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Empowering Leaders

CEEE Executive Leadership Program

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Best For

High-potential professionals ready to advance in corporate leadership

Timing

4 Months

Format

Build lifelong connections with a cohort of fellows and sponsors, learning in parallel through virtual sessions and in-person collaborations.

Virtual & Live

Tuition

Fellows: $8,995 

Sponsors: $4,995

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Advancing Strong Leadership

Changing the Face of Financial Services

The Center for Economic Empowerment and Equality is focused on advancing unique perspectives and cultivating and empowering Black and underrepresented leaders to support the financial services industry's long-term success.

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Program at a Glance

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Ideal Participants

The CEEE Executive Leadership Program features two tracks:

  • Fellow Track – For high-potential business leaders in a middle-management position.
  • Sponsor Track – For senior-level leaders interested in advancing leadership in financial services.
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Tuition & Scholarships

  • Fellows: $8,995
  • Sponsors: $4,995 
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What You'll Learn

Through an authentic and actionable lens, the program seeks to:

  • Facilitate lifelong connections and learning through 1:1 peer interaction for maximum impact
  • Go beyond narrow definitions of leadership to explore applied technical skills directly relevant to financial services
  • Deliver innovative training opportunities for executive sponsors committed to identifying, developing, and advocating for diverse talent
  • Cultivate a pipeline that will prepare up-and-coming Black and DEI committed professionals to move into senior and executive leadership
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Why Choose the Program?

Cultivating new perspectives and advancing financial professionals to the highest levels of organizations requires access to new avenues to grow in knowledge and skill.

  • Connect with peers and leaders to develop your Executive IQ
  • Build proficiencies and relationships within your company
  • Strengthen firm culture through leadership development
  • Advance your career by learning to drive results
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The Program is Right for You If:

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You Aspire to Lead a Culture of Change

DESIGNED TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES

The Executive Leadership Program is infused with cultural relevance and customized to prepare the next generation of leaders in financial services.

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You Want to Learn What's Outside a Handbook

CENTERED ON CONNECTION

The Executive Leadership Program embraces learning with and from academics, researchers, and industry leaders, allowing rising leaders to learn from the experiences of others who have come before.

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You Need to Sharpen Technical and Soft Skills

Built to Be Comprehensive

The program features a curriculum that examines both the expertise and personal skills needed to reach the highest ranks of financial services.

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Inside the Program

Pillars to Complete

Four

Typical Completion Time

4 Months

Connect

This Pillar covers:
  • Cultural Competency
  • Emotional Intelligence

Build

This Pillar covers:
  • Business Acumen
  • Networking

Strengthen

This Pillar covers:
  • Managing People at Work
  • Business Strategy

Advance

This Pillar covers:
  • Decision-making
  • Negotiations
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This has helped me construct a roadmap to success and shift the paradigm on organizational relevance ... delivered by seasoned professionals who have traveled the path I am currently on.

Marco R. Williams

Fellow and VP, Regional Wealth Management Specialist, JP Morgan Wealth Management

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I think what makes the program unique, it's culturally relevant - I don’t think there is another program on the market like this.

Kim Thomas

Sponsor and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, OneAmerica

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This is the first time I felt a sense of belonging…

Claude Walker

Fellow and 2nd Vice President, Transformation Planning Leader, Guardian Life

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Take Your Next Step Up

The Executive Leadership Program is designed to empower and support you as you progress your career. Through sponsorship, connection, and collaboration, you will learn the skills you need to take the next step forward.

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1 The American College of Financial Services and Nationwide Insurance Company. Rise Research Study. September 2020.

2 Coqual. Being Black in Corporate America. 2019.