Our Impact/Strategic Partnerships

Strategic Partnerships

Join forces with a trailblazing community dedicated to advancing leadership excellence. As a strategic partner, you’ll gain unique opportunities to shape and contribute to our mission, access a network of influential leaders, and co-create initiatives that drive meaningful impact.

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The Executive Leadership Council (ELC) is committed to empowering and advancing executives and professionals in corporate leadership roles. Our mission remains consistent with the vision of our founders to increase access to opportunity across all levels, from the classroom to the boardroom.

Strategic Partnerships are the cornerstone of driving progress, innovation, and systemic change to ensure equitable representation and inclusive opportunities in leadership. This ultimately contributes to a more inclusive and prosperous corporate landscape.

Whether you’re looking to support specific programs or embark on multi-year collaborations, we offer tailored solutions to meet your goals and advance our shared mission of inclusive excellence.

Why Partner with Us?

Expertise and Experience: Benefit from our extensive experience in building and managing successful partnerships across diverse sectors and industries.
Collaborative Approach: We believe in co-creating solutions with our partners, leveraging each other’s strengths to achieve greater impact and outcomes.
Expanded Network: Gain access to a community of like-minded organizations and individuals driving lasting positive change to the corporate landscape.

Program Partnerships

Our program partnerships are designed to address your company’s targeted needs and strategic initiatives. By aligning your organization with a particular ELC program or initiative, you can directly influence the areas that matter most to your business and stakeholders.

Benefits of partnering include:

Focused Impact:
Concentrate your resources and efforts on a specific program or initiative that aligns with your organization’s talent strategy and leadership objectives—such as attracting, developing, and advancing emerging leaders within your organization.

Measurable Results:
Track the tangible outcomes of your partnership, whether it’s supporting educational initiatives, strengthening the leadership pipeline, increasing representation at the executive level, or contributing to community development projects.

Enhanced Visibility:
Demonstrate your organization’s commitment to inclusion and leadership development by partnering with one of The ELC’s highly regarded programs—strengthening your brand reputation and engagement with key stakeholders.

Multi-Year and Undesignated Partnerships

For organizations seeking a broader and more flexible partnership approach, our multi-year or undesignated partnerships provide opportunities for sustained collaboration and meaningful impact.

These partnerships offer:

Long-Term Engagement:
Forge enduring relationships with The ELC, allowing for continuous support of your organization’s leadership development and inclusion goals over multiple years.

Strategic Investment:
Contribute to The ELC’s Endowment or Annual Fund, providing vital resources that sustain our organization’s operations, drive innovation, and ensure long-term growth and sustainability.

Customized Consultation:
The ELC offers corporate partners strategic advisory services to help design and implement evidence-based, organization-wide solutions that accelerate leadership advancement.

Get Started Today

Whether you’re interested in supporting specific programs or exploring multi-year partnerships, we’re here to help you achieve your engagement goals. Contact us to learn more about our strategic partnership opportunities.

Alliance for Board Diversity

Founded in 2004, the Alliance for Board Diversity (ABD) is a collaboration of four leadership organizations: Catalyst, The Executive Leadership Council (ELC), the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR), and LEAP (Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics). Diversified Search, an executive search firm, is a founding partner of the alliance and serves as advisor and facilitator. The ABD’s mission is to enhance shareholder value in Fortune 500 companies by promoting inclusion of women and minorities on corporate boards.

During this time, ABD has celebrated the elevation of this issue in public dialogues and applauded the leadership of those corporations that are working toward greater board diversity. ABD collaborated with Deloitte to publish “Missing Pieces Report: A board diversity census of women and underrepresented racial and ethnic groups on Fortune 500 boards, 7th edition.” The 7th edition of the Missing Pieces Report is the culmination of a multiyear effort organized by ABD. Deloitte has collaborated with ABD on this initiative for previous installments published in 2016, 2018, and 2020.

To read the full “Missing Pieces” report, please visit Missing Pieces Report on Board Diversity | Deloitte US.

Calibr

CALIBR was initially founded in 1999 as an affiliate of The Executive Leadership Council. It became a separate entity with its own 501(c)(3) status. Calibr is a professional organization that offers career and professional development, community service opportunities, and points of connectivity for mid-career black executives.

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