Women Of Color With Ambitious Career Goals Deserve Career Coaches Who Get Them
We get the struggle, and we know how to overcome the hurdles to get you where you want to go.
Why do you need a career coach?
Women of color face unique challenges in the workplace that cookie-cutter career advice (written by and for White folks) don’t address.
As an all-BIPOC team of career coaches, we know what it’s like to be:
Overworked,
Overlooked, and
Underpaid.
We’re putting an end to that.
Our career coaches understand your lived experience as a person of color in the workforce. We will make sure that you aim high enough with your career goals, and partner with you to create a realistic plan to get you there.
If you are a leader in a C-Suite or senior leadership position who is seeking executive coaching, or a business owner or entrepreneur who is seeking business coaching,
Please email coaching@embracechange.nyc
How exactly can we support you?
Whether you want to:
Land a promotion
Negotiate a raise
Change careers
Clarify your career goals
Become a public speaker and thought leader
Start or scale your business
Build a strategic network
Redefine your relationship to finances and wealth
Change the world :)
We can be your strategic thought partner in overcoming the blocks and barriers, creating an action plan for moving forward, and ensuring that you meet—and exceed!—your career goals.
The future that we want to see is one where far more BIPOCs are on executive leadership teams, in the C-Suite, leading teams across industries, and working at organizations that see, hear, and value them for who they are—and pay them what they deserve.
Our Clients Have:
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Landed New Positions
Landed positions created specifically for them–with a starting base in the $200Ks plus $250K equity
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Negotiated Higher Salaries
Negotiated starting salaries $25K over the stated range–in aggregate, our clients have negotiated over $500K more in annualized salaries
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Changed Industries
Successfully landed new jobs in new industries (e.g. from non-profit to tech)
About our Comprehensive Coaching Package:
This is a foundational one-on-one career coaching program that consists of eight sessions with your Embrace Change career coach. The structure of this program, and the cadence of these sessions (8 sessions over 2 months), are intentionally designed to most effectively meet our clients’ needs.
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8 career coaching virtual sessions (45 mintues each)
An illuminating preliminary questionnaire
A Clarifying Goals Worksheet
Additional resurces and homework tailored for your needs
2 months of email support
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To work with an Embrace Change career coach:
Complete an Intake Form
Our team will reach out with the next steps, which may include a Supplemental Form
Our team will email you our coaching recommendations, including a recommended coach for you
Have a complimentary consult call with your recommended coach to assess fit
Final onboarding steps to get started!
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Our Comprehensive Coaching program structure, which is the coaching program, structure, and method we’ve honed over years of working with hundreds of WOC clients, is a 2-month, 8-session foundational career coaching program. In working with hundreds of WOC clients over many years, this has proven to be the most effective structure, length of time, and cadence for our clients to experience and create the results that they wish to achieve through career coaching.
Deviations from this structure, cadence, and timeline generally result in subpar (diluted, less impactful) results for clients. Deviations from this structure, cadence, and timeline also have a negative impact operationally on our small-but-mighty WOC-run team.
Please note: Following completion of the Comprehensive Coaching program, Embrace Change clients may continue their career coaching journey in additional increments of 4 sessions at a time in our VIP Coaching Program. Those who have done so have achieved an array of additional concrete wins — often exceeding their career and leadership goals in terms of landing ideal roles, opportunities, employers, promotions, raises, speaking engagements.
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For the Comprehensive Coaching program, we offer a sliding scale based on annualized earnings.
Annual Salary/Earnings:
$200,000-$299,000 - 2 Installments of $2,295
$100,000-$199,000 - 2 Installments of $1,450
<$100,000 - 2 Installments of $850
*The investment for anyone $300k and over is determined on a case-by-case basis. Please let us know if this applies to you.
**If applicable to your situation, and in case it’s helpful, here's a resource we share with folks to help with approaching your employer to cover your career coaching investment––whether in part or in whole.
***The above sliding scale is only applicable if you are directly paying for your own coaching. If your employer is directly paying Embrace Change for your coaching, additional fees will apply, including: administrative fees starting at $500-$1000 to have separate or additional contracts executed between your employer and Embrace Change; administrative fees starting at $250-$500 for requests to pay that are not via our standard payment links and process (2 equal installments payable by credit card). Please contact us with your specific situation so that we can provide the most accurate estimate of associated administrative fees.
Meet Our Coaches
Hea from past clients:
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“Cynthia’s a career coach who knows how to get shit done and can help you get your career and your life in order. She’s totally committed to seeing her clients succeed.”
Judaline Cassidy, Founder, Tools & Tiaras, Inc
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“I feel more centered and hopeful about the decision that I can make based on my conversation with Payal. I felt understood and supported, and honestly, could see myself benefitting from more conversations.
“The biggest impact that coaching has had on me so far is that it gave me a different form of permission to trust myself and my aspirations.
“I would recommend Payal's services to people because she was a great listener and provided helpful resources.”
Candice Matthews
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“Brandon was great to work with and had a concrete process for working through some complex career goals. I feel much clearer and more confident in how to communicate and tell stories around what it is that I can offer.”
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“Cynthia is such a steady, positive presence, and valuable thought partner. She helped me make time and space for thinking long-term about my career, and brings ideas I would never have on my own. She’s also SO good at highlighting the things that I’m already doing well, which I’ve found to be HUGELY (and unexpectedly!) grounding.”
Patty F.
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“Stephanie helped me land an incredible position within a matter of weeks. She first spotted a likely match between my skills and what my company was looking for. She made sure I was aware of the whole process, making connections and answering my questions in a very timely manner. Stephanie made sure I pulled through and gave me encouragement when I needed it most. I would highly recommend working with her!”
Grace L., Masterpass Product Manager
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“I was able to start to explore the reasons for my financial ambitions and desires. For this session with Leah, I was encouraged to think through concrete steps to help me better visualize my goals. I would recommend Leah to someone who needs help getting started in long-term financial planning”
Jessica J.
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“I feel more confident in myself and my worth as a professional. I think Steve has a lot of great qualities and knowledge that can help further someone’s career. I truly enjoyed my coaching and was comfortable talking to Steve at our very first session. He is very knowledgeable about various careers and markets. He is very attentive to the needs of his clients and I would definitely work with Steve in the future.”
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“Hiring Cynthia was one of the best investments I made! She helped me negotiate a new job offer with a 47% salary increase. Cynthia truly understands the professional dynamics that women of color face.”
Nakia A.
Coaching with us is an investment in you, your future, and your career goals. Get matched with a coach today.
If you’re interested in our career coaching services, please complete this short questionnaire. We’d love to hear about your needs and goals and match you with the Embrace Change coach who’s the best fit for you.