USC Price Executive Master of Leadership

Dear EML Students/Alumni,

Thank you all for following our Weekly Lead issues, and we hope we’ve brought you some illuminating leadership insights. We’re excited to announce that we’ll be accepting submissions from you to be included in a special monthly issue. Here are some general guidelines:

1️⃣ One submission per person, and three submissions will be selected each month
2️⃣ Formats including but not limited to articles, podcasts, videos, and books
3️⃣ For book submissions, please include a few sentences about why you’re recommending the book
4️⃣ The deadline for this month’s submissions is 8/26
5️⃣ Please email all submissions to [email protected]

We look forward to receiving your submissions and sharing with our audience your leadership acumen. LeadOn!

Sean McBride (Cohort 13) recently retired from the Marine Corps. His last assignment was as the Chair of the Naval Science Department and Professor of Naval Science at the USC Price School. He is now a Vice President and Senior Program Manager with the Herndon Solutions Group, where he leads a team that supports NASA at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Learn more about Sean’s experience with the EML program and its role on his transition from leading Marines to leading civilians on our website: https://eml.usc.edu/blog/sean-mcbride-from-leading-marines-to-leading-civilians 😁

Recap on Dr. Kaipa's lecture weeks ago: People who are functionally smart go deep in their specialization, and they deliver, but they lose the big picture and generalization. People who are business smart have a general knowledge of how to create and what to create, but they can’t deliver. That’s why the two of them combined are destined to create something exceptional, and that’s why all successful businesses need those two working together 💪

Dr. Prasad Kaipa works with Fortune 500 companies such as Disney, Sun, Raytheon and also entrepreneurial companies including Aztec, Mastek, Olixir and RowentaUSA as a CEO advisor and coach for senior executives.

Conflict brings people discomfort, and that’s why we all intuitively want to avoid it. However, addressing the conflict always starts with recognizing it. In the upcoming lectures by Sam Ardery, he will walk you through all the steps to address conflict, bringing people together through conflict 🤝

Congratulations to our graduates who are now influential leaders ready to transform industries and lives✌️. You will always be part of our proud EML family. Lead On❤️💛!

Public Service Recognition Week is annually celebrated during the first week of May to recognize the people who serve our nation as federal, state, county and local government employees.

The EML would like to take this week to honor and thank everyone in the EML family who commit themselves each day to serving their community.

We appreciate you! ❤️💛

Danielle Harvey, Assistant Vice President for USC Alumni Relations and Interim Executive Director of USC Black Alumni Association, discusses the highlights of the EML program which allowed her to recognize not only her strengths, but also her blind spots, in order to become a stronger leader.

As senior manager of the USC Alumni Association, Danielle leads a diverse team of professionals responsible for engaging all alumni lifelong and worldwide through a vast array of programs, services and events.

As she stated, the EML not only teaches you the tools to become a better leader, but also how to sustain those lessons once graduating from the program.

LeadOn SC ❤️💛

Janet McIntyre, VP of Programs and Training at Executive Service Corps (ESC) and EML alumni, highlights the most personally influential aspects of the EML Program.

For Janet, diversity was key. The EML was diverse both on an executive level, consisting of individuals from separate sectors, but also diverse in mindset. Being surrounding by peers who held different perspectives and came from unique walks of life was one of the most important and impactful lessons in stretching her leadership abilities.

To learn more about the EML, please visit our website! ✌️

Register for our upcoming zoom webinar, Inspiring Leadership: Women in Organizations!

On April 20th, 2022, Drs. Carol Geffner and Katharina will be joined by Jackie Gomez-Whiteley to discuss how organizational leaders must take a more active role in combatting gender discrimination as well as emerging trends impacting organizations and leadership capabilities.

You can find the link to register on our website at https://eml.usc.edu or via the link in our bio!

Mirtha Villarreal-Younger, President and CEO of Agile Construction Inc. and dynamic leader with more than 30 years of military, state and corporate experience, discusses how the EML impacted her outlook on leadership.

Coming from a military background, the EML helped Mirtha break down some of her barriers surrounding leadership, including showing vulnerability and focusing on what drives a leader internally, rather than how leadership appears externally.

The EML is also happy to announce that Mirtha is currently continuing her educational journey as a doctoral student in Organizational Change and Leadership within the USC Rossier School of Education! Fight On! ❤️💛

Rafael Gonzalez, Director of Community Outreach and Engagement for the Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Commission, discusses how the EML Program helped shape him into a more impactful leader within the context of social justice and service.

For more information on the EML Program, go to our website via the link in our bio!

If you have any questions or feedback, please send them to [email protected]

Lead On SC! ❤️💛

Mauricio Guardado, General Manager of United Water Conservation District, leads the District’s efforts in protecting, conserving, managing and enhancing the water resources of the Santa Clara River watershed and Oxnard Plain.

As an alumni of the EML, Mauricio details just how the program has shaped him into the change agent he is today.

To learn more about Mauricio’s path to leadership and his advocacy for sustainability initiatives, check out the blog titled “Becoming a Change Agent Through the EML” on our website!

Dr. Glenn Fox, faculty member at the University of Southern California’s Lloyd Grief Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, will be presenting on the “Entrepreneurial Mindset” as well as the importance of gratitude and mindfulness at this weekend’s intensive.

“The entrepreneurial mindset is not just for entrepreneurs, but really it is for anybody who wants to know how to mentally and emotionally thrive under pressure.”

To hear more about Dr. Fox’s lessons and practices, check out “The Art of Gratitude” blog post on the EML website!

David Swift, Senior Agent at Buchwald Talent and Literary Agency and member of EML Cohort 14, discusses his experience within the Executive Master of Leadership Program.

From lessons in self-reflection to learning how to facilitate change in our communities, the EML has something to offer everyone.

For more information on how to join, check out the link in our bio or visit our website!

Happy Holidays from our EML family to yours! 🌟✨

Thank you so much to everyone who came out to our annual Holiday Happy Hour event last night! It is always so great to reconnect our past and present cohorts!

And a big shoutout to our holiday sweater contest winners!

As always, Lead On SC! ❤️💛✌🏼