CELE
About CELE
Indiana Tech’s Center for Executive Leadership and Entrepreneurship was born from the university’s commitment to continually evolve and develop new programs that will create leaders who will remain relevant, effective and impactful for years to come.
This community service is delivered by Indiana Tech’s College of Business, which has a solid reputation for leadership development, promoting lifelong learning, providing world-class, expert faculty, and preparing students for career success.
Mission
The Center for Executive Leadership and Entrepreneurship was created to accelerate leader development, especially as it relates to succession planning and next-level leadership roles.
Leaders of today need specific development in agility, influence, diversity leadership and innovation to respond in real time to the challenges of the modern business environment. The Center for Executive Leadership and Entrepreneurship partners with employers to upskill their leaders and prepare them for their next role with diverse cohort programs that amplify perspective-building and learning. As a result, participants gain insight that extends beyond their own role, organization and industry.
What We Offer
The Center for Executive Leadership and Entrepreneurship offers a variety of programs that can be customized to meet the specific needs of its partner organizations. Programming is comprised of specialized training that reinforces the three leadership transition points shown below. It can be delivered on the Indiana Tech campus in Fort Wayne or on site.
- Managing diverse people and teams
- Planning and executing work
- Delegating responsibilities
- Mastering multi-level communication
- Managing performance and providing coaching/feedback
- Building relationships and influence
- Developing leaders
- Leading diverse leaders
- Advancing skills in performance management and coaching/feedback
- Diversifying and strengthening first-line manager bench
- Deploying and redeploying resources among units
- Managing boundaries between units
- Leading a diverse function, business line or group
- Developing leadership maturity and presence
- Building multiple perspectives
- Analyzing organizational structures and workflows
- Communicating, listening and learning within a multi-layer group
- Managing multi-directionally
Contact Us
Dean, College of Business
phone: 260.422.5561, ext. 2446
email: alfincannon@indianatech.edu
office: Cunningham 103
Associate Dean, College of Business
phone: 260.422.5561, ext. 2447
email: ksbottomley@indianatech.edu
office: Cunningham 105C
Associate Dean, College of Business
phone: 260.422.5561, ext. 3479
email: exclarke@indianatech.edu
Administration, College of Business
phone: 260.422.5561, ext. 2236
email: amalexander@indianatech.edu