You’re Haemorrhaging Talent and Calling it Turnover
Natasha Williams
Your organisation has a race problem. The data already knows it. The question is whether you do.
Why Its Not Imposter Syndrome, it’s Imposed Syndrome
You have heard the term imposter syndrome. You may have used it about yourself. That feeling of not truly belonging, despite everything you have achieved. A persistent sense of being…
The Somatic Reality of Working Whilst Black
You slept the recommended eight hours last night. And yet here you are this morning, and it’s only 10 am, and you’re already tired. This could be the start of…
When the Cost of Black Excellence Gets Too Heavy
Why Some Black Professionals Are Choosing Themselves and Building Their Own Business There’s a moment many Black professionals describe. It doesn’t always announce itself dramatically. Sometimes it’s quiet, sitting in…
The Excellence Tax™
What It Is, Where It Comes From, and Why It Is Not Your Fault The Excellence Tax™ is the additional emotional labour, personal cost, and identity suppression Black professionals pay…
Black Professionals Already Knew. Now We Have Proof.
1,039 Black professionals told the truth about work. Here is what they said, why it matters, and why the evidence has roots far deeper than any single workplace. There is…
What Can We Do to Change the Organisation?
Reflections on The Cost of Black Excellence™ at the Housing Diversity Network I recently presented The Cost of Black Excellence™ research at the Housing Diversity Network, and I left the…
Imposter Syndrome vs Imposed Syndrome
Why Black Professionals Are Not the Problem “We do not suffer from imposter syndrome. We have imposed syndrome.” Those words, spoken by a participant in The Cost of Black Excellence™…
