Build a career that works for you.
Courses for Black and Global Majority professionals who want to protect their wellbeing, take greater control of their careers and create more options for their future. Whether you are trying to understand what work is costing you, deciding what comes next in your career, or thinking about turning your expertise into income, start with the programme that meets you where you are.
Choose your pathway
PROTECT
Recognise the cost. Name the pattern. Choose your next move. Understand the pressures affecting your wellbeing, performance and progression. Learn how to recognise the Excellence Tax, protect your capacity and make more informed decisions about what comes next.
POSITION
Know where you are. Decide where you're going. Build the strategy to get there. Step back from managing your next job and start thinking strategically about your career. Assess your career capital, clarify your direction, strengthen your position and create a practical 12-month plan.
BUILD
Turn what you know into an offer. Test the market. Build another source of income. Explore how your professional knowledge, experience and skills could become a commercial offer. Identify the problem you want to solve, define your customer, create your offer and develop a practical plan for testing your business idea.
Not sure where to start?
Your next step depends on the question you are trying to answer.
“Why is work costing me so much?”
Start with Navigating the Excellence Tax™.
“What do I want the next stage of my career to look like?”
Start with Strategic Career Planning.
“Could I turn what I already know into another source of income?”
Start with From Expertise to Income™.
You do not need to have everything figured out before you begin. You need somewhere to start.
Your course programme
Structured course lessons
Step-by-step learning designed to help you move from understanding the problem to taking practical action.
Practical worksheets and exercises
Tools to help you reflect, assess your position, make decisions and turn learning into a clear plan.
COBE frameworks and assessments
Access to selected COBE tools, assessments and decision-making frameworks linked to your programme.
Lifetime access to your course
Return to the lessons, exercises and resources whenever you need them.
The COBE ecosystem
COBE Elevate Community
A private community for Black and Global Majority professionals focused on workplace wellbeing, career development, progression and creating greater choice.
Continue conversations from the course, share experiences, access resources and connect with other professionals.
First Class Fridays
Regular live conversations with specialists, practitioners and experienced professionals.
The Tax Break
A regular space to decompress — to reflect on workplace pressure, talk through experiences and step away from the expectation to perform.
Live COBE sessions
Regular live sessions exploring workplace experiences, career decisions and practical strategies in more depth.
Ask questions, reflect on what you are learning and think through your next steps.
Nervous system and wellbeing resources
Practical approaches for recognising stress responses, regulating pressure and protecting your capacity at work.
Trauma-informed principles applied to careers, workplace pressure and decision-making.
Resource library
An expanding collection of practical tools:
- Career planning exercises
- Workplace pressure assessments
- Boundary tools
- Decision-making frameworks
- Reflection exercises
- Career development resources
- Webinar and event replays
Expert sessions and guest speakers
Learn from invited specialists across careers, wellbeing, finance, leadership, business and professional development.
Additional perspectives to help you explore options beyond your immediate role.
Event and session replays
Cannot attend live? Access available recordings through the member area and return to important conversations when you need them.
