I started my legal career in 1998 and assumed (as I hadn’t really thought about it and believed what I had lovingly been told growing up) the workplace would be a place where hard work, talent and merit are the sole determinants of success. However, for women of colour (“WOC”), the journey up the corporate ladder involves navigating through a number of obstacles that go beyond the conventional struggles. Today, I want to spend time on the unspoken and explore five specific workplace challenges that women of colour commonly face and how they can overcome them. 

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