Margin Leaders – Supporting Unite

Margin Leaders – Supporting Unite BAEM

Union Programme

W.I.S.E

Workplace Impact Strategist & Evaluator

This service is for anyone starting a new role, Prepare for Performance Review, or needing help to understand how they work best—and how to name it.

We help you:

Map your strengths and value in the workplace
Understand what helps and hinders your performance
Prepare for reviews with clarity, confidence, and strategic language

You’ll walk away with:
•A clearer sense of your impact and how to talk about it
•Performance Review prep document that names environmental factors (including line manager behaviour)
• Language to name what’s working—and what’s not—without sounding defensive

We understand your challenges:
• “I didn’t realise how much I was absorbing until I saw it clearly.”
•“My manager ignored my sick note and only asked when I was coming back.”
•“I kept trying to be better—but they kept moving the goalposts.”

Considerations:
• This service is designed for individual use. It’s not offered to organisations, as it may involve naming organisational dynamics.
• You can present this as part of your professional development plan, especially if you’re paying privately.

W.I.S.E

Workplace Impact Strategist & Evaluator

For anyone starting a new role
We help you:
• Map your strengths and value
• Understand what helps/hinders performance
• Prepare for reviews with confidence
You’ll walk away with:
• Clearer sense of impact
• Review prep document
• Strategic language
Pain points:
• “I didn’t realise how much I was absorbing…”
• “My manager ignored my sick note…”
Considerations:
• Individual use only
• Can be used in development plan

Narrative Counseling

Letter Writing & Narrative Intervention

This is for those moments when you need to say something—but you’re not sure how. Whether it’s a difficult email to your manager, a response to HR, or a letter naming harm, we help you write it with clarity and power.
We will either write the letter for you, or coach you through what you want to achieve, say, and the implications of this.

We help you:
• Frame your experience in strategic, emotionally intelligent language
• Name hostility or neglect without escalating unnecessarily
• Protect your narrative and energy
You’ll walk away with:
• A letter or email that names what’s happening and what you need
• Language that protects your clarity and positions you strategically
• A sense of control over your story
We understand your challenges:
• “I didn’t know how to name what was happening.”
• “I was absorbing their projections and didn’t realise it.”
• “I kept twisting myself to fit in.”
Considerations:
• This service is for individual use only. It’s not offered to organisations.
• You can use this to intervene early—before things escalate to formal grievance.

Shadow & Environmental

Shadow Coaching & Environmental Diagnostics

Sometimes you need someone to see what you’re seeing. We spend part of your workday with you—observing how people interact, how the space feels, and what’s really going on.

We help you:
• Decode relational dynamics and emotional undercurrents
• Identify patterns of hostility, neglect, or misrecognition
• Decide whether to stay, shift, or speak up

You’ll walk away with:
• A diagnostic report naming what’s happening around you
• A debrief session with strategic recommendations
• Language to name the environment in performance reviews or HR conversations

We understand your challenges:
• “I didn’t realize I was being bullied until I left.”
• “I couldn’t tell if it was me or the system.”
• “I kept being asked to represent my race.”

Considerations:
• This service can be framed as part of a professional development course (e.g. Margin Detox) for easier organisational buy-in.
• If you’re paying privately, you can still use the report in review conversations or coaching sessions.

Group Coaching

Group Coaching: Hostility Mapping & Strategic Refusal

This 3-session series is for anyone who’s tired of absorbing harm and ready to recalibrate. We teach you how to name hostility, set boundaries, and respond with power—not panic.

We help you:
•Recognize coded hostility and emotional labour demands
•Practice strategic refusal and boundary-setting
•Reframe your responses with clarity and confidence

You’ll walk away with:
•A toolkit for naming harm and protecting your energy
•Scripts and strategies for difficult conversations
•A sense of emotional clarity and systemic awareness

We understand your challenges:
•“I was being asked to soothe discomfort instead of solve the issue.”
•“They called me passionate when I was being clear.”
•“I didn’t know how to name the sabotage.”

Considerations:
•This can be offered to individuals or organizations.
•If your employer is paying, we provide outcome-based language to position this as a professional development series.

6 Modules

Margin Detox Course (6 Modules)

This is our flagship programme. It’s for anyone who wants to understand what’s happening beneath the surface—and build their own way forward.

We help you:
• Decode the emotional and systemic dynamics around you
• Operate with clarity, confidence, and strategic presence
• Design your own infrastructure—your own standards, boundaries, and legacy plan

Positioning for Professional Development
This programme supports strategic clarity, emotional literacy, and performance calibration. Participants will gain tools to:
• Communicate impact and value with precision
• Navigate complex relational dynamics
• Prepare for reviews with outcome-focused language
• Build personal infrastructure for sustainable performance
These outcomes tend to align with leadership and staff development, retention strategies, and well-being goals.

