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A late post as June has been a busy month! We have had multiple Accentuated workshops plus a few cohorts graduating :D We were also really grateful of having a lunch and learn with Erin (Baker) Black at our Accentuated Ōtautahi Christchurch Day 3 workshop. Day 3 was all about "Communicating and Influencing Effectively" and Erin talked to us about how to find common ground when it comes to building relationships. Accentuated Ōtautahi August 2024 cohort's Rātā Foundation funded places are still available, apply before 7 July! https://lnkd.in/gdryzGVx #womenofcolor #leadership #leadershipdevelopment #professionaldevelopment #diversity #diversityequityinclusion #equity #inclusion #coaching #mentoring

We are looking for the next lot of participants for Accentuated Ōtautahi Christchurch! We are already more than half way through our first ever programme in Ōtautahi and thanks to Rātā Foundation, we will once again have multiple fully-funded places for ethnically diverse women community leaders for this upcoming cohort, starting 1 August. If you know of any community leaders in Ōtautahi that are ethnically diverse women or women of colour who are interested in increasing their confidence and effectiveness as a leader, get them to check out this page and apply. https://lnkd.in/g5n9Kqqx. Applications close 1 July. Thanks Vimbayi Chitaka from Rātā Foundation for advocating for this funding and getting it granted! #womenofcolor #professionaldevelopment #coaching #mentoring #diversityandinclusion #dei #womenempoweringwomen #professionalcoaching #leadershipdevelopment #leadership #growth

We went in-house for Accentuated at Auckland University of Technology this week! Like wow, felt the drive for more WoC representation was at another level compared to our public programmes because we could talk about challenges that are specific to this workplace and how we can band together to face these. Thank you Auckland University of Technology for supporting your women of colour kaimahi! Thank you Lian-Hong Brebner and Kirsty Steel for your support and getting the funding across. Thank you Jessica Murray for looking after our needs for the programme. https://lnkd.in/ggx_BieH #womenofcolor #diversityandinclusion #professionaldevelopment #coaching #mentoring #leadershipdevelopment #leadership

A video speaks a thousands words! So grateful that we were able to capture the experience of the Accentuated Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington participants at their graduation last November. Check out the video here https://lnkd.in/g5tb64wF. Thank you so much to our participants. Anahera Brown, Della Averina, Maria Kerensiana, Purva Bhatnagar-Heeley and Chelsea Wong She, you did a wonderful job representing yourselves and the programme! Thank you to our employers who have supported these participants into Accentuated - InternetNZ | Ipurangi Aotearoa, MAS - Medical Assurance Society and The Treasury - New Zealand. Thank you Sneha Pulapaka and Trixan Grande from Lens-E'pic (https://lnkd.in/g6-UK_Bp) for doing a beautiful job of capturing our experience through your videography and photography! Thanks Advance Diagnostics NZ Ltd and Charanjit Kaur (CK) Rahi for being a continual sponsor of Accentuated Te Whanganui-a-Tara by allowing us to use your boardroom for the workshops :D #womenofcolor #womenempoweringwomen #professionaldevelopment #leadershipcoaching #leadership #coaching #mentoring #diversityequityinclusion #diversityandinclusion #leadershipdevelopment

So excited that we have partnered up with Rātā Foundation to offer funded places for Accentuated in Ōtautahi. There are 8 funded places available for ethnically diverse community leaders in 2024. Please spread the word wide and here is the application form. https://lnkd.in/gjjy49eR Thank you Rātā Foundation for your support! Thank you Vimbayi Chitaka and your team for getting this funding :D #womenempoweringwomen #coaching #mentoring #professionaldevelopment #womenofcolor #leadershipcoaching

What do you think are the barriers and challenges that Women of Colour face? What are the benefits that WoC can bring to your organisation/team? What is one thing you can do in your role and within your power to support WoC? These were the questions that the Accentuated Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington cohort posed to the audience during the workshop section of their graduation! Nothing showed more leadership in action than the care and thought that has gone into specifying the questions then facilitating and guiding the audience, who are made up of their managers, colleagues, allies, mentors, mentees and whānau. Read about this Accentuated's cohort experience here https://lnkd.in/gES2aEhw The next round of Accentuated across the motu will start in early 2024, join us :D #womenofcolor #womenempowerment #womenempoweringwomen #coaching #mentoring #professionaldevelopment #growth #leadershipcoaching #leadership

Really grateful for all the enlightening kōreros and the exposure for Women of Colour Leadership and Asian Leadership! https://lnkd.in/g34JcDDt #coaching #mentoring #professionaldevelopment #professionalcoaching

Very excited to be speaking at the HR Changemakers Festival in Tāmaki Auckland next week! There are still tickets available for the two-day festival. I will be speaking on "How to Support your Women of Colour, Ethnically Diverse Staff Better". DM for a discount code :D