Career Accelerator Program

Topics & Program Details

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

• Prepare leaders for sustained success at higher levels of responsibility
• Develop critical business and leadership skills
• Aid the transition from individual contributors and supervisors to high performance leaders of teams

Achieved Through

• Practical and interactive learning experiences
• Awareness of cultural barriers and opportunities for advancement
• Networking with experienced Latino senior managers

Session 1: Cultural Foundations with José Antonio Bowen

This session will help us think about who we are, how we are perceived and give us tools to influence both our own thinking and the thinking of others. All leaders require self, social, and cultural awareness, with an additional layer to navigate if you are bi-cultural. We will learn some basic psychology (like the limits of our attention and what we notice) and focus on how culture influences, personality, motivation, emotion, behavior and how we see (and evaluate!) ourselves and others.

Session 2: Response to Change with Jerry Magar

This session will help participants learn how their own behavioral and communication styles correspond to others and how the management or alteration of those styles can significantly impact the overall success of groups and relationships.

Session 3: Brand and Networking with José Antonio Bowen

We will apply your authentic leadership brand to build your network and increase your social capital. We will practice meaningful conversations and discuss the reciprocal relationships that are the foundation of networks, social capital and leadership.   

Session 4: Trust and Influence with Jerry Magar           

During the session we will focus on leveraging trust and influence to get results.  You’ll develop skills to influence others, enhance your credibility, and manage difficult situations with bosses, peers and direct reports.  

Session 5: Trust and Influence: Difficult Conversations with Jerry Magar

This session will build on the concepts from the previous session.  It will apply the tools specifically to holding difficult conversations that build and restore trust while solving the challenge at hand.

Session 6: Transition to Management with José Antonio Bowen

We will explore how teams work (or don’t work) and how motivation, incentives, trust and conflict interact. We will focus on key interactive skills. Who is on a team is less important than how you help them interact.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

DiSC Assessments

Use the DiSC Assessment to determine parts of your work personaility style, ensuring you know how you fit within your work's ecosystem. Lean into your strengths when you know what they are.

Executive Speakers and Advisors

Participants will learn and interact with world-renowned experts in leadership and business. Our Latino executive advisors share practical insights, tools, and tips with participants in the classroom.

Who Should Attend?

Individual contributors or only front-line supervisors experience.

• Minimum years of experience: 5 years
• Minimum years of managerial experience: None
• Titles: Individual Contributor, Supervisor (Not yet a manager with a career path)
• Requirements: Individual contributors that have not been given a managerial opportunity OR only front-line experience for more than 10 years

LEARN MORE

Contact Ana Rodriguez, Executive Director for the Latino Leadership Initiative, at airodriguez@smu.edu or 214.768.8232 to learn more about the Career Accelerator Program.

Schedule

This four-month program is delivered in 6 sessions with three cohort options. Each phase focuses on a particular facet of career growth. The framework is shaped around key pivot points that all individuals will face as they grow their career. Some of those include: holding difficult conversations, transitioning to management, how to delegate, having appropriate responses to change, and so much more.

Session 1: Cultural Foundations
Session 2: Response to Change
Session 3: Brand and Networking
Session 4: Trust and Influence
Session 5: Difficult Conversations
Session 6: Transition to Management

*Virtual team project work and continuing education sessions follow the in-person module. For an entirely online-only option, contact the team at SMUCoxLLI@smu.edu if interested in virtual dates.