This facilitator's manual consists of guidelines and materials for use in conducting a workshop dealing with the professionl and personal development of minority women. Included in the first half of the manual are the following pieces of information pertaining to implementation of the workshop: background on the need for and development of the workshop, a workshop outline and time schedule, an explanation of the logistics of the workshop, a prelude to the workshop, lesson plans for its four sessions, and a suggested reading list. The second half of the manual consists of a participant's notebook that contains various forms and information, including a workshop outline; a pre-workshop questionnaire; an overview; an introductory exercise; a definition of minority women; materials for use in self-appraisal; lists of basic human rights with respect to work; unwritten rules in business; rules for dressing for success; information on assertiveness; networks; key laws and agencies; sample resumes; and a workshop evaluation form. (Related facilitator's manuals dealing with career planning and management basics for minority women are available separately--see note.) (MN)