Multicultural Executive Leadership Network
Networking is an essential skill at every professional level. But it can seem more challenging as your career evolves. Now you’re an executive. You’ve become the kind of person every recent graduate wants to meet, but connecting with your peers becomes harder. Why is that? It might be because you’re so much busier now. Maybe it’s because power is isolating, and it’s rare to meet multicultural executives who can relate to your experiences. Or it might be that the last few years of coping with being or working from home has left your social skills a little rusty. Whatever the reason, it’s never too late to build your peer network. As a multicultural executive, you have opportunities to meet other executive leaders at both virtual and in-person events. This opportunity will help you maximize those opportunities, creating the lasting, authentic connections you need.
Who
Multicultural executives in the Greater Kansas City area: C-Suite, E-Suite, S/VP level, Director level and founders/business owners.
Purpose/What
- Develop a multicultural executive level network—We need to know each other!!!
- Quarterly Receptions/Pop Up Coffee/Lunch/Happy Hour Events
- Support career journey–moral support, coaching, confidant.
- Career Advising/Coaching Sessions
- Connect and collaborate on amazing opportunities–career and board referrals.
- Referral Network
- Celebrate professional milestones–let’s have some fun along the way.
- Showcase/Highlight Accomplishments
- Ignite your possibilities influencer events/programs for success.
- Business connections & Influencer Activities
Goal
To create opportunities and lasting authentic connections so that multicultural executive leaders (men and women) in our area can know each other and lead to the personal and professional support so needed. This in turn will have a positive impact for greater retention, productivity, satisfaction, and engagement within their organizations and the surrounding communities.
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Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University