“What Catapult Leaders Does For Black College Students and Companies.”
Natalie Hurks, Catapult Leaders Advisory Board Member
Catapult Leaders:
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Provides students with targeted exposure to African-American Executives who have been where the students want to go. We still have a substantial number of AAs who are first generation college students who have not had the benefit of up close and personal role modeling from our community to support them in their journey; then…
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Leverages that exposure to understand the written and unwritten norms associated with the Corporate Environment; which when combined with…
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A commitment to a level of preparation for those who are in the Catapult Leaders’ program that will naturally enhance career acceleration as compared to what has been the traditional trajectory; and…
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Provides a key capability to the “first Bosses” that will further enable these managers to successfully coach African-Americans in a way that enhances and accelerates the individual’s start up; leading to…
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Early identification of top talent potential that feeds a targeted Sponsor/Mentor program (traditional and reversed) that further enables retention, development, and advancement.