Black Women Working

Mistakes at work, perfectionism and why Black women get less grace when things go wrong. It's Chantelle and Natalie on the Black Women Working podcast.Nobody is perfect, but plenty of workplaces act like we should be. This time we get into who gets to make mistakes, who gets to bounce back, and what it does to us when we're hyper visible, the only one in the room, or carrying the weight of representing everyone who looks like us. We also talk about what leaders can do to make speaking up safe, and what we can do to protect ourselves.In this episode:Why being the only Black woman in the room can mean over-surveillance, and how confirmation bias makes mistakes look biggerHow the glass cliff and the pressure to represent make every slip feel higher stakesWhy documenting conversations and keeping receipts protects youConsultation from the top down, communication from the bottom up: making it safe to speak upHow tiredness, capacity and poor resourcing cause mistakes, and why quality beats outputRedefining failure and getting the conditions right to do your best workThis one is a Let's Talk About It episode.Email us: blackwomenworkinguk@gmail.comInstagram and TikTok: @BWWPODCASTUKIf this landed, follow the show, leave us a rating and share it with someone who needs to hear it.

Nearly two years, one long pause, and we're back. Chantelle and Natalie on rest, quitting, midlife pivots and why joy isn't a reward for hitting your goals.Rest, burnout, quitting and career change: what happens when Black women stop waiting for permission to choose joy? After nearly two years away, Black Women Working is back.It's Chantelle and Natalie, and we're catching you up on where we've been. A year of forced rest after surgery and injury, a return to work that came too soon, and a resignation that was a long time coming. In this episode:Why rest is a leadership skillWork vs employment, and why your job doesn't get to define your worthPivoting at 40 vs pivoting at 30What The Artist's Way did for usWhy we're done waiting to earn our joyGot a question, a suggestion or a pitch? Email blackwomenworkinguk@gmail.com or find us on Instagram and TikTok at @bwwpodcastuk. If you enjoyed the episode, follow, rate and tell a friend to tell a friend.

Chan and Nat sit down and chop it up about 2024 and look forward to 2025! We talk about how important it is to be intentional but also to appreciate the journey. Connect Email: blackwomenworkinguk@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @bwwpodcastuk, #bwwpodcastuk Website: www.blackwomenworking.com Hosts Natalie- @mscarter_13 Chantelle- @mscocolondon

EP52 - Glass ceilings and glass cliffs by Black Women Working

Thank you for riding with us for the last five years. Five years of rich discussions on the experience of Black Women in the workplace. The highs and the lows with so much more to go. Connect Email: blackwomenworkinguk@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @bwwpodcastuk, #bwwpodcastuk Website: www.blackwomenworking.com Hosts Chantelle- @mscocolondon Natalie- @mscarter_13

What a week in politics for Black Women. Regardless of your political persuasion, black women had a lot to contend with Kemi Badenoch became the first black leader of a political party in the UK and in the US Kamala Harris lost the presidential elections to Donald Trump. The experience both here in the UK and across the seas really have to make us pause and buckle our bootstraps as we continue on our journey to be recognised and accomplished in our greatness, all against the backdrop of white patriarchy. Tune in and keep the conversation going. Connect Email: blackwomenworkinguk@gmail.com Twitter and Instagram: @bwwpodcastuk, #bwwpodcastuk Website: www.blackwomenworking.com Hosts Chantelle- @mscocolondon Natalie- @mscarter_13

We've interviewed the HR 'Queens of Babylon' back in 2020 and now we sit down to chop it up with ex-police officer, now DEI consultant Joy Kyei. This episode needed to be at least three! Joy talks us through her motivations to join the force and what it has meant to her to back a difference to the black community at work and beyond. As if that isn't a task in itself, we also discuss working through divorce, being a single mum, finding purpose and pivoting into a new career. Sis, Listen! We have covered some ground this episode, it's one not to miss.