Advice and our experience on how to succeed in the working environment.
The act of managing people is not a skill that can easily be obtained. There is a high amount of work and self-reflection that will need to be done to become the best manager you can be for your subordinates. I am in my late twenties and currently overseeing a Read more…
Most of the time, a promotion won’t just fall on your lap just because you’ve been working hard for months to years, and everyone around you has noticed and complimented you on your hard work. Unfortunately, many companies and managers are determined to keep employees at the same pay even Read more…
I tend to wonder where my life will go, and will I be stuck in a constant cycle of “is good not good enough”? I am in a period of transition.
What lessons were you taught about work that could be impacting you? Although Black people are the minority in the US, we make up the largest percentage of unionized labor according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. My step dad and mother were both unionized workers. They routinely worked overtime, Read more…
There are moments in life where you are silently screaming through a tight-lipped smile. Those moments for me come when I’ve been underestimated by the people around me. It makes me so frustrated to sit in a corporate space and know I’ve been working so hard for so little reward. Read more…
We all know that it’s important to remain professional at work. We must be careful not to yell or come across as combative. We can even take that a step further for the Black and Brown community and admit that we are forced to extend ourselves to be overly helpful Read more…