Program areas at TALI Institute
National Executive Leadership Academy - The National ELA, which welcomed its first cohort in 2023, is a program of TALI, in cooperation with Carnegie Mellon University,to roll out to a national audience its world-class executive education program to advance Black executive leadership. Through the National Executive Leadership Academy, TALI is creating ladders of opportunity for participants as they seek to make a positive impact in their chosen fields. The Academy delivered this executive development program to a cohort of 16 experienced executives covering objectives and expectations, expanding personal influence and sponsors, creating operational impact, thriving in the organization, strategic leadership, leading high performing teams and building on success.
Emerging Leaders Program - The Program focuses on influencing the development of early career managers and individual contributors to grow the pipeline of high potential Black leaders. The Program completed curriculum development and recruited an initial cohort of 24 emerging leaders for the 2022 calendar year. The curriculum features training modules focusing on developing personal objectives and expectations, building equity in a career, navigating organizational culture, negotiation strategies and problem solving, finance fundamentals and leveraging business intelligence and exemplifying and driving performance.
Executive Leadership Academy - Together with Carnegie Mellon University, TALI has developed a world-class executive education program that will advance Black executive leadership in the Pittsburgh region. Through the Executive Leadership Academy, TALI is creating ladders of opportunity for participants as they seek to make a positive impact in their chosen fields. The Academy delivered this executive development program to a cohort of 28 experienced executives covering objectives and expectations, expanding personal influence and sponsors, creating operational impact, thriving in the organization, strategic leadership, leading high performing teams and building on success.
Alumni Relations - Alumni relations seeks to build on the successes of the Executive Leadership Academy and the Emerging Leaders Program by connecting alumni with participants in other cohorts through professional development, personal development, networking, programming and community events to foster an expanding support network for participants.