Why the metaphor?
We use the metaphor of swimming because many Black professionals are navigating emotional undercurrents, coded hostility, and unspoken rules. We teach you to:
• Swim underwater: read the room, decode the silence, name the harm
• Swim on the surface: speak clearly, act strategically, protect your energy
• Build the boat: design your own infrastructure—your own way forward

We understand your challenges:
• “I kept twisting myself to fit in.”
• “I didn’t know how to build my own lane.”
• “I was absorbing harm without knowing how to name it.” Considerations:
• This course can be paid for privately or by your employer.
• If your employer is paying, we provide outcome-based language to position this as a strategic development programme*

You’ll walk away with:
• A deep understanding of how systems affect you—and how to respond
• Tools to protect your energy and recalibrate your environment
• A legacy plan that reflects your values, clarity, and impact

Programme Pricing Table

Programme Pricing Table

Margin Leaders x Unite BAEM Pilot Programme
30% discount for Unite BAEM members until April 2026

Service	Individual Price	Org Price	Block Org Discount	Notes
W.I.S.E. (Workplace Impact Strategist & Evaluator)	£210	—	—	Includes diagnostic mapping and review prep
Letter Writing & Narrative Intervention	£95	—	—	Includes 1:1 drafting and strategic framing
Shadow Coaching & Environmental Diagnostics	£280	£400	—	Includes observation and diagnostic report
Group Coaching: Hostility Mapping & Strategic Refusal	£150	£225	10% off for 3+	3-part series, includes scripts and tools
Margin Detox Course (6 Modules)	£390	£550	10% off for 3+	Includes infrastructure design and legacy planning

Notes:
• All services can be paid privately or invoiced to the organisation.
• We provide outcome-based language to help position this as professional development.
• Block discounts apply when 3 or more individuals from the same organisation participate.
• Custom packages available for unions or departments seeking integrated support.

Offer Pricing (30% Discount Until April 2026)

Service	Individual Price	Org Price	Block Org Discount
W.I.S.E.	£210	—	—
Letter Support	£95	—	—
Shadow Coaching	£280	£400	—
Group Coaching	£150	£225	10% off for 3+
Margin Detox Course	£390	£550	10% off for 3+

All services can be paid privately or invoiced to your employer. We provide outcome-based language to help you position this as professional development.

“With anxiety and burnout rising across all sectors—especially for Black professionals—this programme helps you stay clear, strategic, and emotionally protected.” “It’s not therapy, but it is infrastructure…”

TESTIMONIALS

What Our Beloved Clients Say About MARGIN LEADERS

M testimony Client

In truth, Margin Leaders provided me with guidance to address things I didn’t really know I needed, practical steps on how to approach the situation and what my rights were, what would stand, and what wasn’t OK for the manager to do and their ways of speaking to me. She provided me with a structured roll-out plan on how to go ahead with the grievance, the initial statement, and the outcomes that I wanted. She highlighted things I hadn’t thought about and helped me structure documents and correspondence. Fundamentally, I had continuous support that was crucial to being able to handle the situation.

D testimony Client

Carole (Margin Leaders) helped and supported me to navigate one of the lowest points of my life when as a black woman, experienced and qualified in the field of safeguarding, I was being mercilessly bullied by my white manager at work. I was not protected by senior managers, and my manager was allowed to undermine me, micro manage, and emotionally abuse me to the point that I had to be signed off work with stress. She gaslit me and made my life hell! Carole helped me to communicate effectively in writing, challenge the abuse, manage my anxiety by channelling it into action, and ultimately worked with me to stop the bullying. Amazing and comprehensive support throughout the ordeal.

A testimony Client

When I first faced this drawn-out challenge with my employer, I was overwhelmed and exhausted. Like many men, I’d spent years just absorbing pressure, keeping things in, and convincing myself that asking for help was a weakness. But reaching out to Margin Leaders turned out to be the most strategic move I could have made. From the start, they helped me reset what I’d been accepting for far too long. Their support gave me the clarity to see what was unacceptable, and the strength to stand up for myself. I began to take myself more seriously, and so did my employer. Having someone in my corner meant I didn’t have to carry the emotional weight alone. Each letter, each meeting, each decision became less about survival and more about reclaiming my dignity. Rather than defensively responding whilst stressed, I started responding with confidence. Margin Leaders is like a team around me - the kind of strategic support you’d expect the big players in business to have. They didn’t just help me stay in the fight; they helped me fight well. To be fair, I’m proud of how far I’ve come, and I know I wouldn’t have made it through without them. They gave me more than guidance - they gave me back my self-respect.

Ready to Join?

Free 30-minute diagnostic consultation if booked by 31st October 2025 30% discount on all services for Unite BAEM members until April 2026