ELI has the ability to create content within the learning topics that addresses real-world problems that your leaders are experiencing. With a variety of methods, we can provide your leaders with tools to help solve issues outside of the learning environment.
Leadership Development Programs
Executive Leadership Institute
Organizations are hungry to develop their pipeline of emerging- mid-, and senior-level executives. This is ELI’s sweet spot. Our core offering is the design and delivery of cohort programs, tailor-made for our clients.
ELI programs are designed to meet the unique needs of your organization. We accomplish that using a variety of topics related to organizational behavior and business acumen. Frequently requested topics include strategy leadership and team dynamics. Check out our rich array of adult learning methods and session topics below.
Values of Working with ELI
Tailored to Your Needs
In partnering with ELI, we ensure that every session is specially designed to meet the needs of your leaders while using relevant frameworks and your company’s terminology to guide them.
Delivery is turnkey (all in) Experience
ELI provides soup-to-nuts event management that will cover all logistics, venues, and be a point of contact for all vendors on campus and externally.
Client Relationship Management
ELI provides a team of resources to work on your account, extending from program creation through delivery and evaluation. We attend to every detail in every step in the program.
Cohorted Experience
A cohorted experience is something ELI strongly believes in. Participants benefit from a supportive environment where they can share experiences, reflect together, and form long-lasting professional networks. This approach fosters deeper engagement, personalized growth, and sustained leadership development.
Joint Design with Client
Throughout the entire process—from design to development to delivery—the client is actively engaged in collaboration and co-creation. This ensures that the final outcome is fully contextualized to their company’s specific terminology, exhibits, and leadership models, aligning perfectly with their unique needs and objectives.
Frequently Requested Topics
ELI works hand in hand with clients to design a custom leadership development program that fits the needs of the organization. We utilize the following domains of leadership development to bring real-world applications and approaches to the classroom.
| Leading Self | Leading Others | Leading Organizations |
|---|---|---|
| Actualized Leadership* | Optimal Team Performance | Inspiring Others to Perform |
| Emotional and Social Intelligence* | Teamwork: Debate, Discussion, or Dialogue | Leading Change |
| Conversations Across Differences | Providing Feedback | Systems Thinking |
| Leading with Personality* | Influencing Others | Driving Strategic Impact |
| Developing your Personal Leadership Vision | Conflict Management* | Strategic Communication |
These are just a few of the dozens of topics ELI can deliver in our programs.
*Some sessions include personal assessments that can strengthen a leader’s self-awareness and leadership abilities. For a full list of ELI’s assessment capabilities, please review the Assessments for Leaders & Organizations webpage.
ELI’s Five Adult Learning Principles
Executive audiences learn differently. ELI programs are delivered using time-tested adult learning principles.*
Adults are motivated when they can see the immediate value of what they are learning. ELI designs and develops programs that address specific challenges leaders are facing in their work environment.
Leaders bring a wealth of prior knowledge and life experiences into the learning process, which shapes how they perceive new information. ELI draws on these experiences, making space for adult learners to share insights and incorporate them into the learning process.
ELI’s programs are easy to recognize the reasoning for incorporating each learning module for development purposes. Leaders tend to be more willing to learn when they recognize a clear need for new knowledge or skills, often driven by real-world challenges.
ELI faculty members acknowledge participants who actively engage and contribute to shaping the direction of the learning experience. These leaders demonstrate a high level of professionalism, fostering authentic and transparent dialogue throughout the process.
*Malcom Knowles
Methods
Action Learning
Analysis
Application
Assessments
Case Studies
Coaching
Discussions
Feedback
Inferencing
Instructor-led
Journaling
Practice
Presentations
Problem-Solving
Readings
Reflection
Simulations
Synthesizing
Faculty
The McColl School at Queens is unique in that most of our faculty are practitioners in their fields. The following is a sampling of our ELI faculty:
John Bennett, Ph.D.
Professor, Business & Behavioral Science
Wayland H. Cato, Jr. Chair of Leadership
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Greg Berka, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Organizational Behavior
Program Director, Master of Science in Talent & Organization Development (MSTOD)
Dawn Chanland, D.B.A.
Professor, Management & Organizational Behavior
Program Director, MBA
Loretta Evivie, Ed.D.
Professor, Practice of Leadership in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Beth Schneider, D.B.A.
Associate Professor, Strategy
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William Sparks, Ph.D.
Professor, Business & Behavioral Science
Dennis Thompson Chair & Professor of Leadership
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Contact Us
If you believe that your organization would benefit from a customized cohort leadership experience, please contact us!
Alexandra Bertuch-Wallace
Program Coordinator
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