
JONES African-American/Black Leadership Intensive - Professional Development
How do you become an exceptional leader, practice self-care, and take your career to the next level while also effectively navigating the systemic barriers of racial bias, anti-Blackness, and repeated microaggressions in the workplace? Join this Intensive led by world-class JONES facilitators who will provide with tips, tools, and techniques to help you navigate your career success in a way that allows you do your best, be your best, as you bring your best.
Who Should Attend Our Leadership Intensives?
?Our research-based approach is designed for:
- Senior Leaders
- Project Team Leaders
- Mid-level Managers
- Emerging Leaders
- Employee Resource Group (ERG) Leaders
- Leaders who want to advance their effectiveness in a fast-paced, ever changing work environment
Participant Key Outcomes:
- Apply transformative leadership skills that bring out the best of self and others
- Leverage their distinctive (or professional) brand of personality, culture, and lived experiences to effectively accelerate their career path
- Manage the conscious and unconscious biases that exist at the Senior and Executive levels
- Align good intentions with impact to become even more effective
- Create psychologically safe and inclusive teams that achieve creativity and innovation through diversity of thought
- Effectively manage conflict, crisis, and resistance in a diverse environment
- Lead teams and organizations through influence and collaboration
- Provide feedback, coaching and develop others for higher performance

Date and Time
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022 Thursday Aug 25, 2022
- Tuesday, August 23 - 9:00am-5:00pm
- Wednesday, August 24 - 9:00am - 5:00pm; cohort dinner 6:00-8:30pm
- Thursday, August 25 - 9:00am-5:00pm
Location
The University Club Atop Symphony Towers
750 B St. Ste. 3400
San Diego, CA 92101
Fees/Admission
Although this intensive is valued at $3,000, a generous donor has provided complimentary seats to NSDBC members and those who mention NSDBC! Interested participants can fill out this quick form and I will follow-up directly with additional details. Hurry, there are limited complimentary seats available and maximum of 15 participants so if interested, please follow the instructions ASAP. "The... leadership Intensive was one of the most valuable professional experiences I've ever had the pleasure to participate in. The interactive approach and the exceptional facilitators combined to produce a great learning environment. I would participate in this Intensive again in a heartbeat and I highly recommend it to any [one] who is currently or planning to be in a leadership position." "This intensive let me experience inclusion so I now know how to recognize it. The feeling I experienced during this intensive is something I want to bring to my company." "The intensive was a great combination of realistic discussion, leadership pearls, and practical application....I enjoyed the learning atmosphere and approach as well as the expertise in the room. I would highly recommend this intensive.' "The Intensive gave us many useful practical tools for having even the toughest conversations. Now I feel even more confident in my ability to effectively engage in conversations about systems and politics and the impact these have on the interpersonal behavior between colleagues.” “The leadership intensives provide professional development experiences that do not need to be translated." "Discover the leader you want to be... leave as the leader you are meant to be."
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Contact Information
Liz Fernández, Director of JONES School of Inclusive Leadership (JSOL)
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