Yes Please! FAQs
Q1: What is the book “YES PLEASE!” about?
Q2: YES PLEASE! is a leadership book, grounded in positive psychology and neuroscience, that explores the importance of how Black women securing their own happiness is paramount to finding success and a seat in the C-Suite. It provides seven positive affirmations and reveals seven secrets for Black women to thrive and move into senior executive leadership in the modern-day workplace while harnessing the power of positive emotion to secure happiness.
Q2: What are some of the challenges faced by Black women in Corporate America?
A2: Black women face several challenges unique to them in Corporate America, including resistance to promotions, professional development, and growth opportunities, which have a significant impact on their earning potential, leadership opportunities, productivity, and professional morale.
Q3: Why are Black women leaving corporate jobs to start businesses of their own?
A3: Despite being the single population with the most advanced degrees than any other and having C-Suite ambition only matched by their White male counterparts, Black women are stuck in the middle of the leadership pipeline and leaving corporate jobs to start businesses of their own. This is because they are not happy in their quest for senior executive leadership in corporate environments that do not center them, and they cannot afford to wait for Corporate America to fix itself.
Q4: How can Black women shift their mindset to succeed in Corporate America?
A4: Black women can shift their mindset to succeed in Corporate America by accessing positive emotions, silencing their inner critic, and unleashing their inner sage to put them on an express train to their happy place and therefore their success in their leadership aspirations to get to the C-Suite. This can be achieved by engaging the seven positive affirmations and learning from the seven secrets revealed in the book YES PLEASE!
The book will be available for pre-sale in May 2023 and released the following June. Get the sale sheet here.