Advancing Women of Color in Leadership
"When you make a commitment like this, you're investing in your future self."
"When you make a commitment like this, you're investing in your future self."
Summary
Advancing Women of Color in Leadership reflects our belief in inclusion—supporting efforts to increase access to equal opportunity in organizations because it is the right thing to do. Demographic diversity also helps organizations innovate, perform, and grow. In this program, you will gain insight, skills, and relationships that will help women of color realize their leadership potential and contribute more fully to a company's success.
This program is presented jointly with the HBS Leadership Initiative.
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Summary
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Advancing Women of Color in Leadership reflects our belief in inclusion—supporting efforts to increase access to equal opportunity in organizations because it is the right thing to do. Demographic diversity also helps organizations innovate, perform, and grow. In this program, you will gain insight, skills, and relationships that will help women of color realize their leadership potential and contribute more fully to a company's success.
This program is presented jointly with the HBS Leadership Initiative.
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Prepare for greater leadership responsibilityPrepare for greater leadership responsibility
- Develop a personal leadership style that works for you and your organization
- Communicate more effectively—with your team, your peers, and your boss
- Build and lead innovative teams that deliver results
- Inspire others and foster their development and impact
Take charge of your career growthTake charge of your career growth
- Become more agile at navigating organizational politics
- Develop strategies for identifying and overcoming common obstacles to success
- Create and nurture formal and informal developmental relationships with people who are like and unlike yourself
- Develop your own career vision and action plan
Expand your personal and professional networkExpand your personal and professional network
- Extend your network by living and working with accomplished professionals from various backgrounds and industries
- Build relationships with peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions
Who Should Attend
Rising stars in their organizations, including mid-level managers, account managers, or subject-matter experts with 7-20 years of professional experience who are being considered for roles of increasing responsibility in mid to large sized organizations.
While the program content is focused on U.S. and Canadian-based women and nonbinary people of color and their allies, the program is open to all who fulfill the admissions criteria. Please find our policy on nondiscrimination here.
Program for Leadership Development participants earn 3 PLDA Points on completion of this program.
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Who Should Attend
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Rising stars in their organizations, including mid-level managers, account managers, or subject-matter experts with 7-20 years of professional experience who are being considered for roles of increasing responsibility in mid to large sized organizations.
While the program content is focused on U.S. and Canadian-based women and nonbinary people of color and their allies, the program is open to all who fulfill the admissions criteria. Please find our policy on nondiscrimination here.
Program for Leadership Development participants earn 3 PLDA Points on completion of this program.
Dive Deeper into the ExperienceSee how exchange with faculty and peers yields new insights into critical business trends.Thrive in a learning environment that welcomes diverse ideas and perspectives.Examining the role of bias in the workplace and how employees can change perceptions.
Learning and Living at HBS
When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.
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Learning and Living at HBS
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When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.
Admissions Criteria and Process
"When you make a commitment like this, you're investing in your future self."