This Woman Can

With all the current uncertainty there are times we need to hear something uplifting, it was wonderful to revisit my interview with the fabulous Carol Sankar. Her energy was exactly what I needed to hear and I'm sure you'll welcome it too.

So many points resonated as we spoke about rebounding from adversity, working on your Plan B and taking time to celebrate even your smallest achievements.

More about Carol Sankar - Carol is a high level consultant and the founder of The Confidence Factor for Women in Leadership. She has been featured at TEDx, The Steve Harvey Show, TODAY Show, Columbia Business School, The United Way and more. In addition, her work has been covered by Inc. Magazine, Glamour, O Magazine, Forbes, Harvard, Entrepreneur Magazine — to name a few. Carol is also a contributor for Inc., & Entrepreneur Magazine. Carol can be found on all major social media platforms.  

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Janice Sutherland helps frustrated, #midcareer, professional women of color re-align their careers while staying true to their values and personal and professional priorities. 

#thiswomancan #careertransition #careerpivot

With so many women having to make decisions about their career as the result of the pandemic, it can be easy to have bouts of fear and trepidation about the future and the decisions to be made. 

It can feel even scarier when you're over 40

But it doesn't have to be this way and I share my experience and advice to help you start a successful transition. 

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Janice Sutherland helps frustrated, #midcareer, professional women of color re-align their careers while staying true to their values and personal and professional priorities. 

#thiswomancan #careertransition #careerpivot

Your Summer vacation is just around the corner and while you may be tempted to use your downtime for some well-deserved rest and relaxation, you may want to consider utilizing this time to advance your career. 

Whether you are actively seeking out a new position, or setting your sights on advancement within your current organization, your vacation time away from the office can be a great opportunity to take stock of your career goals, aspirations, hopes, and dreams.

Janice Sutherland helps frustrated, #midcareer, professional women of color re-align their careers while staying true to their values and personal and professional priorities. 

#thiswomancan #careertransition #careerpivot

There’s not one Black Woman I know who hasn’t experienced it.

And the list goes on - I’m sure you can add your own. 

With the transition to working in person is on and organizations are encouraging people back to the office but for some Black women, they’re feeling the stress of returning to a space that never felt safe to them. 

Microaggressions are subtle forms of racial discrimination, compared to explicit forms such as racial slurs. They're often more subtle, seemingly innocuous, covert, indirect, and ambiguous but still cumulatively impactful because they can happen more frequently. 

To quote one of my clients;

“ Microaggressions are heavy. People think just outright racism is the heaviest, but microaggressions are heavier because it's like the undercurrent that you can't quite put your finger on but you know it ain’t feeling right”

With the intersection of their marginalized identities of race, gender and age, mid-career Black women are particularly vulnerable to negative stereotypes that create barriers to career advancement.

So how do you navigate the microaggression minefield and minimize the impact on your career? 

My guest Rebbecca Hemmings - Founder and Director of Strawberry Words Training and Development Company and I, discuss how to navigate microaggressions at work without impacting your career. 

The next LinkedIn live is scheduled 9th August 2022 12pm EST where I'll be hosting Julie Turney Founder & CEO HR@Heart Consulting Inc. and 

It'll be a great and engaging conversation so make sure you connect with me on LinkedIn to join us, submit your questions and have your voices heard. https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamjanicesutherland

And if you prefer to listen to our discussion, subscribe to the This Woman Can on your favourite podcast platform. 

Janice Sutherland helps frustrated, #mid-career, professional women of color re-align their careers while staying true to their values and personal and professional priorities. 

#thiswomancan #careertransition #careerpivot

A successful career and the importance in our lives, often go hand in hand. 

And it's not difficult to see why, we work hard to get the job society views as prestigious or our loved ones would be proud to identify with.

The challenge arises when we can't envisage a life without the job/title/position etc. 

Providing  a safe space for Black women to discuss the career issues and challenges unique to us, helping them to re-align their careers while staying true to their personal values and professional priorities.  

Janice Sutherland helps frustrated, #midcareer, professional women of color re-align their careers while staying true to their values and personal and professional priorities. 

#thiswomancan #careertransition #careerpivot

If resiliency were a person it would be called Teri McClanahan. 

From surviving cancer, brain surgery, homelessness and overcoming sexism and ageism in her career Teri McClanahan has had an eventful life.

Currently engaged as the Director of Foundation and Corporate Relations at The Salvation Army, Del Oro Division. It is her role to secure funding from foundations and corporations for the division.

