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The sole purpose of this empowerment page is to provide event planners with an opportunity to review some of Dr. Joshua Fredenburg’s most popular programs on college and university campuses across the country.

These signature programs consist of transformational, interactive, and empowering presentations that can be used for events that focus on leadership, diversity/inclusion, student success, new student orientation, first generation student success, professional development, career readiness, faculty effectiveness, student wellness, fraternity and sorority life, cultural celebration programs, and college graduations.

Signature Presentations 

Developing The Right Leadership Style As An Emerging Leader!

Numerous leadership studies have revealed that a leader’s style of leadership has a direct impact on leadership effectiveness, retention, engagement, performance, productivity, and development of more leaders within an organization.

To help student leaders develop the right style of leadership for success as an emerging leader in college and beyond, Dr. Fredenburg not only talks about three styles of leadership that he has discovered within his research that have a direct impact on retention, engagement, performance, and the development of more leaders within an organization, but he provides them with a solid definition of leadership, helps them identify specific leadership qualities from these styles of leadership that will enable them lead better, and creates a set of activities that assist them in develop the right style of leadership for themselves as emerging leaders.

Learning Outcomes

• Participants will not only develop a solid working definition of effective leadership, but they will learn about the impact that various styles of leadership have on others within an organization.
• Participants will not only discover the three styles of leadership that have a direct impact on the retention, engagement, performance, and development of more student leaders, but they will learn how to extract these qualities of leadership from the three different styles shared in the program and apply them to their style of leadership as a student leader.
• Participants will become more aware of the different leadership characteristics, qualities, and traits that have a direct impact on retention, engagement, performance, leadership development, and their effectiveness as leaders within an organization.
• Participants will be guided through a variety of interactive activities that will enable them to create, grow, and develop styles of leadership that will lead to more effectiveness within their role as a leader in the organization and increase the retention, engagement, and productivity of others.

Your ‘Self-Care’ Matters As An Emerging Leader! – Five Self-Care Strategies That Will Strengthen, Re-Energize, Motivate, and Protect Emerging Leaders from Burnout!

The global pandemic was not only very challenging for many students across the world, but it taught us the importance of becoming more intentional about self-care as we all strive to thrive, succeed, stay motivated, avoid burnout, and make a positive impact within our community, nation, and world.

In this transformational presentation, Dr. Jay not only talks about the importance and power of implementing self-care strategies as an emerging leader, but more importantly, he provides participants with a set of self-care strategies that will enable them to thrive, succeed, stay motivated, re-energize, and avoid the burnout that can manifest when we do not take the time to practice self-care while doing great work as an emerging leader.

Learning Outcomes

• Participants will discover a set of self-care strategies that will enable them to thrive, succeed, stay energized, and avoid burnout.
• Participants will recognize the impact that self-care strategies have on their leadership effectiveness, service, and performance as a student leader.
• Participants will not only learn about the importance of gratitude and thanksgiving, but they will discover the impact that a positive culture with boundaries can have on their physical, mental, and emotional wellness.
• Participants will identify a set of self-care strategies and winning habits that can be implemented to help them stay motivated, engaged, and productive during tough times.
• Participants will learn how to network, build positive relationships, and develop a strong support team to keep them motivated, engaged, focused, and productive.
• Participants will learn about the power of boundaries and letting things go that are beneficial to one’s physical, mental, and emotional wellness.
• Participants will learn how to implement mindfulness, positive affirmations, and meditation as a form of motivation and self-care during adverse situations.

The Power of Leading with Emotional Intelligence! – 4 Ways to Become A Transformational Leader Through The Use Of Emotional Intelligence!

Research experts suggest that 90% of high potentials possess high emotional intelligence and 68% of our workplace activities require emotional intelligence. In addition to these findings, other scholars of Emotional Intelligence suggest that high emotional intelligence not only helps people lead more effectively, but it helps them manage stress and difficult people, deal with emotional challenges, work with others more effectively, inspire others, navigate conflict better, build more positive relationships, avoid negative emotional outbursts, and attain more productivity and profitability within the workplace.

In this transformational program on Emotional Intelligence, Dr. Fredenburg not only helps people develop a greater understanding of emotional intelligence, but he also teaches them how to experience the positive results of emotional intelligence through the implementation of the Emotional Intelligence Model of Leadership.

People who engage in this program will experience positive results by learning how to identify their emotional triggers, develop strategies to regulate the negative impact of these emotional triggers, be more empathic, create more social awareness, communicate to different audiences more effectively, and discover how to build more positive relationships with difficult people in their organization.

