C-Suite Academy

Sponsor:

$7,500

About The Program

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 II 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. In partnership with Accenture, The Executive Leadership Council has reimagined C-Suite.

Here’s what to expect:

During this course, participants will:

• Explore unique challenges for Black leadership in an evolving social, racial, and complex environment on the path to the C-Suite

• Examine current leadership sources of power and how to leverage them to drive change

• Explore and practice getting things done through people (people agility)

• Apply frameworks and innovative techniques to solve current and complex problems

• Explore strategies to navigate organizational decision making

And all of this will take place at Accenture’s Atlanta Innovation Hub – a 30,000 square foot co-creation space designed to tap into the hacker, maker and creator that lies within each Black executive. Through structured combination of collaborative group work, augmented and virtual reality experiences, simulations, fireside chats and workshops, C-Suite Academy participants will clarify their strategic vision, improve their proficiency with key executive competencies, and develop alliances with current and future CEOs and C-Suite executives.

We are not just providing C-Suite training, we are building the next cohort of Black CEOs. Are you ready for the challenge? Are you committed to thriving at the highest echelons of business? Are you prepared to embrace the discomfort that comes from undertaking a great – and achievable – challenge?

Then register today for the C-Suite Academy… and get ready to soar.

Date & Time

In-Person: June 26-29, 2023, Location TBD

(All six LDW courses will be offered)

Virtual (Zoom): August 1-3, 2023

(Bright Futures, Strategic Pathways for Women and Leading Innovation)

Virtual (Zoom): August 8-10, 2023

(Navigating the Corporate Landscape, Strengthening the Pipeline 1 and Strengthening the Pipeline 2)

About The Program

Program Cost

In-Person: $7,500

Virtual: $4,250

There has been noteworthy progress that Black corporate professionals have made in the United States. Specifically:

• The Spencer Stuart Board Index found Black executives accounted for 26% of the 456 new independent directors appointed to S&P 500 companies in 2022—a significant increase from 11% in 2020.

• A Washington Post study found that among the 50 largest U.S. companies (by April market capitalization), 8% of C-suite executives were Black; Five companies as of 2021—Merck, UPS, AT&T, UnitedHealth Group, and Home Depot—had C-suites where at least 20% of executives were Black.

• The number of Black CEOs of Fortune 500 companies has reached an all-time high.

But there’s far more work to be done.

As all of us continue to emerge from the global pandemic, and the challenges we were faced with throughout it, now is the time to move forward. And given the progress Black executives have made from the boardroom to the C-Suite across the United States over the last three years, we need a place that enables us to capitalize on our collective momentum.

The Executive Leadership Council’s Leadership Development Weeks (LDW) offers Black professionals that opportunity in a safe space cultivated for us, by us. The conferences are deliberate in creating an experience capable of inspiring Black professionals throughout the country to take charge of their careers by rejuvenating the leader within them. They are the premier leadership development experience for Black executives that helps them examine the challenges and opportunities of being a Black leader today, defying the odds and setting new standards for success.

Black executives who attend The ELC’s LDW leave the experience changed, carrying with them a renewed, strategic network of Black professionals who support their fellow colleagues along their leadership journeys. Unlike most professional seminars or leadership conferences, The ELC’s Leadership Development Weeks are unique with all its participants being Black, with all Black facilitators, and is packed with course content intentionally centered around the Black corporate experience.

Leadership Development Weeks

June 26-29, 2023 | In-Person

August 1-3 & August 8-10, 2023 | Virtual

The ELC’s signature intensive leadership development programs will be delivered three times in 2023. Later this year, our Institute for Leadership Development and Research will offer LDW virtually from August 1-3 and August 8-10. The only in-person LDW will be held during the Essence Festival from June 26-29, 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

LDW Courses

The In-Person and Virtual LDWs will feature six courses including:

Session

In-Person: All six LDW courses will be offered

Virtual: Bright Futures

Virtual: Strategic Pathways for Women

Virtual: Leading Innovation

Virtual: Navigating the Corporate Landscape

Virtual: Strengthening the Pipeline 1

Virtual: Strengthening the Pipeline 2

Dates

June 26-29, 2023

August 1-3, 2023

August 1-3, 2023

August 1-3, 2023

August 8-10, 2023

August 8-10, 2023

August 8-10, 2023