Leadership Fellowship:

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Creating a more inclusive and innovative culture through leadership

Issues stemming from lack of inclusion have made global headlines over the past year. In addition to those headlines relating to race, gender, and orientation, COVID-19 has exacerbated feelings of exclusion thanks to ongoing quarantines. Both inclusion and COVID have shed light on the distance between the ideals of corporate diversity and the stark reality, exposed the widening gap between leading and lagging industries, performing and non-performing companies and inspiring and mediocre leaders.

In the face of shifting contexts, the difference in performance will come down to leaders’ ability to adapt, innovate, and remain agile. Marrying inclusion and innovation can make a significant impact on the levers of success, allowing organizations to cater to diverse customers, markets, ideas and talent.

It should be firmly and widely understood that diversity and inclusion are commercial necessities:

  • Companies in the top quartile for racial and ethnic diversity are 35% more likely to generate above-average returns.
  • Companies with more diverse management teams have 19% higher revenues due to innovation.

How to curate and implement this unique and critical capability is less well-known. And that’s what we offer in our Fellowship.

Personal and professional growth

Guided by both our leadership experts and the experience of your peers, you will gain new perspectives on how leadership can create a more inclusive and innovative culture.

Dynamic Learning through immersive sessions

Through a mixture of interactive learning, group discussion and introspective exercises with world-class faculty, you will gain in-depth understanding of what you bring as a leader – your specific strengths and vulnerabilities – and how they affect your beliefs and actions related to inclusion.

A global peer network

You will experience the power of both diversity of thought and collaborative curation though a community of peers who bring their unique perspectives and experiences to discussions.

A fellowship to match your ambitions.

Your fellowship program is a personalized, people mediated and tailored to the growth of each individual participant to ensure you achieve your ambitions.

The Fellowship Program
Ultimately, success comes down to leadership.

Ascent, a US-based leadership development company, and Lumorus, a UK-based governance, leadership and corporate wellness consultancy, have joined forces to curate a unique program to help leaders build organizations where people feel they can thrive. Our 3-month program helps fellows develop an understanding of how inclusive leaders behave, a tangible awareness of personal and organizational bias and a concrete strategy for creating an inclusive environment.

We know that lots of senior leaders find it uncomfortable to talk about diversity and inclusion. We will equip you with the metrics, skills and language necessary to navigate the complexities of this challenge and unlock the potential of an engaged, diverse workforce.

Divided into three phases, our online program is designed to expand your your perspectives and provide you with a network of peers that will endure well beyond the end of the program.

Meet the faculty
Our faculty are leaders are reknown experts in the field of leadership. They combine theoretical knowledge with real-world insights from their extensive work with industry and government.

Ascent, a US-based leadership development company, and Lumorus, a UK-based governance, leadership and corporate wellness consultancy, have joined forces to curate a unique program to help leaders build organizations where people feel they can thrive. Our 3-month program helps fellows develop an understanding of how inclusive leaders behave, a tangible awareness of personal and organizational bias and a concrete strategy for creating an inclusive environment.

We know that lots of senior leaders find it uncomfortable to talk about diversity and inclusion. We will equip you with the metrics, skills and language necessary to navigate the complexities of this challenge and unlock the potential of an engaged, diverse workforce.

Divided into three phases, our online program is designed to expand your your perspectives and provide you with a network of peers that will endure well beyond the end of the program.

Romeo Effs
CEO Lumorus

Founder, CEO & Lead Associate, Lumorus
Board Special Advisor, PayCapital (HK), Ltd.
Founder & Chairman, IBRIE Foundation
Romeo’s experience includes being a chief executive, company non-executive director, including chairman, strategist and Board advisor in both public and private sector enterprises. Romeo’s strategic as well as practical capabilities include large-scale organizational change projects, public/private collaborations, governance, sustainability and diversity competency development at both national industry and individual enterprise levels.

