The Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) of Stanford University is proud to host a professional development and community-building workshop on April 27, 2023, featuring keynote speaker Cynthia Pong, JD, founder of Embrace Change. The event will bring together members of KIPAC to engage in discussions, networking, and skill-building opportunities.
Cynthia Pong is an award-winning career coach, author, speaker, and hype woman for women of color. As a LinkedIn Top Voice for Job Search and Career, she is frequently sought out for her practical and no-nonsense career advice. Pong is expected to bring her complete arsenal as a coach and speaker to Stanford’s Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC), where she will share her expertise in professional development and community building.
In addition to her workshop, Cynthia Pong will be meeting with clients, community members, and colleagues of Embrace Change in what is the organization’s 2023 West Coast week. Embrace Change is a career coaching and professional development company that helps individuals, teams, and organizations reach their full potential through individual and group coaching and training services. The team comprises an all-BIPOC membership of career and executive coaches, with areas of expertise ranging from negotiation to leadership to entrepreneurship.
Through the Embrace Change initiative and the support of team members, Cynthia Pong provides A-rated career coaching and professional development workshops for staff of organizations, companies, and startups of all kinds. Her coaching services have helped hundreds of companies build a workforce of people that can drive company growth. Usually, startups have a hard time recruiting people that can efficiently work together to drive revenue growth and achieve market dominance. Embrace Change coaching often proves to be the difference maker for these companies and organizations.
Embrace Change coaching is divided into two categories: for individuals and organizations. On the individual level, they provide one-on-one coaching, cohort-based coaching, and a range of DIY resources to their community of empowered women of color, while on the organizational level, they offer team coaching, consulting, and workshops to savvy organizations that know investing in their people is the best thing they can do for their ROI.
Over the years, Cynthia Pong and her team at Embrace Change have worked with Brown University, Rutgers University, PayPal, Teach for America, The City College of New York, Atrium Health, World Education Services, MIT, Iron Mountain, Texas Fair Defense Project, Elemental Excelerator, Accompany Capital, and much more. Pong is also an author and recently released a book titled “Don’t Stay in Your Lane,” which offers readers tried-and-true, high-impact strategies and practical exercises designed to help them overcome the unique challenges women of color face when making a career change.
About Embrace Change
Embrace Change provides psychologically safe, culturally competent career coaching, training, and workshops specifically designed to center and uplift women of color and people of color in the workplace. The company’s singular mission is to get all women of color–and people of color–the money, power, and respect that they deserve in the workplace.
The Embrace Change consists of a BIPOC membership of coaches that specializes in working with mid-career women of color across industries. They designed and facilitated an award-winning leadership certification training program specifically for women of color and nonbinary people of color. In addition, Embrace Change focuses on partnering with companies that are invested in their staff and leaders of color.
For more information, please visit https://embracechange.nyc/.
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Website: https://embracechange.nyc/