TIRED OF BORING LECTURES? CHANGE THE GAME & BRING HARBOR TO YOUR CAMPUS, organization or coMPANY

  A successful collegiate career starts with excelling academically. But one must lead in the classroom as well as their community. Participants learn student success + diversity, equity and inclusion (DEl), to provide a powerful framework to maximize their personal and professional opportunities and impact. 

Learn about this and more regarding the culture, context, and history of the 150-year-old tradition that is now celebrated as a federal holiday.

  Tradition or Trash? Hazing is often justified

On false pretenses and half-truths. We destroy these notions with Real Talk and Real Solutions -Cultural Competency + Hazing Prevention utilizing a unique blend of cultural, operational, and legal story telling we connect with  participants in a relatable way to empower them to build safe, healthy, and sustainable communities .

Cultivating a sense of belonging takes both a top-down as well as a bottom-up approach. It requires a roadmap to evolve organizational culture and leadership. But the rewards are endless – increased membership, retention, organizational relevance, life-long loyalty, income, good will in the community, and a well-rounded membership who are great PR ambassadors for your organization.  We empower participants to feel safe, welcome, included, and proud to be a member.

  What direction are you leading your team? How does your leadership styles compliment each other? What can you do to improve your collaboration and connection? These and many more questions are answered in this activity-based leadership journey. Guiding participants in a real time exercise the facilitator empowers them with best practices to improve personal and professional leadership skills.

Leadership Compass focuses on values-based leadership and is a part of our NEXTLevel Leadership Series

  Minimize obligations. Maximize performance. We blend time, energy and stress management to empower participants to achieve these goals in a healthy and sustainable way. We teach techniques to break through procrastination, identify others for your team and increase trust while delegating responsibilities in others.

Doing The Most focuses on time, energy and stress management and is a part of our NEXTLevel Leadership Series

Agree to disagree. Doing so requires civility and most of all respect. How one handles conflicts ultimately determines whether they achieve these goals. We empower participants with a framework to analyze varying attitudes and behaviors, different perspectives and backgrounds and general stereotypical perceptions of each other.   We also review various styles of conflict management along with best practices and strategies outlined to facilitate a healthy and civil discourse for communication. 

No More Drama focuses on communication and is a part of our NEXTLevel Leadership Series

  A healthy and constructive environment plays a significant role in maximizing productivity and impact. This session positions participants with the tools to contribute to building a conducive environment through self-reflection and assessment. Self-evaluative exercises are the next steps in increasing accountability as it relates to behavior and actions. By exploring intentional and unintentional behaviors we empower participants with best practices to build inclusive environments by understanding microaggressions and how to respond to address them in a supportive and constructive way. 

Microaggressions focuses on context and is a part of our Advocacy and Action TM Series

  Are 1st Amendment rights absolute? What is the difference between hate speech and hate crimes? How can we reconcile the intersectionality of legal rights, social justice and culture and community? These powerful and informative session blends legal and cultural components to promote civility and respect through education and understanding in a constructive and healthy manner. Deconstructing cancel culture and empowering participants with interpersonal verbal and written communication skills better equips them to implement change through social media and their daily interactions in their community. 

Hate, Hope and Healing focuses on communication and is a part of our Advocacy and Action Series

  The Vice President of the United States is an HBCU graduate. Dion Sanders and Jackson State U re-established Black college football to national prominence. Politically and socially HBCUs are experiencing a renaissance. Learn the original purpose and why these institutions are relevant for the future of both the country and the world.

  Learn more cultural context and an advocacy platform that delves deep into the origins of the civil rights movement to illustrate the origins of “sit-ins” the leadership strategies originally utilized in these non-violent protests, and how to utilize this information to effectuate positive and sustainable change in your community. 

  The question is examined on three different levels: first as a man (generally), next as a man of color, and finally as an undergraduate college student. The presenter reinforces basic core values such as respect, humility, and image, with a special sensitivity to these different cultural contexts. These, along with other personal characteristics are explored to challenge participants to reexamine their behaviors to improve them both in a personal and professional context. Utilizing the basic tenants of observing, assessing, acting and following-up the presenter also focuses on short term and long-term strategies for participants to implement to improve academic performance while better serving their families, friends, and communities. 

  Money only does what you tell it to do. Unfortunately, people don’t know what to say. We often learn spending habits from our parents and families. Sometimes that is good, more often than not, it can serve as a hindrance. 

As young professionals prepare for personal and professional success it is critical to master financial literacy and money management. Possessing a clear understanding of economic empowerment is instrumental in maximizing these opportunities. Our session empowers participants by teaching budgeting, debt, financial planning and productive spending habits.

C.R.E.A.M focuses on financial literacy and decision-making processes and is a part of our Be Better Series

  In communities of color there are written and unwritten rules for the meaning of respect. 

We challenge the origins of these general notions and provides a cultural objective framework grounded in traditional African rites of passage to accomplish this goal. Additionally, utilizing a historical lens, as it relates to Black Americans, the presenter shares context and insight into why respect resonates so deeply in the African American community and why it means so much. This internal structure is necessary to establish clear and healthy boundaries for success. Externally, at a campus level, strategies are also shared on how to deal with microaggressive behavior that may challenge this internal structure. The goal is to empower students of color with constructive ways to address and process these experiences in a healthy and positive way.