WE BELIEVE IN LEADERSHIP
WHAT WE OFFER
Our mission is to prepare principled, highly skilled, transformational leaders in higher education with an interest in assuming positions of leadership at the nation’s HBCUs.
Our vision at H.E.L.F. is to play a vital role in this mission by encouraging others to “lift as they climb” in order to ensure that HBCUs survive and thrive as national models of achievement.
Our Values
We believe in the importance of HBCUs.
We believe in preparing visionary leadership.
We believe in leadership development best practices.
We believe in time-honored traditions of success.
At H.E.L.F. We offer the opportunity for leaders to be sponsored through our Presidential Leadership Institute and our Inspire Institute. We remain connected through our Annual Reunion. Additionally we endeavor to keep the legacy of HBCUs rich through our ICIH Conferences. Find out how you can connect with us below.
OUR EVENTS
Wed, Feb 09Sheraton/Le Méridien Charlotte HotelFeb 09, 2022, 9:00 AM EST – Feb 11, 2022, 5:00 PM ESTSheraton/Le Méridien Charlotte Hotel , North Tower, 555 S McDowell St, Charlotte, NC 28204, USAFeb 09, 2022, 9:00 AM EST – Feb 11, 2022, 5:00 PM ESTSheraton/Le Méridien Charlotte Hotel , North Tower, 555 S McDowell St, Charlotte, NC 28204, USAJoin us for our Inaugural ICIH Conference in Charlotte, NC from February 9 - February 11! We are creating a sacred space to dream and plan for the future of HBCUs...
Thu, Dec 09Wiley CollegeDec 09, 2021, 11:00 AM EST – Dec 12, 2021, 2:00 PM ESTWiley College, 711 Wiley Ave, Marshall, TX 75670, USADec 09, 2021, 11:00 AM EST – Dec 12, 2021, 2:00 PM ESTWiley College, 711 Wiley Ave, Marshall, TX 75670, USAThe Leadership Institute is a four-day conference for H.E.L.F. Fellows and program participants to be immersed in focused discussion and interaction with college and university presidents, administrators, scholars, industry and corporate leaders.
Fri, Jun 04Wiley CollegeJun 04, 2021, 10:00 AM – Jun 06, 2021, 2:00 PMWiley College, 711 Wiley Ave, Marshall, TX 75670, USAJun 04, 2021, 10:00 AM – Jun 06, 2021, 2:00 PMWiley College, 711 Wiley Ave, Marshall, TX 75670, USAThe Annual Reunion will provide an opportunity for reflection on our work to date, building and supporting a community of practitioners, engaging in intentional conversations about the state of leadership at HBCUs, developing practical strategies for a wider and deeper impact on HBCUs and narrating
LAMBDA/MU COHORT INSTITUTE SCHEDULE
Find out what's on the agenda for the 2021 Presidential Institute. If you have any questions, feel free to visit our FAQs page.
THE PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
Lead. Inspire. Lift.
There is a leadership shortage. Our institutions are wrought with highly
publicized rates of turnover in Executive Leadership. Our institutional habitus
and subsequent institutional needs are profoundly different from majority
institutions. As a result, we need Executive Leadership training that enhances
the skills of leaders for institutions that are culturally and historically rich in
mission and purpose.
Higher Education Leadership Foundation (H.E.L.F) Presidential Leadership
Institute (PLI) is both a proactively and responsively designed training program
for HBCU Executive Leadership. The program is a year-long institute using an
adaptation of functional mentoring model (Thorndyke et al., 2008) that is
culturally responsive and inherently appropriate for our leadership challenges.
Involving horizontal and lateral mentoring from veteran executive leaders,
Sages, and peer groups, Trailblazers, the H.E.L.F Mentorship Model is integral
to the longitudinal success of our participants.
PREPARE EXECUTIVE LEADERS TO SUCCESSFULLY LEAD IN A CHANGING INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT
TRAIN EXECUTIVE LEADERS IN BALANCING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL LEADERSHIP ROLES
PREPARE EXECUTIVE LEADERS TO FOSTER SUPPORT AND VISIONARY INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
TRAIN EXECUTIVE LEADERS TO ARTICULATE A POWERFUL INSTITUTIONAL VISION WHILE ENLISTING OTHERS IN PURSUIT OF THAT VISION
Every year we select an intimate number of leaders to prepare for the next level in leadership. Will you be next?