What participants get from the workshop:
- Understanding the social and psychological barriers to cross-race dialogue that can erode trust and maintain social hierarchies and disadvantages for Black, Brown, and Indigenous clients
- What science tells us that is effective in overcoming these barriers and reduce bias in coaching
- Coaching questions to deploy immediately to talk about race and racial justice with clients and help drive system change
- Practice with evoking, invoking, and provoking racial justice conversations with coaching clients
What participants have said:
"Love the deep knowledge and learning that comes from Masa being so well educated and the historical context."
"I really didn't feel like it was 2 hours, and I felt engaged and supported through the learning. The scenarios/vignettes were great and applicable and I could see an immediate return on what I learned."
"Really loved the Q-Storm, interaction, engagement, and the scenarios."
"Practical framework, supported by data, grounded in humanity and love."
"There is the right balance of listening to theory and having the opportunity to share."
"The materials are awesome. Great job referring to scholars and sources."
Masa Gong, PCC MAPP
Executive & Team Coach, Facilitator, Coaching Supervisor, and Consultant
I help exhausted and high-achieving women leaders and leaders of color to overcome disempowering beliefs so they can show up powerfully in work and life.
What You Will Learn in this Course
- Understand the role Coaches play in racial equity
- Appreciate the science of cross-race conversations
- Build immediate skills to navigate cross-race Coaching conversations
- Improve our world
Grounded in Experience and Science.
Masa is an experienced ICF certified Executive and Team Coach, Facilitator, EMCC certified Coaching Supervisor, and People Development Consultant based in New York City with 25+ years of leadership experience including 12+ years at Google.
She has coached 1200+ C/E/S/VP/Dir/Manager professionals and authored the coaching paper “Multiplicity: Asian-American Females – Understanding Cultural Frames to Enhance Cross-Cultural Coaching Effectiveness”. Most recently Masa designed and launched Google’s Manager as Coach Workshops serving 18,000+ people leaders worldwide. Masa has devoted her life to understanding differences and focused her graduate thesis on intergroup bias “Missing Link: Marrying Applied Positive Psychology and Diversity Training”.
Her manuscript “Activating Coaching Supervision in the Americas to Address Racial and Social Justice” will be published in late 2021. Masa trained under Robin DiAngelo in 2017, scholar and author of White Fragility, and has 5+ years of experience delivering and designing diversity, equity, and inclusion experiences. She teaches and speaks in various forums about coaching, leadership and management, culture, and workplace well-being.
