Helping Black Corporate Career Women Get Seen, Promoted, and Paid

Episode 189

Think because you’re working in corporate means you don’t need to have a personal brand? Think again, my friend.

My guest today, Rebecca Muriuki, explains how having a personal brand helps black corporate career women get seen and paid their worth for the skillset they bring to their organizations. Not a black woman? Listen in because this can apply to your world as well. 

Rebecca Muriuki is a Leadership and Certified Mindset Coach who helps black corporate career women create an impactful personal brand that gets them confidently get seen and paid their worth, promoted for the skillset they bring, and paid as the leaders they deserve to be.

Here are three reasons you should listen to the complete episode: 

• Hear Rebecca’s journey in the corporate world.
• Rebecca reveals the moment she knew she was playing by a different set of rules.
• Learn the first step in Rebecca’s Build Your Brand Guide. Hint: she went through this exact same step.

Episode Highlights 

Rebecca’s early years in corporate

• • Being the only black woman on the team, she had difficulty relating to her colleagues.
  • It took her almost five years to become aware of the disconnect and recognize that what she did would not get her to the next level.
  • Rebecca focused on her mindset and had a support system within her husband’s family.

Working with her coaching clients

• • Imposter syndrome is the doubts and inner self-critic that holds everyone back.
  • Helping her clients recognize and manage imposter syndrome is always the first step.
    

How Rebecca manages her week in leadership 

• • She works through her empowered team and delegates effectively.
  • Rebecca stays laser-focused on the activity or project at hand when it is happening. She does her best not to worry or think about things weeks or days before she needs to.
  • Being present in what she’s doing is key.

Build Your Brand Guide

• • The first step to creating your personal brand is working on your self-image.
  • The rest of the steps can be found in the free Build Your Brand Guide, along with prompts and exercise sheets to help you develop your brand.

3 Powerful Quotes from Rebecca Muriuki

14:23 – “I had to really focus on that self-belief first and become that leader that I wanted to be here in my mind. It was never gonna happen on paper if I didn’t believe because then I also wasn’t exuding that confidence, exuding that presence, being that leader in terms of how I connected with other people. If I didn’t believe that it was possible for me first.”

18:29 – “Leaders don’t always have all the answers. In this age of authentic leadership, it’s even commendable when you are vulnerable to your team, to the people you’re leading when you’re looking for them to support you in finding the solution in collaborative solution finding.”

26:14 – “I’ve really learned that other people can come up with the solution, and it’s okay. You can be the catalyst and the person who brings people together in achieving a goal instead of the person who always knows what to do next.”

About Rebecca Muriuki 

Rebecca Muriuki is a Leadership and Certified Mindset Coach who helps black corporate career women create an impactful personal brand that gets them confidently get seen and paid their worth, promoted for the skillset they bring, and paid as the leaders they deserve to be. 

Through a combination of coaching, ‘get it done’ productivity techniques and her step-by-step ‘Designed to Lead’ framework, she helps her clients create an intentional path to get promoted from manager level to senior leadership and executive positions in their organizations while creating a stand-out personal brand and value proposition that elevate them as leaders in their field. 

Rebecca, a mom of 3, including twins, is an Associate Director leading a team of 13 in the largest global audit firm, and has transitioned into different leadership roles throughout her 10-year career. 

Mentioned Resources:

The elevateHer Podcast

Build Your Brand Guide

Connect with Rebecca:

LinkedIn

Instagram

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Darrell