Preview
  • Please Sit Over There

  • How to Manage Power, Overcome Exclusion, and Succeed as a Black Woman at Work
  • By: Francine Parham
  • Narrated by: Francine Parham
  • Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (12 ratings)

Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible?
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Please Sit Over There

By: Francine Parham
Narrated by: Francine Parham
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $14.78

Buy for $14.78

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's summary

The key to your career advancement is understanding how power works—who has it, where it hides, and how it’s used. Please Sit Over There teaches Black women the career skills they need to navigate an uneven playing field and achieve long-lasting professional success.

Black women continuously navigate systems that were never intended for them while playing by a set of rules they never agreed to or were ever trained for.

In this book, Francine Parham shares her knowledge as a Black woman and a former global executive of two major corporations on how to move up in the workplace while maintaining a sense of sanity. The key skill—one that Black women are rarely taught—is understanding the power dynamics within your organization and learning how to “shift the power” to your advantage. Parham shows how to use your voice, strategically build the right relationships, and support others once you have achieved a powerful position—tools any woman can use to increase her power and ensure a successful, fulfilling career.

Parham says Black women are already empowered; there is no shortage of qualified professional Black women in the talent pipeline. But it does not feel empowering when organizations force Black women to work every day to overcome biases, discriminatory institutional practices, and unwritten rules of power at play that hinder their career development and professional advancement.

Please Sit Over There honors the painstaking work being undertaken to deconstruct broken institutions and demonstrates how Black women can achieve their goals while those institutions still exist—effectively opening doors for all women of color.

©2022 Francine Parham (P)2022 Francine Parham
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

What listeners say about Please Sit Over There

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    12
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    11
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    11
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

This is the book you’ve been looking for!

If you are a high achieving black woman at any level in the corporate world, this is the book you have been looking for that will help you get to the next level.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Solid advice and necessary perspective

Very accessible book with great information for any early career professional. I learned a lot and will definitely share with others.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Loved it!

Outstanding combination of story telling and teaching. I can relate to every story and know so many other black women who will learn and grow from Francine's experiences as they read this book. If you are a fan of Minda Harts, you will enjoy this. I will definitely be gifting this book to some loved ones and fellow leaders.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

loved it

very useful information, learned so much that I didn't know before. very insightful. loved it

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Loved it very helpful

Detailed…very relatable. The conversation you want to have with someone who understands what you’re experiencing.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Francine is your Fairy Godmother in the workplace…if you are a black corporate girl

Francine is your Fairy Godmother in the workplace…if you are a black corporate girl. In “Please Sit Over There”, is a must read, or listen. She breaks down the strategies, behind the strategies of the workplace. She doesn’t shy away from explicitly sharing her experiences that many of us can relate to or share. She provides actual “to-do’s” and not fluff tips. Things you MUST do to ensure your place, your stair step or even lateral move while you plan your destiny.

This book should be given to all black women business students…I would venture to say any black women that wants to succeed in their respective field—needs this book.

I wish I had this book 15years ago…but I have it now and will continue to reference the “MUST do’s” daily, monthly, quarterly and annually.

It tops the Black Girl’s corporate bible list.

Thank you Francine for being a truth teller, our Fairy Godmother of the Workplace.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Great insight

As a AA woman in leadership I has found this book valuable. It really give some insight to a world that is new especially when you are the only one in the room and the only woman.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!