Black Executive Leadership Accelerator

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Black Executive Leadership Accelerator

Overview

Three-months (11-weeks) in total, 2 hours per week.

The Black Executive Leadership Accelerator is designed for professionals from African American and underrepresented communities to develop critical leadership skills, navigate accelerating change in the business ecosystem, and strengthen their impact. Throughout the virtual program, participants will reflect upon and share insight regarding the experiences, opportunities, and challenges that they have faced as Black leaders. Combining both UC Berkeley’s world-renowned faculty, Urban League of Greater San Francisco Bay Area's commitment to connect and advance African American and other underrepresented communities, and the real-world expertise of business practitioners sharing their own personal journeys - the program culminates with a curriculum focused on accelerating career growth, business impact, economic development, and network expansion among emerging Black leaders and those interested in their advancement.

Advance Your Leadership Skills

Acquire research-based techniques to develop your unique leadership style, effectively navigate challenging conversations, and prepare for potential situations where you can leverage your leadership.

Broaden Your Personal Impact

Learn modern business trends on leadership, strategy, and innovation that will enable you to drive change within your organization and beyond.

Establish a Strong Professional Network

Connect with other minority professionals in diverse industries and expand your professional network.

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Features, Dates, & Cost

Benefits

  • Live virtual sessions held weekly (5:00-7:00 pm PT)
  • Practitioner workshops 
  • An immersive learning experience, combining experiential learning activities and collaboration with faculty and practitioners to provide immediately actionable tools and strategies to apply in your own work
  • Participatory, active program design, with an emphasis on small group exercises and conversations, and peer coaching with classmates
  • Networking  and community elements, designed to build and sustain connections and impact, well beyond the program 

Program Dates & Cost

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$5,900
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*Standard discounts do not apply to this program

Application Deadlines

Application deadlines will be updated when we have scheduled program dates.

Who It's For

  • Black leaders seeking to advance to higher levels of responsibility by strengthening today's most critical leadership skills during times of accelerating change
  • Leaders seeking to drive change and model and advance inclusive leadership within their organizations  
  • Mid-tier leaders committed to strengthening their individual impact while advancing the collective impact of Black leaders in business

Learning Journey

The Black Executive Leadership Accelerator learning journey includes three main immersions: Leading Self, Leading Teams, and Leading the Business. Within these three immersions, the learning journey is segmented further into the below components.

Begin your journey with a session designed to engage and connect leaders through sharing of personal goals, while gaining insight into the overall learning journey and desired outcomes.

Strengthen your skills as an agile, authentic leader, able to lead through others, navigate ambiguity and complexity, set and achieve priorities with confidence. Led by Berkeley Haas faculty through an immersive virtual learning experience.

Through its vast network, Urban League of Greater San Francisco Bay Area has gathered incredible leaders and mentors of color, to share their own personal leadership journeys and lessons, to help accelerate yours.

One of the most important components of this learning journey is you. Among the most powerful and lasting learnings will be from the sharing of experiences and insight among peers. Engage fully, share openly, and the group will form strong bonds that extend long beyond the program. 

Sample Curriculum

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Program Partners

Partner Leadership

headshot of Kenneth Maxey

Kenneth E. Maxey II 
President, Urban League of Greater San Francisco Bay Area

The goal of the Black Executive Leadership Accelerator is to provide African Americans with an opportunity to thrive in their leadership journey. Urban League of Greater San Francisco Bay Area has crafted this curriculum together with Berkeley Executive Education with this goal in mind. Through practitioner panels, students will also hear advice from Black Leaders with real-world experience.

Faculty

Past Speakers

headshot of Karen HorneKaren Horne 

SVP of Diversity Equity & Inclusion North America
Warner Bros. Discovery
 

headshot of Mary StuttsMary Stutts

Chief Global Health  Equity & Inclusion Officer
Real Chemistry
 

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Damon Jones

Chief Communications Officer
Procter & Gamble
 

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James C. Jones 

Advanced Certified Personal & Executive Coach
DE&I Consultant
 

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Ina Marie Johnson

Corporate Board Director & Former CHRO
Chief Diversity Officer


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D’Juan Wilcher

Deputy Director
George W. Bush Presidential Library

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Mary L. Tobin

Deputy Director Senior Advisor of Wounded Warrior, Veteran, and Military Family Initiatives
Americorps


headshot of James WhiteJames White

Board Chair, Director, Author, Former Chairman, President, and CEO
Jamba Juice

 

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