Award-Winning Nonfiction · 2025 Book of the Year
Playing the Game While Black Womaning in Corporate America™
A candid, strategic guide to navigating power, perception, bias, office politics, and the unwritten rules of corporate America.
Why This Book Exists
You need more than motivation. You need a game plan.
Being a Black woman in corporate America can mean microaggressions that feel macro, having your competence constantly questioned, and being forced to work twice as hard for half the recognition.
The rules are unwritten, the playing field is anything but level, and the goalposts move without warning. So if you are feeling stuck, sidelined, or exhausted from trying to excel in spaces that were not built for you, the answer is not simply to work harder.
You need strategy for the uneven power dynamics, stereotypes, systemic racism, shifting expectations, and office politics that shape the workplace as it actually operates.
The Playbook
Seven unwritten rules shape the game.
The book breaks down seven realities that influence how power moves, how performance is judged, how expectations shift, and how Black women are expected to navigate corporate spaces without ever being handed the rules.
What “good enough” actually means
Why the standard keeps changing
What happens when visibility cuts both ways
How bias hides inside “normal” workplace behavior
When strategy matters more than effort
Why waiting to be rescued is not a strategy
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Impact Beyond the Page
Every copy helps bridge a gap.
Proceeds from Playing the Game While Black Womaning in Corporate America™ help support Black women in crisis through The SisterBridge Fund™.
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About the Author
Nicole S. Palmer
Nicole S. Palmer is an award-winning and bestselling author, speaker, corporate strategist, and the creator and host of Black Womaning in Corporate America®. Her work examines the unwritten rules, power dynamics, and professional realities Black women are too often expected to navigate without a playbook.
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