Anderson Executive Education Programs
Dr. Robin Johnson has been involved as curriculum designer and faculty member in the multicultural Leadership Suite at the UCLA Anderson School of Business. She is faculty director of the LBGT Leadership Institute.
The UCLA Leadership Suite programs examine management and leadership issues from the perspective of each of specific audiences: African American; Latino; people with disabilities, women; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender managers. They share with all leaders the need to convey credibility, foster career-building alliances, and master the informally learned nuances of management. Yet, being perceived as "different" or "other" presents unique challenges as these managers seek to establish themselves within their organizations. Participants and their organizations make a one-week investment for each of these leadership development programs.
Dr. Johnson is best known for teaching the following topics in the programs listed below:
LEADERSHIP - Theory, Styles, Power and Influence Strategies. She often uses her book Dance of Leadership, as well as mini-biographical cases of multicultural leaders she has written, questionnaires she has designed, and other teaching innovations.
TEAMS - with a strong emphasis on team design and dynamics, as well as the interlocking skills needed to lead multicultural teams. She uses a simulation and provides background materials via her audio CD called Leading Your Multicultural Team to High Performance.
CAREER MANAGEMENT - helping participants understand the importance of managing their careers while building their skills as coaches and mentors to the people they manage. The Career by Design workbook and Audio CD Dr. Johnson wrote helps participants continue their progress even after the program is completed.
MULTICULTURALISM-DIVERSITY-INCLUSION. Dr. Johnson's inclusive definition of diversity and her interactive approach using multiple learning modalities, reduces the tension typical of many diversity sessions, while increasing awareness, sensitivity, and effectiveness of participants who manage cross cultural conflict-interactions.
African American Leadership Institute
June 2-6, 2008
"This is a "must experience" for every African-American who wants to make a difference in their professional careers. We can't get this kind of instruction anywhere else."
Kathy Howard
Manager, Diversity Recruiting, Abbott Laboratories
Leadership Institute for Managers with Disabilities
November 10-14, 2008
Anderson broke new ground in leadership development and education with its inaugural program for managers with disabilities in the fall of 2007. Kudos to the founding organizations: AOL, DiversityInc., Google, IBM, Merck, Microsoft, Pepsico, and USBLN.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered Leadership Institute
June 9-13, 2008
"A really innovative and challenging program that was fulfilling on a both personal and professional basis. I continue to wake up with a 'fire in my belly' for the diversity agenda in the workplace."
Andrew Hargreaves
Head of Channel Marketing and Development, BT Group PLC
Women’s Leadership Institute
October 13-17, 2008
"This program is a must for any woman who wants to develop the insights required for future leadership - corporate or otherwise."
Christine Ardito
Manager, Business Information Center, Schering-Plough Corporation
Please go directly to www.uclaexeced.com/ and click on the ‘leadership suite’ icon on your left for detailed information about the above open enrollment programs.
ANDERSON CUSTOM PROGRAMS
The Anderson School also runs custom programs for leaders from particular organizations and industries. DR. Johnson teaches in several regularly scheduled programs with significant multicultural leadership development content.
Johnson & Johnson Head Start Directors Program
July 7-18, 2008 - Los Angeles, CA
The Head Start - Johnson & Johnson Management Fellows Program provides a unique opportunity for Head Start directors to participate in a two-week intensive management training session, held annually. The program builds both executive and entrepreneurial management skills. Eighty hours of classroom instruction include lectures, group discussions, case studies, and workshops. In addition, Dr. Johnson teaches in the Advanced Management Institute for this audience every January.
This is not an open enrollment program. However, if you are part Head Start and would be interested in this program, please go to www.anderson.ucla.edu/x320.xml for more information.
Johnson & Johnson Health Care Directors Program
June 30-July 4, 2008 - Los Angeles, CA
July 28-Aug1, 2008 - Los Angeles, CA
NAMIC Executive Leadership Development Program
CLASS 7 for 2007-2008 - Los Angeles, CA
Oct 17-19, 2007; Dec 5-7, 2007; Feb 12-15, 2008; Apr 16-18, 2008
CLASS 8 for 2008-2009 - Los Angeles, CA
Oct 15-17, 2008; Dec 3-5, 2008; Feb 2009 tbd; Apr 18-20, 2009.
Dr. Johnson is the co-designer of the NAMIC ELDP. This program’s curriculum addresses critical business skills such as marketing, finance, strategy and operations that any successful executive must master, while examining the unique challenges faced by most executives of color throughout their careers. Class members are expected to complete assignments during the sessions as well as "homework" assignments between meetings. Class members explore many topics during the four sessions: leadership; mentoring; human resources management; corporate strategy; communication; career planning; power and how to use it responsibly. Other areas of instruction will include leadership and group process, as well as organizational culture and negotiations. Dr. Johnson also designs, organizes and facilitates webinars for NAMIC leadership program alumni.
"Given my seniority in the industry, I thought I would already know much of what the ELDP had to offer. I was quite surprised to learn so much about myself and how to lead in an increasingly multicultural America. The ELDP is a source of power through knowledge. In addition to offering a world-class curriculum in functional disciplines, ELDP is a source of self-awareness for executives leading a multicultural workforce, serving multicultural customers."
—Manish Jha, SVP & GM, Strategy & New Media ESPN, Inc.
"In my role as head of strategic planning for Turner Networks affiliate sales group, strategy and negotiation are key elements of our success. The NAMIC ELDP program presented separate, in-depth classes on both of these subjects. The world-class professors and lively participation from fellow classmates combined to impart insights and sophisticated, market tested approaches that I have already used to good advantage in my workplace."
—Donna Northington, VP Strategic Planning, Turner Broadcasting
"The NAMIC Executive Leadership Development Program is our industry’s finest leadership program. No experience has been more relevant to my career as the time I spent with my colleagues not only learning but understanding corporate strategy, process management, operations, leadership and personal development. The conversations with my colleagues and professors around leadership in a multi-cultural workforce were enlightening lessons that will carry me throughout my career. If you want leaders ELDP’s world class curriculum is an investment with enormous ROI!"
—Bill Rivas, Director, Sales & Marketing, Comcast Cable
NAMIC Leadership Seminars
March 13-14 , 2008 - Los Angeles, CA
May 1-2, 2008 - Denver, CO
July 24-25, 2008 - New York, NY
November 6-7, 2008 - Orlando, FL
The NAMIC classes are not open enrollment programs. However, if you are part of the cable communications industry and would be interested in NAMIC's programming, please go to www.namic.com for more information.
Wells Fargo African American Leadership Program
April 2 -4, 2008 - San Francisco, CA
July 16-18, 2008 - San Francisco, CA
October 1-3, 2008 - San Francisco, CA
Raytheon Multicultural Leadership Program
June 24-27, 2008- El Segundo, CA
Eli Lilly Latino Leadership Retreat
August 18-22, 2008 - Los Angeles, CA
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