Asian Women Executive Program

Unleash Your Identity and Inner Game to make Meaningful Impact

Asian Women Executive Program

Unleash Your Identity and Inner Game to make Meaningful Impact

Does this sound familiar to you?

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Taking on Too Much

Influence Dilemma

"I'm generally confident, but in certain meetings I just can't seem to trust my opinions...let alone voice them."

Influence Dilemma

Taking on Too Much

Influence Dilemma

"How do I get buy-in and influence my teammates and others without feeling I might be too direct or assertive?"

Taking on Too Much

“It's hard for me to say no. I don't want to be mean. But then I end up with too much on my plate."

Some of the challenges I've faced as a woman in management is not seeing many peers who look like me or who share similar values and priorities.

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Are you afraid you're playing too small? You're not alone.

Asian women professionals are the least likely minority group to be promoted into executive levels.

Here's why:

Race & Gender: Asian women professionals are “the forgotten minority in the glass ceiling conversation”. This was pointed out by Andie Kramer, a well-known diversity and inclusion author, in a Forbes article. The intersectionality of race and gender – being Asian and being women – causes Asian women professionals to encounter a double whammy and bump against a “double-paned glass ceiling”. However, Asian women professionals’ apparent success leads to insufficient focus on them when companies consider the negative impact of bias on their ability to advance in their careers.

Tip-Toe-ing on "Just Right": The Forbes article further observed that many Asian women professionals felt caught in two competing sets of stereotypes. If they behave competently but are quiet and nice, they are seen as “Lotus Flowers,” or if they speak up and strongly express ideas and opinions, they are seen as “Dragon Ladies” who are aggressive and unlikeable. To manage this Lotus Flower/Dragon Ladies double bind, Asian women professionals face undue pressure to get it “just right”.

Modesty Mandate: Dr. Joan Williams, a pioneer on gender bias, also highlighted in a Fast Company article how people of Asian descent and women encounter a “modesty mandate”, or the cultural expectation that they will be modest. This is often internalized and they often experience backlash as well if they are perceived to be immodest. Consequently, she found that the “modesty mandate” means that women, people of Asian descent, and first-generation professionals will often be unduly modest in self-evaluations.

Few Role Models: The impact of cultural influences and the lack of upward mobility of Asian women professionals has resulted in the scarcity of role models in leadership positions. Without these role models to inspire them, many Asian women professionals lack the certainty and belief that it is possible to rise to the top and step into higher leadership roles. We see this is hurting us as a community, unable to see ourselves represented in boardrooms, media, or everyday life and for young Asian girls to be inspired to know that they can. We feel the urgency and need to take action, and this responsibility is upon us to step into roles representing leadership so that we can be the role models for our future generations of Asian women professionals.

We know. Let's change it.

As Asian women professionals ourselves, we are immersed in the same challenges and can fully empathize and relate to Asian women professionals’ struggles as our own stories.

Our mission is to elevate and advance Asian women leadership - authentically, unapologetically.

For anyone who has struggled with Imposter Syndrome, who does great work but somehow, oftentimes gets overlooked as a leader, who wants to level up and learn real techniques for facing adversity in the workplace - this is the ultimate workshop for you.

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Asian Women Executive Program

For Asian women leaders who are ready to play BIG and take their leadership to the next level.

Traditional programs teach common leadership strategies and skills, but ignore the most important part of transformation: YOUR IDENTITY.

In this innovative 4-week group program, we keep your identity at the core, while helping you develop skills to strengthen your inner game, navigate complex business and relational dynamics, create your unique leadership presence, and influence with impact.

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You'll learn the L.I.F.T. Framework

1 Lean Into Your Identity

2 Increase Your Self-Mastery

Unleash. What drives us from the inside shows up on the outside. We'll explore and break through cultural and gender influences together so you can OWN your strengths, values, identity, and LEAN INTO your own UNSTOPPABLE edge.

2 Increase Your Self-Mastery

Build. Let's get down to business. Learn and develop critical leadership skills to strengthen your inner game (self-blame, imposter phenomenon, burnout) and outer game (communication, managing up/down/across, gaining visibility, influence without authority).

3 Find Your Purpose

4 Take Others With You

Aspire. “The direction you choose to face determines whether you're standing at the end or the beginning of a road.” ~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Where are you facing? Gain clarity from your identity, your talents, your experiences to create your definition of SUCCESS as a LEADER.

4 Take Others With You

Elevate. You are someone's inspiration, right now. Whatever role you're in, you have the power to influence and impact individuals, teams, and organizations. Learn how you can continue to LIFT up others as you rise yourself.

I was really impressed by the level of nuance and integration of traditional coaching and professional development with considerations of challenges that Asian American women face in their career and professional development journey.

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Program Features

Group Workshops

Program Resource Pack

Partner Sessions

Rich-experience group sessions to learn and engage as you uncover new insights.

Partner Sessions

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Partner Sessions

Accelerate your leadership with your own guided partner sessions with cohort peers.

Program Resource Pack

Downloadable presentations, videos, and exercises specifically designed to help you aspire, act, and advance.

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PROGRAM DATES

Program dates for 2023 will be announced next year.

INVESTMENT

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$999
Limited seats available.

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100% Would recommend this program to a colleague or friend

Survey Response from Program Participants

The fact that the program was led by Denise and Marriot, two Asian American women with deep experience in their respective fields and career coaching was a delight and speaks to the fact that the program was designed with a group in mind that were overlooked and purpose-built program like this.

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In Partnership With

Asian Women Empowerment Network

Your Program Leaders

DENISE ANG

Denise Ang is an experienced business strategy and partnerships leader at Google, a certified executive coach, and the founder of the Asian Women Empowerment (AWE) Network. Denise is deeply passionate about empowering professionals to flourish in their abilities, scale new peaks in their careers and become role models to make the world a better place for future generations.

Denise has an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College London. Denise is also trained in negotiation in Harvard Law School.

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MARRIOT WINQUIST

Marriot Winquist is a seasoned executive in the technology industry, and currently CEO, principal consultant and certified executive coach at BrightTree Consulting. She partners with executives and rising stars in tech to become strategic high-impact business leaders. Marriot brings a powerful blend of proven results and executive experience along with outstanding coaching and consulting skills to help her clients achieve extraordinary results.

Marriot earned her Computer Science degree at the University of British Columbia, and has over 20 years of technology and business management experience at industry leading companies such as T-Mobile USA, Raytheon Systems, and Bluetooth SIG.

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