You were hired for your expertise not to represent an entire community.
Yet being the only woman or the only person of color in a room can bring extra expectations: explaining cultural issues, absorbing microaggressions, mentoring everyone, or carrying inclusion work that never appears in your job description. That invisible labor can lead to DEI fatigue and diversity and inclusion burnout.
This Rise Fly guide helps underrepresented professionals name the work they are carrying and decide what they are willing to continue. You’ll:
identify invisible labor
consider boundaries around unpaid emotional work
prepare language for declining an additional request or asking for shared responsibility
The guide also encourages you to seek relationships and communities where you can be understood without constantly explaining yourself.
You can care about representation at work and inclusion at work without becoming responsible for fixing every.
Choose one practical next step today, then review.
You were hired for your expertise not to represent an entire community.
Yet being the only woman or the only person of color in a room can bring extra expectations: explaining cultural issues, absorbing microaggressions, mentoring everyone, or carrying inclusion work that never appears in your job description. That invisible labor can lead to DEI fatigue and diversity and inclusion burnout.
This Rise Fly guide helps underrepresented professionals name the work they are carrying and decide what they are willing to continue. You’ll:
identify invisible labor
consider boundaries around unpaid emotional work
prepare language for declining an additional request or asking for shared responsibility
The guide also encourages you to seek relationships and communities where you can be understood without constantly explaining yourself.
You can care about representation at work and inclusion at work without becoming responsible for fixing every.
Choose one practical next step today, then review.