He has broad experience and publications in leadership, governance, business and performance improvement. He is a serial Entrepreneur and former C-Suite Executive, and the Founder and CEO of RSPE Group of which The Boardroom Secretariat is part. TBS is a boutique consultancy, working with global companies in Corporate Governance, Company Secretarial Service, Leadership Advisory & Coaching, and Board Leadership Training & Development. He is also a regular international Speaker in a range of business, governance & leadership-related topics, and has spoken extensively across the UK, the USA, Asia, Africa and all over the Caribbean.

Stephen Kelner
Founder Ascent

Founder, Ascent
Carol J. Hagh is currently researching a book on gender equality and leadership. She is an Ambassador for Women on Boards, a high-profile network of 30,000+ female leaders in the UK, promoting and developing female non-executive directors. She was previously the head of the UK insurance practice for Spencer Stuart, a leading global executive search and leadership consulting firm. She placed executive and non-executive directors; worked with boards on leadership succession; and published on leadership and talent management. During this time, she had the opportunity to meet and assess thousands of top executives and gain an understanding of what makes them successful and the barriers they face in their careers.

Prior to this, she had a career in digital transformation and customer centricity in financial services. She has held executive roles with Aviva and Aegon, spanning digital, innovation, customer strategy and corporate strategy, across multiple geographies. She was in digital consulting with Sapient, working in a variety of industry sectors. She began her career as an actuarial trainee with Prudential Financial and EY. Carol received her MBA from INSEAD and graduated from Harvard with a BA in Computer Science. She is a dual US/UK citizen and has lived in five countries.

Carol Hagh
Expert Leader Lumorus

Founder, Old Game, New Rules
Expert Leader, Lumorus
Carol J. Hagh is currently researching a book on gender equality and leadership. She is an Ambassador for Women on Boards, a high-profile network of 30,000+ female leaders in the UK, promoting and developing female non-executive directors. She was previously the head of the UK insurance practice for Spencer Stuart, a leading global executive search and leadership consulting firm. She placed executive and non-executive directors; worked with boards on leadership succession; and published on leadership and talent management. During this time, she had the opportunity to meet and assess thousands of top executives and gain an understanding of what makes them successful and the barriers they face in their careers.

Prior to this, she had a career in digital transformation and customer centricity in financial services. She has held executive roles with Aviva and Aegon, spanning digital, innovation, customer strategy and corporate strategy, across multiple geographies. She was in digital consulting with Sapient, working in a variety of industry sectors. She began her career as an actuarial trainee with Prudential Financial and EY. Carol received her MBA from INSEAD and graduated from Harvard with a BA in Computer Science. She is a dual US/UK citizen and has lived in five countries.

The Lumorus-Ascent Team
A Powerful collaboration

Together, Lumorus and Ascent bring more than 125 years of combined experience at international search, consulting and training firms. The Lumorus-Ascent team brings a unique set of experiences and extensive expertise to our Equity & Inclusion Fellowship.

LUMORUS

Redefining leadership and governance to bring about positive, structural change.

Lumorus is a UK based consultancy with a global footprint. We are passionate about helping leaders at the board & C-suite level to grow and develop. Working with individual leaders and leadership teams, we use a mixture of diagnostic tools and developmental strategies to unlock your full leadership potential and help you build an organization that performs, inspires and creates long-term value.

We want to build a new kind of purpose-led, empowered leader who is committed to connecting, contributing and growing. The kind of leader who builds healthy environments in which their teams can perform, create & innovate.

Because great leaders, for us, are those capable of inspiring and nurturing greatness in others.

ASCENT

Developing leaders in ways that matter.

Ascent is a global leadership development company that gives leaders unique access to the people and ideas shaping the future. Through assessments, custom programs and executive fellowships, Ascent brings deep, curated analysis and insights to top leaders so they can achieve their goals for themselves and their organizations.

We believe leadership transformation occurs outside the office; we bring leaders together to learn from each other, from world-class faculty, and from powerful experiences supported by profound understanding of what great leaders look like and how to distinguish and develop them in measurable ways.

We develop leaders and organizations in ways that matter, because we know they can make a difference to the world.