Speaking

Ready to activate your audience? Book Forbes contributor for Leadership Strategy, Cynthia Pong, JD for your next event.

Cynthia’s specialty is crafting and delivering engaging, interactive, and no-bullshit talks for BIWOC and BIPOC audiences.

Cynthia has spoken throughout the US and internationally in person and virtually. She’s available for keynote speeches, workshops, and panels. If you’re looking for a speaker to activate your audience and give them the tools and confidence they need—look no further!

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Cynthia Offers Four Signature Workshops:

Being The CEO Of Your Career: A Leadership Skills Workshop

Gone are the days when only those with official leadership titles needed to learn how to lead in the workplace. In a fast-paced work environment, all team members must have a solid grasp on the fundamentals of leadership–so that they can take initiative, move the work forward, and be proactive in shaping company culture.
Be Seen, Be Heard: Reclaim Power and Increase Wellness In Your Career

It's no secret that most companies–from startups to multi-nationals–face productivity and employee engagement challenges at some point or another. Though addressing systemic and institutional issues requires much more than actions taken by any one person, we still have great power as individuals, employees, and team members.
Negotiation 101 For The Workplace: It’s Not All About The Money

High-performing and engaged employees have one thing in common. They all know how to negotiate. And, no, negotiation isn’t always about money. We negotiate in every conversation and every interaction in the workplace, whether it’s around how we do our work, how to work better as teams, and what support we need to do our best work for the company.
The Art And Science Of Managing Up: What Employees Need To Know

When employees start to disengage in the workplace–and their productivity starts to drop–it’s often because they don’t have a healthy, functional relationship with their direct supervisor. Even more alarming, studies have shown that up to 57% of employees have quit their jobs because of a poor relationship with their manager. Don’t let this happen to your company.

More About Our Workshops

Don’t see the topic you’re looking for? We’re happy to create and deliver a custom talk to your BIPOC audience. Sample topics include Professional Branding, Entrepreneurship, Thought Leadership, Overcoming Fear of Failure, and Career Change.

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“Cynthia is an amazing speaker! She really activated our audience at TransformHER 2020 and gave them valuable, actionable, and concrete tools to transform their careers.”
— Ty Heath, Global Lead, The B2B Institute @LinkedIn
“I was extremely touched and impressed by Cynthia's dedication to tailoring the content of her talk to meet the needs of our specific community of workers. We're grateful to have come across Cynthia and look forward to having her back for future training!”
— Leidamarie Tirado-Lee, PhD, Chair, EOC@10x; Manager, 10x Genomics
“Huge thanks to Cynthia for an extremely empowering and insightful session. This feels like the most important thing I’ve done so far during quarantine and I’m so excited to put some of this advice into practice.”
— Melissa deJesus, Instructional Design Manager at Bridge International Academies

Cynthia’s bestselling textbook is a gamechanging career guide for women of color

A LinkedIn Top Voice for Job Search and Career, Cynthia Pong, JD, is frequently sought out to provide highly relevant, super applicable, easy-to-understand career advice specifically tailored to people of color in the workplace.

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