# @udemy on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=3sQFdBgQJoA
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/72077698-udemy-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2024-08-28T09:00:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Udemy (@udemy) — https://gondola.cc/udemy

## Caption

What does it really take for women of color to thrive at work? In this powerful Leading Up episode, Cynthia Pong—author, career coach, and founder of Embrace Change—opens up about burnout, starting over, and building equitable workplaces. 🌟

She shares her journey from public defender to entrepreneur, the challenges women of color face daily in the workplace, and the 5-part C-CARE framework that’s helped her clients land promotions, change industries, and step into leadership with confidence.

Timestamps
00:00 – Meet Cynthia Pong: author, coach, and advocate
01:00 – Why she left law and launched Embrace Change
03:00 – Burnout, therapy, and building career “insurance”
05:00 – Starting a business (and failing forward)
07:00 – From nonprofit consulting to coaching women of color
10:00 – What holds women of color back at work
12:00 – Microaggressions, pay gaps, and systemic barriers
14:00 – The C-CARE framework: Compassion, Curiosity, Action, Real-time, Experimentation
18:00 – Letting go of self-limiting beliefs
22:00 – Career growth through experimentation
24:00 – How to build powerful networks without generational privilege
26:00 – What leadership skill every leader needs today
28:00 – Cynthia’s curiosity: where AI fits in equity and advocacy

🔗 Resources
📌 Featured in this video: Season 7, Episode 6 — “Empowering Women of Color in the Workplace with Cynthia Pong”
Explore more episodes of the Leading Up podcast:
https://business.udemy.com/resources/leading-up-podcast/
📘 Learn more about Udemy Business: https://bit.ly/udemy-business-podcast
🌐 Explore Cynthia’s work: https://embracechange.nyc/
📚 Explore Leadership & DEI Courses: https://www.udemy.com/topic/diversity-equity-inclusion/

💬 What part of Cynthia’s story resonated with you? Drop a comment and share your thoughts.

#CynthiaPong #WomenOfColorAtWork #CareerChange #CCAREFramework #LeadershipDevelopment #DEI #LeadingUpPodcast #UdemyBusiness

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- **Views:** 843
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## Tags

ccareframework, dei, udemybusiness, careerchange, leadershipdevelopment, leadinguppodcast, cynthiapong, womenofcoloratwork

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