Why do many High Potential (HiPo) Underrepresented Professionals leave their organizations soon after joining? Why do so many who stay get sidelined and find it difficult to advance to the highest levels?

How come this remains a challenge today, even as more organizations make developing, promoting and retaining diversity of talent a priority?

Can we realize the full benefits of a diverse workforce when inclusion at the highest levels is merely nominal?

What can be done today to nourish and sustain these employees so they thrive, not just survive?

For any training to succeed, two things are required.

First, it must acknowledge the specific context of the learner.

Let's consider the context that many underrepresented employees find themselves in:

• Upper management mostly does not resemble them

• Coming from different family and social backgrounds

• Hailing from different neighborhoods and different schools

• Language and cultural differences

• Limited access to business networks

  
  

Second, the training must provide tailored solutions designed for the learner.

Merely repurposing an existing training will be of limited use. For example, consider someone developing a sales training to help women in your sales force excel. A sales training developed from a man's perspective to teach men how to sell to other men cannot be magically transformed by switching some pronouns and photos. What's even worse is cluelessly delivering the same exact training to women.

The Thrive Guide for HiPo Underrepresented Professionals tackles head-on, how HiPo underrepresented professionals can thrive in environments where many don’t expect them to be, some expect them to fail, and few sponsors can be found. Each lesson is customized with strategies that will not only resonate, but willprovide them with the tools they need to meet their unique challenges.

You will learn the following essential skills:

• Overcoming negative preconceptions

• The secret to getting the best opportunities

• Navigating office politics

• Dealing with disrespectful behavior

• The Art of saying "No"

• The simple habit that gets you more

• Resolving the "Diversity Dilemma"

Join us as we navigate today's professional environment with this unique guide that empowers Underrepresented Professionals to thrive today.

Let's get thriving!

Joe Kwon, the Connection Counselor