women networks can:

  • Provide women support and encouragement to help them invest in their personal and professional development,
  • Provide women a platform for discussion, for sharing ideas and understanding different perspectives,
  • Provide women opportunities that may not otherwise have been available,
  • Just knowing that other people have the same experiences or concerns can act as a catalyst in boosting confidence and causing change.

By joining networks women:

  • Boost their confidence and self-esteem,
  • Support their professional development,
  • Feel accomplished,
  • Gain advantages not only for themselves but also for their organization.

Leadership Circles

HerSuiteSpot Leadership Circles are designed to provide a much-needed forum addressing the specific challenges professional women of color face today, and offer ongoing support to professional women of color to help them:

  • Understand and explore their current professional and career challenges 
  • Discover new and effective solutions to their most pressing issues 
  • Connect with other colleagues, sponsors, supporters and mentors that will support them on their career path 
  • Identify their short- and long-term career and leadership visions and goals, and create actionable plan to achieve their visions 
  • Find synergies between their personal visions and goals with their professional endeavors.

HerSuiteSpot Leadership Circles are small groups of women of color and their allies who come together online and in-person for real talk and peer support.

Circles is a year-long program for women of color to accelerate their career growth in a safe space for discussing topics that interest, inspire, and support them. Right now women of color need to connect with like-minded professionals more than ever.

CIRCLE TOPICS INCLUDE:

  1. Speaking with Up Power and Authority 
  2. Mentorship and Sponsorship – Building Strategic Relationships That Lead to Advancement
  3. Fostering Collaboration in Communication and Interpersonal Relationships 
  4. Steps to Discovering and Re-engaging Your Core Values, Needs and Goals 
  5. Reducing and Managing Stress and Embracing Wellness 
  6. Overcoming Key Obstacles to Successful Work-Life Integration 
  7. Learning the Top 9 Skills Professionals Need to Master for Success 
  8. Developing Emotional Agility
  9. Becoming an Inspiring Leader and Manager 
  10. Developing Your Personal Brand – Identifying Unique Contribution and Communicating Leadership Brand
  11. Growing as an Intrapreneur – Skills for Entrepreneurs on the Inside
  12. Maximizing Presence and Impact

MEMBER BENEFITS INCLUDE:

  • Monthly gatherings via zoom for deep discussion on topics impacting their personal and professional growth.
  • Monthly live workshops that allow women to learn alongside other leaders on topics that impact women of color the most.
  • Access to career coaches to stay accountable to reaching their goals.
  • Grow their network by connecting with other SuiteMates.
  • Access to our Career Center for career advice and resources to help them begin or advance their career.

WHO PARTICIPATES IN LEADERSHIP CIRCLES?

Leadership Circles are designed to serve women of color in a range of positions and career stages:

  • New managers recently promoted from individual contributor to a leadership position,
  • Experiences Executives wanting to improve their leadership effectiveness and their ability to mentor rising leaders,
  • Professionals interested in advancing to a leadership role,
  • Women working their 9 to 5 and running a small business.
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