Finding Your Mojo
‘Be the change you want to see in the world’
Gandhi
Development & Leadership Training for Ethnic Minorities
Personal Effectiveness Training for Developing Managers and Leaders from Ethnic Minority Backgrounds
It is common knowledge aspiring leaders from different racial backgrounds are under-represented at middle and senior levels in the majority of organisations and experience slower career progression. This has a detrimental effect on their morale, confidence and self-belief.
Finding Your Mojo: Background
Blue Tulip Consultancy delivers a distinctive five‑month development & leadership training for ethnic minorities programme combining workshops, peer learning and one‑to‑one coaching. Offered both in‑house and externally, the programme is specifically designed to equip aspiring leaders from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds with the tools, confidence and strategies to navigate and overcome residual structural disadvantage.
Participants strengthen their personal effectiveness and leadership presence by developing the skills to:
- Take a pro-active, creative approach to career / personal development.
- Overcome personal barriers and capitalise on opportunities for success.
- Develop a vision and plan for the future – set and achieve clear goals.
- Receive job satisfaction – improve morale and motivation.
- Review progress towards goals creatively
- Improve self-confidence and belief.
- Make necessary and lasting improvements to skills, knowledge and behaviour.
- Present a positive image.
Finding Your Mojo: How does it work?
The development & leadership training for ethnic minorities programme works within the frame of the following:
Facilitated sessions specific to personal Impact and professional development
Support System through 1:1 coaching and Peer Coaching
Peed led EDI project with feedback
In house speakers – inspiration and role models
Safe space to share and care.
The programme centres on helping participants set meaningful goals and take deliberate action toward realising their vision. Through a process of supported personal discovery and inquiry, participants build the self‑awareness needed to take ownership of their development and leadership journey.
The approach combines structure, encouragement and constructive feedback, creating a supportive environment in which participants can reflect, experiment and grow with confidence
Finding Your Mojo: What are the Benefits?
- Finding Your Mojo development & leadership training for ethnic minorities Programme motivate participants to give more to and get more from their work – cultivates visible and positive changes to attitudes and image.
- It develops untapped skills, a necessity if organisations are to get the best from their staff – creates a bridge to talent management and diversity.
- It helps participants to find ways to increase their job satisfaction and secure promotions through personal and professional growth.
- Show evidence of working towards a diverse management tier – broader range of skills and experience
Finding Your Mojo: What is the organisational perspective?
- identifying staff with potential; supporting them to present themselves effectively at meetings and interviews, with managers, colleagues and customers.
- maximising the potential of your work force by increasing people’s potential
- finding the best person for the right job
- linking the diversity strategy to organisation’s competence and personal development agendas
- encouraging staff to demonstrate the aspiration, motivation and skills to move to the next level.
- equipping and enabling Black Asian and Minority Ethnic staff to conduct ‘difficult conversations’ with managers about career development and longer-term progression / prospects.
Finding Your Mojo: Four Examples of Organsiations
Blue Tulip Consultancy has conducted development & leadership training for ethnic minorities training to the following organisations
NHS Trust – annual programme and now into its fourth year
Multinational Technology Conglomerate
Integrated Care Board (formerly known as CCG)
Telecommunications Company
Finding Your Mojo: Post Programme Reviews
As a result of attending the development & leadership training for ethnic minorities training a significant number of the participants have been successful in applying for promotions. All said they felt more confident at work.
Related links:
UK Government ‘Race in the workplace: The McGregor-Smith Review’ Independent report