The Leadership and Professional Development Programs are designed to prepare individuals with personal and professional development and organizational understanding. The Center provides fellows with new skills and tools to build urban communities.
The curriculum model designed by the center focuses on three core areas: Personal/Professional Leadership, Organizational Savvy, and Team Effectiveness. Training is delivered through seminars and experiential learning opportunities such as simulations, case studies and group projects.
They cover a wide variety of topics and development areas which include:

Understanding how leadership roles develop and become defined.
Improving organizational, management, strategic planning and creative pe
problem solving skills.
Understanding how collaborating has become a primary skill in
managing change.
Handling diversity, ethnic issues and political issues.
Enhancing self-awareness, confidence, communication skills and effective personal leadership styles.
Enhancing negotiation skills and team effectiveness.

Fellows have opportunities to network, and exchange experiences while developing leadership skills to empower their communities.

Special features:
Our leadership curriculum is complemented through the use of
in-depth self-awareness tools and activities to enhance leadership capabilities including seminars, case studies, and hands-on experiential activities. Institute participants receive feedback from an array of instruments, including but not limited to:
360º PROFILOR
Discovery Diversity Profile
Firo-B
Leading Change at Every Level
Leader-Management Profile
Myers-Briggs Type Inventory
Public Sector Leaderhip Profile
Situational Leadership Profile
True Colors
The Value Scale
Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument
Team Communication Inventory
The Value Scale