NAMIC Leadership Seminar
Since 2005, the NAMIC Leadership Seminars have provided a transformative professional development experience to high-potential managers of color, with many going on to become successful leaders throughout the industry. Beginning in 2010, the newly-designed NAMIC Leadership Seminars will extend this powerful leadership development opportunity to all eligible industry professionals from across the multicultural spectrum, committed to acquiring the knowledge, skills, and intercultural problem solving and decision making acumen required for strong performance.
Each Leadership Seminar cadre will reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity that comprises the industry workforce and customer base. Through crafting personalized blueprints for career advancement linked to enhanced effectiveness in their current organizational roles, participants will develop a greater awareness of and confidence in their own potential as high-impact contributors.
Program Overview
Continuous learning and leadership development are important for all professionals, but especially for those in the earlier stages of career trajectory. The new NAMIC Leadership Seminar curriculum is built on the most respected theories and academic research about what it takes to grow into effective leaders in organizations where the highest premium is placed on diversity as a strategic business imperative. The faculty—subject-matter experts, authors, and lecturers from prestigious academic institutions—will guide the interactive learning process that includes the following:
- Exploring professional strengths and developmental needs
- Charting a course for the enhancement of individual leadership potential
- Generating a career-by-design strategic template
- Learning about the power of mentoring as a proven career development tool
- Giving and receiving constructive feedback
- Cross-cultural problem solving and decision making
- Understanding diversity as an organizational value and not just a strategy
The NAMIC Leadership Seminar assembles top academics and practitioners from prestigious institutions across the country to provide a leadership development experience for professionals still in the comparatively early stages of their careers. The program is designed to increase participants’ effectiveness at work, strengthen self-awareness and strategic career planning, and reinforce strategic career planning. Importantly, the learning is anchored in the widely diverse cultural contexts and experiences of the participants.
The two-day Leadership Seminar is offered in industry markets throughout the country. A maximum of 40 applicants will be selected for each session.
