Promotions
Using the four phases of this process —Assessment and Awareness, Development and Training, Implementation and Monitoring, and Review and Improvement—will systematically transform your promotion practices.
Each step of this process encourages reflection, learning, and adaptation.
Why is promotion such a challenge for Black women in the workplace?
Even though Black women are confident in their abilities and report a desire to take on more responsibility, that is not happening at the pace that it should be in most sectors. When the best way to get a promotion or raise is to secure and leverage an external offer, we know the system is broken.
“Despite the credentials that I had, the training and the project management, I still was denied a recent promotion. The person that was picked was a white female. I knew the odds were against me because the whole organization is mostly white and female, but still, I thought all of the credentials that I was bringing to the table, all of the work that I had done, and all of my references would put me over the edge. But there wasn't that willingness to even take a chance.”
— BWT Focus Group Participant