Now at the age when most women would be on their way to retirement Teri has just completed seminary school as she embarks on yet another exciting life chapter.

We discuss;

- Her attitude to aging

And more.....

CONNECT WITH TERI:  

Providing  a safe space for Black women to discuss the career issues and challenges unique to us, helping them to re-align their careers while staying true to their personal values and professional priorities.  

Janice Sutherland helps frustrated, #mid-career, professional women of color re-align their careers while staying true to their values and personal and professional priorities. 

#thiswomancan #careertransition #careerpivot

I speak with mid-career Black female professionals every day about what they want, and what they don't want, and most are doing something they no longer want to do, but they're doing it anyway.

'Why?'

They're trapped in their comfort zone.

This is when the comfort of the situation outweighs your desire to go after what you really want, even though you're not satisfied with your current career or job.

It can go on for years and years and no matter what's presented to you, or how uninspiring your current situation is, you can always find a reason why you can't change.

So, how do you know if you're locked in your career comfort zone and more importantly how do you get out?

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Providing  a safe space for Black women to discuss the career issues and challenges unique to us, helping them to re-align their careers while staying true to their personal values and professional priorities.  

Janice Sutherland helps frustrated, #midcareer, professional women of color re-align their careers while staying true to their values and personal and professional priorities. 

#thiswomancan #careertransition #careerpivot

In this edition of Black, Female and Over 50 - The Power Trifecta we discuss the importance of understanding your triple minority status in the recruitment world as a necessary part of navigating the recruitment field.

Especially as over the next 20 year's the 60+ generation will grow by 40% and within just 2 years one in two of the workforce will be over 50.

The pandemic has been especially hard on older employees seeking to reclaim jobs lost in the early days of lockdowns. Many say they fear that the workplace upheaval brought on by Covid-19 has reinforced some bosses’ belief that professionals in their 50s and beyond are less inclined to return to offices or adapt to new ways of working.

With the Great Resignation being a concern for organizations, they're now turned on to the idea of employing "older" workers but there's a looming dichotomy within the methods and processes of recruitment which can oft be alienating for Black Women in the recruitment process.

In this conversation we discuss how to navigate the employment process in a post pandemic and AI driven world.

Guest panelists were Brucine Francis a Recruitment Director with over 20 years experience in the recruitment agency field and Daisy Wright - Founder & CEO of The Wright Career Solution who for over 15 years has coached numerous executives, managers and mid-career professionals to attaining new roles .

The next LinkedIn live is scheduled 12th July 2022 12pm EST where I'll be hosting Rebbecca Hemmings,  award-winning Founder and Director of Strawberry Words Training and Development Company - on the topic of  Dealing With Microaggressions as Mid-Career Black Woman

It'll be a great and engaging conversation so make sure you connect with me on LinkedIn to join us, submit your questions and have your voices heard. https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamjanicesutherland

And if you prefer to listen to our discussion, subscribe to the This Woman Can on your favourite podcast platform. 

Providing  a safe space for Black women to discuss the career issues and challenges unique to us, helping them to re-align their careers while staying true to their personal values and professional priorities.  

Janice Sutherland helps frustrated, #mid-career, professional women of color re-align their careers while staying true to their values and personal and professional priorities. 

#thiswomancan #careertransition #careerpivot

Nadia Byer-Thomas is a consultant with 17 years of government and private sector experience and has made the mid-career switch from the Corporate world to Entrepreneurship. 

We discuss;

CONNECT WITH NADIA:  

Providing  a safe space for Black women to discuss the career issues and challenges unique to us, helping them to re-align their careers while staying true to their personal values and professional priorities.  

Janice Sutherland helps frustrated, #mid-career, professional women of color re-align their careers while staying true to their values and personal and professional priorities. 

#thiswomancan #careertransition #careerpivot

Many Black women struggle to set workplace boundaries. There are multiple factors that contribute to this issue, from cultural norms, gender biases, personal insecurities, and external pressures. 

Often, we've been taught that what other people need from us is more important than how we’re feeling, which is why we feel the need for others' needs ahead of our own.

But Boundaries at work are important, find out whay and how you can protect yours! .

Providing  a safe space for Black women to discuss the career issues and challenges unique to us, helping them to re-align their careers while staying true to their personal values and professional priorities.  

Janice Sutherland helps frustrated, #midcareer, professional women of color re-align their careers while staying true to their values and personal and professional priorities. 

#thiswomancan #careertransition #careerpivot