The ELC Institute creates a well-researched and documented understanding of the corporate experiences of Black managers and executives, which can be used to develop organizations and the people they employ. As a place that gathers, analyzes, and distributes information in multiple ways, the Institute becomes the primary source for data on blacks in business.
DECODED 2.0 powered by Google
The Executive Leadership Council (ELC) is proud to present DECODED 2.0 powered by Google, a comprehensive 3-day bootcamp for Black tech professionals which includes live instruction, fireside chat sessions with senior Black technology professionals, professional assessments, self-directed learning, and executive coaching. While Google has been a long-standing supporter of DECODED, we have created an integrated partnership to deliver a high-quality, high-impact program created specifically for early career Black tech professionals.
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Power of Women at Work (POWW) Virtual Conference
The Power of Women at Work is a one-day symposium designed to equip Black women professionals with the strategies, tactics and inspiration they need to reimagine their career journey and accelerate their progress towards their goals. The candid conversations, game-changing solutions, insightful panels, networking, and partnering opportunities will keep you engaged. Register now because you do not want to miss this amazing opportunity!
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Black Men in Leadership Conference
At The Executive Leadership Council (ELC), we have an unrelenting dedication to empowering Black people in the workplace and helping them to accomplish their goals. America’s boardrooms need diverse perspectives and you’re the ones who can provide that. That’s why we’re excited to announce that we’ve opened enrollment for the 2023 Black Men in Leadership Conference.
The Black Men in Leadership conference aims to aid in your professional development with networking opportunities and resources to help you make strides in your career. This gathering of professional Black men will provide counterintuitive insights and strategies backed by the latest research highlighting the state of Black men in the workplace. Register for a transformative event designed for purpose driven male leaders who are committed to overcoming adversity and developing their mindset, skillset, and toolset.
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Leadership Development Week (LDW)
The ELC’s Leadership Development Week (LDW) offers Black professionals that opportunity via an experience that is curated for us and by us. The LDW courses hold an intentional, developmental and “brave space” for Black professionals from across the country to accelerate their career development while also rejuvenating themselves among like-minded colleagues. This is a premier leadership development experience for Black professionals that helps them address the challenges and opportunities of being a Black leader today, by defying the odds and setting new standards for success.
View LDW In-Person and LDW Virtual’s five-day courses.
C-Suite Academy
The nature of the C-Suite is changing. Increased employee mobility; the need to innovate and remain nimble while operating in volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous business environments; and the centrality of digital transformation to business success are among the factors driving these changes. And though we may not know what the C-Suite will look like beyond the near future, we are certain it must evolve from its current post-World War 2 structure which is based in command and control and specialized silos.
Future CEOs and C-Suite executives need to be ready for the new landscape. They can’t rely on the traditional path to develop the business acumen and discernment needed to navigate future C-Suite challenges. They need new maps for the new territory; and new methods to prepare for success. This is especially true for Black executives.
What they need is a new type of C-Suite training. Welcome to the 2023 C-Suite Academy.
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Mid-Level Managers’ Symposium
For the 2023 Mid-Level Managers’ Symposium, join The Executive Leadership Council on a journey where we reimagine the classics with the Black experience at the center. With no roadmap, we will have to blaze our own path. It will be hard work, but the rewards are beyond estimation—just like the bonds that will connect us as we travel and climb together.
Join us in reimagining the classics; because our future awaits… as it always has… in our past.
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Black Directors’ Summit
Join us in-person on December 7th to launch relationships, build networks, and intentionally design the future of your organization with diversity as a pillar. This event will include three 45-minute programs with optional attendance, while simultaneously allowing private meetings to take place with our board ready ELC Members. You will be able to schedule your meetings ahead of time or create them in the moment.
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The ELC’s Institute
The ELC’s Institute for Leadership Development & Research aims to strengthen the talent pipeline of Black leaders, providing top-rate leadership programs that focus on individual growth at different career levels.
The Institute creates a well-researched and documented understanding of the corporate experiences of Black managers and executives, which can be used to develop organizations and the people they employ. As a place that gathers, analyzes, and distributes information in multiple ways, the Institute becomes the primary source for data on blacks in business.
Institute Fellows Programs
Fellows are part of a growing global network of thousands of Black mid-level managers who have graduated from The ELC Institute’s Leadership Development Programs. This ongoing affiliation with The ELC Institute affords past participants several benefits such as visibility in and access to professional networking opportunities, access to digital leadership training, career solutions, research, thought leadership, and an online Fellows directory.
ELC Institute Digital Badges
The ELC Institute digital badge is a representation of your leadership learning, designed so that you can share the skills and competencies you gained through your participation in an ELC Institute leadership program via social media, on digital versions of your resume and e-mail. Your digital badge contains embedded data that enables real-time credential verification and labor market insights that relate to your skills.
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