The Melanated Mastermind
Reignite your power and lay the foundations for your legacy, all in a space that recognises the unique challenges faced by women of colour.
Our signature programme for women of colour…
The McKinsey report on women in the workplace famously describes the broken rung as the phenomenon by which women enter the workplace and then experience a broken rung as they progress toward leadership. This happens because they take time out of work, to have children, and to engage in child-caring responsibilities, so they missed that crucial step up into managerial positions and limit their options later when it comes to accessing leadership roles.
What we know about being a woman of colour in today's society is that we experience not just a broken rung, but a broken ladder. This is set out in stark terms in the landmark report published in 2022, by The Fawcett Society, and the Runnymede Trust.
The Broken Ladders report highlights the impact of institutional racism, discrimination, and of negative workplace cultures that hold many women of colour back from fulfilling their potential.
The Melanated Mastermind has been created not to fix the broken ladder but to create an entirely new ascendency.
The Melanated Mastermind is THE programme for any woman of colour who wants to access her higher-order thinking, deepest knowing, confidence, clarity, and stability.
The Melanated Mastermind is for the woman who has tried in the past to engage in leadership training but has found that those leadership programmes have been too focused on the experiences of women in general, not women of colour in particular.
It is for the woman who has tried to tough it out, telling herself that her problems in terms of promotion, sponsorship, advocacy, and being recognised are her problems, not institutional ones.
It is for the woman of colour who is nervous about being pigeonholed, assumption-making, and accusations that she is making it all about race.
This is for the woman who teeters between showing up as the angry woman of colour and minimising her colour as much as possible to get ahead.
If any of this rings true, then you need a space where you are recognised by somebody who gets it.
It feels as though reaching your goals is impossibly hard.
But, through this programme, I want to show you that your goals are entirely accessible, reaching them is within your capabilities, and those goals are waiting for you.
You're ready to feel in control of your life and your destiny.
I see you, sister, and I know you.
There is a lot to navigate alone. This is why I created this programme: The Melanated Mastermind. It is rooted in your power, your sovereignty, and in sisterhood.
The Melanated Mastermind combines powerful teaching, transformational coaching, mentoring, and sisterhood to ensure that our participants grow into their current or new leadership roles and understand how to navigate their unique leadership challenges as women of colour.
This programme goes deep — an investment with returns far beyond your career track.
What you will get…
This programme has been created to support you in working through the challenges of being a woman of colour in the workplace and growing into accomplishing your next major goal.
With this programme, you will:
Receive transformational coaching and mentoring from a highly experienced coach, leader, mother, daughter and sister!
Gain a good understanding of the requirements of the critical competencies of transformational leaders in the workplace.
Discover leadership tools and frameworks based on best practice strategies to implement in your role immediately.
Be nourished by our community of exceptional women of colour. This is a true sisterhood.
Assess your strengths and weaknesses, and develop your action plan to advance your career as a more decisive leader and manager.
Develop a personal career strategy contextualised within your setting’s organisational strategy for career development.
Have opportunities to craft and articulate your authentic leadership style and approach.
Gain an understanding of some of the barriers to and enablers for minority ethnic progression in the workplace.
Increase your confidence, articulate your worth and amplify your leadership voice in your workplace.
Testimonial
Angie has an incredible gift, of holding spaces that nurture, challenge, and nourish those that turn up. Taking us on an explorative journey, skilfully focusing on our relationship with all aspects of influence on our world and the way in which we can influence those areas. Angie has mastered the art of developing a self-coaching group, where she is able to be an observer of her own work through the influence she has had on individual and group development.
She is a gift, who illuminates the spaces she touches.
— Bianca
This is what the next 6 months can look like for you when you join us…
This is a 6-month programme that kicks off in January 2024. Throughout the programme, you’ll begin to embrace your true personal power and lay the foundations for the legacy that you plan to leave.
Here’s what’s included:
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Monthly Immersion
Our immersion is our workshop of the month where Angie introduces the monthly topic and deep dives into the material during an online class. This is an interactive session but we will go deep and you will leave with a full heart and mind whirring with inspiration and new insights.
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“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing” - Arundhati Roy
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Tri-Monthly Group Mentoring
Our group mentoring calls are the heart of the programme, an opportunity to gather in community, share insights and breakthroughs, and receive coaching on our monthly topic all within the container of a powerful group of women.
