Diverse Leaders

Are you creating the conditions for your ethnically diverse talent to rise?

Building ethnically diverse leadership pipelines takes more than good intentions. It takes understanding what's getting in the way.

You might be reporting on ethnic diversity across your organisation. You want to shift the dial on their representation at each leadership level.

But are you asking the bigger questions?

• Why does ethnic diversity decrease as you move up the leadership levels?

• Are ethnically diverse employees accessing the same development and stretch opportunities?

• Are your leadership development programmes addressing the actual barriers people experience?

Aotearoa New Zealand’s future is increasingly ethnically diverse, what needs to change within your organisation today to ensure your future leaders reflect that diversity?

Without understanding what's happening beneath the numbers, it's difficult to know what interventions will make a real difference.

That's where we come in.
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Ni hao, kia ora and hello!

I am Suki Xiao, an ICF PCC credentialed coach (Professional Certified Coach) based in Aotearoa New Zealand.

As a woman of colour, I know what is like to be the only woman, or the only person or woman of colour in a room or at a leadership table.

I have experienced the pressure to fit in, to conform and to become the kind of leader traditionally expected in organisational environments.

I have also coached many women of colour navigate the invisible organisational barriers to their leadership advancement.

I’ve founded As You to enable women of colour leaders to thrive.

I know first-hand that women of colour and ethnically diverse talent are capable, resilient and ambitious. But developing individuals is only half the equation. While individuals need the confidence, influence and leadership capabilities to progress, organisations also need to address the barriers that prevent them from advancing.

Real change requires working on both sides of the equation.

Organisations we work with

Allyship for Managers

Want to become a more conscious manager who is an ally for ethnically diverse staff?
As managers and leaders, you are in great positions of power as you often are in charge of how recruitment is done and determine who gets promoted. Sure, we would all like to think we are not biased. However, we all know unconscious bias exists and if we do nothing about it, then we are going to get what we have always gotten.
This programme welcomes all managers and leaders who are open to learning and being challenged in their mindset and practices.

Accentuated for WoC

Want to deliberately grow your women of colour staff? You are well aware that the representation of diverse staff at the top of your organisation’s leadership table is minimal. Not only do you want to change that, you want to use a different approach than sending your staff to the run-of-the-mill leadership programmes.
Accentuated is a 6-month in-person leadership programme designed by women of colour for women of colour. It focuses on providing a safe space for women of colour to talk about their specific leadership challenges and supports them in discovering and owning their unique backgrounds and perspectives.
This programme welcomes all who identify themselves as women of colour.