Latino Leadership Institute 

Centene Corporation recently committed to a multi-year $120,000 sponsorship of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis. The sponsorship includes a four-year Platinum Sponsorship at $25,000 per year and an additional $20,000 sponsorship to kickoff the Chamber's newest initiative "The Latino Leadership Institute sponsored by Centene."

The Latino Leadership Institute sponsored by Centene will begin in October 2011 as a skills-based leadership training program targeted at young Hispanic professionals. The Institute will consist of nine/ten training sessions conducted once a month, each focused on a particular skill set for the developing leader. In addition to their leadership training, participants will be encouraged to give back to the St. Louis region through community involvement.

The Latino Leadership Institute will train young Hispanic professionals on for-profit and non-profit management skills and network development within the St. Louis business community. 

The inaugural class of the Latino Leadership Institute can be found here.  The Class I curriculum is as follows:

1)      Leadership 101 (October 21, 2011)

2)      Effective Communication (November 18, 2011)

3)      The Business Case for Emotional Intelligence (December 16, 2011)

4)      Leadership as a Business Strategy (January 20, 2012)

5)      Leadership in Government and Non-Profits (February TBD)

6)      Understanding Change – “Current Times” (March 16, 2012

7)      Finance for Non-Financial Manager (April 20, 2012)

8)      Personal Productivity based on David Alan’s “Getting Things Done” (May 18, 2012)

9)      The Brand Called “You” (June 15, 2012)

Class II applications will be available in July 2012 and will be due August 31, 2012. For more information, contact Hispanic Chamber Executive Director, Karlos Ramirez, at kramirez@hccstl.com.