5 Challenges for black women in leadership roles

I’m going to share a statistic for my black queens. For every 54 black women, 100 men are promoted into leadership. A lot more men are gaining these leadership roles over these black queens. Why is that?

I personally can only speak for something I witnessed for my previous leadership at one of my jobs. She wasn’t a black woman butt she was a woman. There were so many changes. My old leader applied into the company and they still felt as though it wasn’t enough. Eventually, she was let go.

The challenges experienced for black women are first double standards. This leader I talked about felt like if a man did the same things she did, they would love her.

Second is limited sponsorship opportunities. She felt like she was never properly trained. They threw her out with the wolves. 

Third representation gap. In this company there were barely women in leadership. At the time it was only two in the zone.

Fourth, micro aggressions and unconscious bias. She felt like they were thinking she wouldn’t hold anyone accountable because of her being woman. They just assumed she wasn’t doing anything.

Finally, work-life balance struggles. She didn’t have children. But it would’ve been tough in her role to have them.

I’m here for you black queens. I understand the struggle partially. You have to work a little harder. Ht the rest to prove you’re worth a people of color. But it makes you and me better in the long run.