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“We should seek out all the doors which still remain ajar, however slight the opening might be.” - Angela Davis
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Online Community Space and Resources
All our course materials are available in the community space inside Mighty Networks, and any call recordings will be available within the network.
The Melanated Mastermind resources are designed to help guide and support you through the work you’ll do over the next six months. It contains all of your mentoring prompts, mindset tools as well and provocations from the monthly teachings.
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“I don’t paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality” - Frida Kahlo
The Investment
£2500
Early Bird through December 2023
(Save £500)
Normal price:
£3000
A look at the monthly curriculum we’ll dive into each month of the programme:
“Angie really shapes the path for individuals to learn so much about themselves. It’s been particularly liberating and fulfilling during her group coaching sessions. The safe space she has created has empowered us to help each other and consequently raise awareness in ourselves.
I really appreciate the learning that I have undertaken about myself through the work that Angie does.
After every session, I come away learning more about myself and how to be at peace with myself. Unapologetic for my existence and grounded with gratitude.”
— Harroop
Meet Angie, your mentor...
Hi, I’m Angie.
My background in developing and delivering women's leadership training means a curriculum designed to attend to the multi-faceted nature of women's lives.
My experience as a coach allows for powerful and transformational coaching which will ensure the cohort of women grow into their current or new leadership roles and understand how to navigate the unique leadership challenges they face as women of colour.
I was a woman leader who worked her way up to almost 15 years of successful leadership in the education system. I led big teams, large and small schools, and navigated the complexity of system change in times of increased austerity and the marketisation of our schools and colleges.
The confidence I gained from my role as Deputy CEO belied the discomfort I felt as a woman of colour, negotiating for system change but always amidst a sea of white faces. Having to be the face of things meant vast amounts of visibility. So I also undeniably felt the discomfort of being in a body that society probably felt was a little too round, a little dark, a little too afro-ed - altogether, a little too much.
It took time but eventually, I got it together, and when I say together, I do mean I pulled myself together. I began to recognise that the domains of my life had to be lent clarity by being held in unity and that this is what would lead to stability and ultimately to sovereignty. It was through this self-sovereignty that I truly learned to lead.
The dissatisfaction I felt with old paradigm leadership tools is one I also recognise through hundreds of hours of coaching women leaders. These women demand that the complexities of their lives are heard, and they need to articulate their experiences on their own terms. They come to my coaching practice with so many questions, contexts, and personal perspectives, but the thing they really want to know the answer to is ‘how can I feel better?’
Unsure if you’re a fit? Let’s clear that up.
You wouldn’t be a match if you’re not ready to commit to a deep dive of exploring what it means to be a woman of colour in the workplace or if you are looking for answers without effort.
This journey is a deeply personal one, and no road will look the same.
If you’re ready to get deeply personal on that journey and transform, this is your place.
I want you to know what you’re here to do on earth.
I want you to understand the urgency of taking responsibility for your unique position in the workplace.
I want you to know, without a doubt, that committing to this programme will get you to a place of feeling better.
If you’re ready to accept this, I look forward to welcoming you.
Questions about joining?
I’ll do my best to answer.
Don’t see your question below? Reach out to me.
Do you have payment plans available?
Yes! It is possible to break down the payment into two or three or six instalments.
Is it all online? Will we get some in-person time?
This is an online programme, but I do occasionally arrange in-person meet-ups for my groups - depending on the interest.
Do you have an Early-Bird discount?
Yes! Now through December 31st, you can save £500 when you sign up. Just be sure to do so before the end of the month.
Is this course for all who identify as women?
It is. It’s for professional women of colour and will suit mid-career women ready to take on a more significant leadership role and senior leaders ready to step into more significant support in sisterhood.
Are the calls recorded?
Yes, and then they are uploaded to the online portal — Mighty Networks.
When are the calls?
Monthly Teaching takes place on (or near) the 1st of the month.
Group Mentoring Sessions take place three times per month.
Our sisterhood is global so call times will vary month to month to accommodate different time zones. Our call schedule will be published as early as possible in January once our cohort is confirmed.
When do we get started?
Applications are open now, and the programme will start in January 2024
Love all of this; where can I sign up?
Glad you asked; you can apply below!
A final note:
I am so proud of this programme because I know it is going to have a profound effect on the women of colour that are a part of it.
If you decide this is the right path for you, I am looking forward to meeting you within the container of The Melanated Mastermind, offering teachings to so many of you, and building a deep community with you over the coming months.
This programme will be transformational and I can’t wait to begin the journey with you.