Set Your Sights On Greater Heights

Talent DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THAT PREPARE students and Professionals
FOR UPWARD MOBILITY

Our Vision

Black Heights has a candid vision to dramatically improve the soft skills of students and professionals in corporate and nonprofit work sectors, helping to create a more diverse, inclusive and thriving workplace. To achieve this vision, Black Heights conducts soft skills training, mentoring, coaching and provides exposure to high achieving professionals.

The Black Heights Solution

Training With an emphasis on soft skills, such as effective communication, conflict management and leadership development. Coaching With an emphasis on improving employee professionalism and accountability. Exposure To CEOs, Top Level Executives and Educators.

Why Now & FOr who?

Soft skills are the primary predictor of success in academics, career and life.

93 percent of employers said that soft skills are either an “essential” or “very important” factor in hiring decisions.

Soft skills, often called people skills or emotional intelligence, are defined as the ability to interact amicably with others. Soft skills are personal attributes that can affect relationships, communication, and interaction with others. Designed for Students and Entry to Mid-level professionals actively working for a corporation or a non-profit.

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Did You Know?

75% of long-term job success depends on people skills while only 25% on technical knowledge
Higher levels of soft skills predict financial stability, lifetime earnings and frequency of financial crises
95% of students ages 3-11 who scored in the top 20% of the soft skill “self-control” graduated high school

Only 58% of students who scored in the bottom 20% of “self-control” graduated
By 2020, more than half a million workers will be significantly held back by a lack of soft skills
The loss of productivity due to the soft skills deficit is anticipated to exceed $10 billion per year by 2020

Virtual Workshops And Webinars With Industry Leaders On Career Driven Topics

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Black Heights: Managing Conflict Effectively

Managing Conflict Effectively helps participants foster an understanding of the various sources of interpersonal conflict and develop the necessary skills to transform destructive disagreements into positive encounters that open the lines of communication, spurring high-quality ideas, greater collaboration and strengthened relationships.

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Black Heights: Communicating With Impact

Communicating With Impact focuses on the importance of developing and delivering a clear, well-crafted message with a value-driven objective that reflects the perspective and needs of the receiver.

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Black Heights: Creating Leaders

Provides managers with the know-how to diagnose the situation and adapt their leadership style to the performance needs of others.

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And More

Black Heights offers all of this and more.

The Corporate Partnership

Attract diverse talent by helping career driven students and professionals advance to entry, mid-level and senior levels positions, to then become powerful magnets for attracting more diverse talent
Improve retention of talented diverse professionals by offering a transformative professional development opportunity for emerging leaders
Enhance company performance by providing employees with the tools they need to achieve optimal business results

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Member Benefits

- Sustainable strategies and tools for professional growth and development
- Practice and real-world business simulations in a supportive, challenging and professional environment
- Interactive learning sessions with other high achieving Black Heights members
- Networking opportunities with other Black Heights members to help create long term professional and personal relationships
- Direct exposure to CEO’s and Top Level Executives to learn more about their professional challenges and career successes in their personal pursuit of climbing the corporate ladder