The document describes a unique leadership program that develops culturally competent leaders through experiential learning. The program offers an Executive Masters degree, certification, and professional development courses. It aims to enhance organizations' ability to function across diverse cultures and create effective change. The program involves cohort learning, fieldwork, and faculty from both academia and practice. Graduates hold leadership roles in healthcare, universities, banking, corporations, and non-profits.
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1. A Unique
Organizational Leadership
Program
Developing culturally competent
leaders to effect and sustain change
in a complex world
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3. Why cultural competence?
Is change management consuming more of your
time and resources?
In our global and rapidly changing world, are your
employees more diverse?
Has recruitment changed, requiring more complex
skills?
Can your managers deal effectively with culturally-
based conflict?
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4. Why cultural competence?
Does your staff have the skills to work with a
more diverse set of clients?
Do clients have expectations that your staff
doesnt understand?
Does your organizational culture align with
customer needs?
Are there prospective customers you cant reach
because of cultural issues?
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5. If you answered, yes to any of
those questions, you have an
opportunity.
Leaders and managers who can successfully recruit and retain
a diverse workforce hold a clear competitive advantage.
Cultural competence is a key factor to organizational success
Complex problems require intellectually diverse collaborative teams to
tackle them.
Global markets demand cross-cultural understanding.
Four generations in the workplace succeed as they appreciate the
perspective and skill set each brings to the table
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6. The Successful Candidate:
Minimum of 5 10 Years work experience
Knowledge of organizational culture and politics
Organizational leadership or potential
Supervisory/management experience
Ability to perform academic work at the Masters level
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7. Become a leader with the
ability to:
Enhance your organizations ability to
function successfully across diverse
cultures
Create and sustain effective
organizational change
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8. Key Learning and Skills
Managing group dynamics
Understanding the social psychological foundation of
diversity
Using organizational psychology to develop culturally
competent professionals
Managing conflict across differences
Diagnosing organizational issues
Assessing, measuring and evaluating diversity interventions
Effective facilitation of diversity issues
Understanding the diversity issues in human resources
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9. How It Works
Experiential learning
Leadership coach to assist in developing your
leadership skills
Real world experience through Field Practicum
Multi-disciplinary faculty
Academics
Practitioners
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10. The Executive Masters Program
Cohort learning community
One 3-day weekend each month for 21
months
40 credit hours
Graduation requirements (3 options):
Comprehensive exams
Action research in your organization
Thesis
Program Costs
Under $ 24,000 (includes books, materials and
meals)
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11. Certification
(how many weeks, is it also 3 day weekends?)
18 credit hours
Program Costs
Under $ 16,000 (includes books, materials and meals)
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12. Professional Development Series
Courses offered (taken with Executive Masters
students)
Organizational Change
Diagnosing Diversity
Assessing, Measuring & Evaluating Diversity
Facilitating Diversity Issues
Conflict Management Across Differences
Call 216.687.2586 to register! 12
13. Where are our graduates?
Healthcare Universities
Akron Childrens Hospital Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland Clinic Cleveland State University
Summa Health System Cuyahoga Community College
University Hospital Defiance College
Banking Hiram
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Kent State
Key Ursuline
PNC Victory University (formerly
Crichton College)
Corporations
Alcoa Non-Profits
Eaton Akron Urban League
Parker-Hannifin Cleveland Foundation
Hospice of the Western Reserve
NAACP
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14. Our graduates are:
Director, Professional Development VP of Supplier Diversity
Business Process Leader Manager of Recruitment and
National Institute of Health Retention
Researcher Psychologist
Director of Community Services Director of Financial Aid
Senior Business Analyst Enterprise Manager Change Management
Risk VP, Underwriting Manager Private
Associate Director of Nursing Affairs Client Group
and Director of Quality Assurance Chief of Police
Attorney Executive Director
Vice President of Human Resources Training and Enrollment Coordinator
Vice President for External Affairs & VP & Manager; Talent Strategy &
Chief Diversity Officer Leadership Development
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15. Compare to an Executive MBA
MBA Executive
Focus on business Masters
basics Focus on leadership
Includes finance, Includes organizational
marketing, and behavior, culturally
management science competent leadership,
effective change
management
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