The ELC Institute offers a variety of webinars geared towards strengthen the talent pipeline of Black leaders, providing topics that focus on individual growth at different career levels and can be used to develop organizations and the people they employ.
Mindfulness to Heal from Microaggressions
Black people are more likely to experience microaggressions in the workplace. Some might even suggest that they are actually macroaggressions and using the term “micro” diminishes the gravity. For example, it is not unusual to be incorrectly called by the name of the other black person in the office that looks nothing like you. People might touch your hair without permission. They might say things like, “When I look at you, I don’t see color,” or, “You’re not really black; you’re not like the others.” People might suggest that you are a ‘diversity hire’ and imply that you are otherwise unqualified.
Managing all of these comments with grace and composure can be difficult, and you might find yourself ignoring the comments in the moment and suppressing the emotions that arise as a result. This workshop offers us the permission to acknowledge these incidents and the impact they have on us. We will learn a variety of mindfulness tools to help us release that which no longer serves us and provide some healing so that we can be calm, centered and grounded as we navigate the working environment.
Being Black and Finding Belonging in Corporate America
The ELC is partnered with the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) to showcase its research, “Being Black in Corporate America,” with a focus on Black men. CTI’s presenters, Julia Taylor Kennedy, Executive Vice President and Sandra Rice, Senior Vice President of Outreach and Strategic Partnerships, drew a portrait of a highly-motivated, ambitious cohort – one that has long experienced disproportionate obstacles in career advancement and has turned to entrepreneurship as a refuge from unwelcoming corporate environments. This ground-breaking research also gives top leaders validated approaches and best practices to retain and advance Black talent, with a vision to create even more meaningful support in the future.
Codeswitching and Organization Culture
Codeswitching is a behavioral adjustment of one’s style of speech, appearance, behavior, and expression in ways that will optimize the comfort of others in exchange for access, opportunities, and fair treatment. Although this strategy has informed how black people and other marginalized groups navigate interracial interactions at school and in the workplace, it has associated psychological and social costs.
Brilliance in the Basics
Public speaking is commonly a top fear among people. Even if you’re no stranger to speaking publicly, wowing a room and effectively engaging can sometimes be elusive. So how can one journey to perfect public speaking without years of practice?
Keep Calm & Carry On
The uncertainty we are all experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic poses many challenges for us in our workplace and at home. The increase in stress from the fast-changing climate requires us to have tools we may have never needed to manage our emotions, maintain productivity, and make good decisions. Join us in a 1-hour webinar where we will help unpack why the pandemic is hard on us and provide tips and tools for taking care of yourself emotionally and staying positive..
“The 1440 Method”
Each person is given 1,440 minutes every day. How do we ensure those minutes are spent creating the lives we really want? The daily actions we take or don’t take, around our careers, relationships, health, spirituality, and finances, are the primary force that determines these outcomes. This 1-hour workshop will help you invest 1440 minutes per day in creating a life of purpose, balance, and possibilities.
From One Control Freak to Another
Change is hard for anyone. However, abrupt and unexpected change is disruptive to our lives and can be even more complicated to process. This webinar discusses how to manage disruptive change effectively during these trying times.
Managing Your Finances Part 1 of 2
The way to financial freedom is maximizing cashflow in the context of a comprehensive financial plan. A comprehensive financial plan makes sure you are well positioned for the things that will go wrong to create certainty for the things that will go right. During our time together we will discuss how to manage the good and bad times. Let’s start with controlling what you can control by being proactive with your planning TODAY!
Public Health & the Black Community
A discussion on public health with ELC Member Dr. William Carson, covering the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on individual health, the black community, and what our new normal may look like. We have learned social distancing helps flatten the curve but how do we play offense?
Managing Your Finances in an Uncertain World – Part 2 of 2
The way to financial freedom is maximizing cashflow in the context of a comprehensive financial plan. A comprehensive financial plan makes sure you are well positioned for the things that will go wrong to create certainty for the things that will go right. During our time together we will discuss how to manage the good and bad times. Let’s start with controlling what you can control by being proactive with your planning TODAY!
Preparing for What’s Next with Covid-19
What will life look like when the shelter-in-place orders lift? What will it actually be like to return to work? It is safe to say that it will not look like it did when you left it. In this interactive, fast-paced virtual workshop, you will experience a blend of training and coaching that will lead you through a process that will yield an actionable plan to navigate the uncertainties on the other side of lockdown.
From Managing Blackness to Managing Whiteness
How do common efforts to “manage diversity” often manage Blackness? In this webinar, we explain how diversity management practices designed to reduce discrimination against Black people in actuality grant disproportionate power and resources to white people and white culture. We then provide alternative strategies for managing whiteness—rather than Blackness—to promote greater equity for Black employees.
Black Lives and Livelihoods: The Impact of COVID-19
A discussion on the findings and implications from the Black Economic Forum’s latest report, COVID-19: Investing in black lives and livelihoods. Gain the insights and solutions necessary to put our country on a path toward equitable recovery.