Learning Outcomes

• Participants will not only gain a deeper understanding of Emotional Intelligence, but they will learn how to develop a leadership skill set and experience that leads to greater results and productivity.
• Participants will identify and assess four components of Emotional Intelligence which are self-awareness, self-regulation, social awareness, and relationship management.
• Participants will not only learn how to make the right decisions in stressful, challenging, and pressure-filled moments, but they learn how to self-regulate the emotional disruptions that can affect our leadership productivity, performance, and relationships.
• Participants will learn how to respond to the positive and negative emotions of others better and become more effective at dealing with conflict, managing difficult people, engaging in courageous conversations, and helping others reach their fullest potential within the organization or company.
• Participants will not only learn how to become more empathetic and socially aware, but they will develop a skill set that will enable them to become more effective at managing relationships, collaborating with others, and building positive networks within the workplace setting.

United As One! – Five Ways to Unite & Lead Diverse Groups of People Better With The Principles of An Inclusive Leader

In today’s culture and society, not only is our communities, nation, and world more diverse than ever before, but the need for more culturally intelligent, competent, adaptable, agile, collaborative, and inclusive leaders are needed more than ever to effectively serve and lead diverse groups of people within our organizations and campus communities.

With all the unique differences that exist within our organizations and campus community, the ability to understand people, develop more positive relationships, create more unity amongst people with different backgrounds, construct more inclusive organizations, inspire diverse groups of people to reach their fullest potential, and lead diverse groups of people more effectively in the 21st Century are leadership practices that will provide value to any organization or campus leader.

In this interactive and transformational keynote presentation, Dr. Fredenburg not only talks about the positive impact that diversity and inclusion has on productivity, performance, organizational excellence, retention, leadership effectiveness, engagement, and student success, but he provides organizational leaders with a set of inclusive leadership practices that will enable them to serve, work, inspire, unify, and lead diverse groups of people more effectively with inclusive practices as an emerging leaders.

Learning Outcomes:

• Participants will increase their leadership capacity at leading diverse groups of people with an inclusive lens of leadership and develop a deeper understanding about the impact diversity and inclusion practices have on student success, productivity, performance, engagement, retention, and effective leadership.
• Participants will develop a set of interpersonal skills that will enable them to build positive relationships with diverse groups of people while also increasing their cultural intelligence as leaders within their respected organizations.
• Participants will learn how to identify their unconscious bias and develop a strategic action plan to ensure that these negative thoughts, bias, and perspectives do not affect their actions, behavior, leadership effectiveness, and decision-making as a leader.
• Participants will learn how to be more adaptable as a leader and effective at building an inclusive winning culture that enables everyone to thrive despite their diverse background.
• Participants will discover how to implement and experience the positive results of appreciating everyone within the organization and leading from a place of love.

Your Future Starts Now! – Five Questions Every College Student Must Consider To Maximize Their Collegiate Experience & Position Themselves for Career Success In College and Beyond!

In my conversations with students across the nation, one of the main reasons why most college students decide to attend college is because they believe that a college degree will help them position themselves for career success after graduation.

Although many college students have this desire, studies show that 41% of college graduates have a job that does not require a college degree, 51% are either underemployed or unemployed, and 73% attain a job that has nothing to do with their college major.

To ensure that every student maximizes their college experience and take advantage of all the resources that are available to them on a college campus, Dr. Jay not only provides an engaging, interactive, and inspirational presentation that teaches new college students how to maximize the opportunities available to them within their collegiate journey, but he uses his personal experience as a college student with multiple degrees to provide them with specific career development strategies that they can implement to use their college experience as a launching pad for career success in college and beyond.

Learning Outcomes

• Participants will learn about the S.H.A.P.E. concept and discover a set of questions that will not only enable them to increase their self-awareness but will help them gain clarity about how they can maximize their collegiate experience and use it as a launching pad for career success.
• Participants will discover the power of creating a positive vision (clear and concise picture of your future) for success in college and beyond and will learn how to use their collegiate experience to make this vision of success in college and beyond a reality.
• Participants will not only develop a deeper understanding of the importance of being actively involved within their campus community, but they will be provided with specific insight on how they can use their campus involvement as a way to attain college and career success.
• Participants will learn about the importance of developing relationships with others on campus and discover specific ways to build and develop meaningful relationships in college and beyond that have a direct impact on their personal, collegiate, and career success.
• Participants will leave the session inspired and motivated to begin their collegiate journey; empowered to thrive, succeed, and create a positive legacy that impacts future generations.

 

Becoming More Resilient As An Emerging Leader! – Four Ways to Lead, Thrive, and Be More Resilient In A Time of Crisis!

What sets apart history’s nameless leaders from the likes of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Cesar Chavez, Harriett Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi and Susan B. Anthony? It is their ability to be resilient and persevering in challenging situations and circumstances. In effect, each of these great individuals emerged as incredible leaders in various times of crisis because they learned how to navigate, persevere, and overcome a variety of challenges as a leader in adverse times.

This incredibly inspirational and motivational presentation on resiliency, Dr. Joshua Fredenburg will not only empower participants with the fundamentals of resiliency and grit that will enable them to overcome any challenge or obstacle that is standing between them and their desired goals during challenging and uncertain times, but more importantly, he will provide participants with real-life experiences, research based concepts, and specific strategies that will enable them to lead, thrive, and win in adverse times.

Learning Outcomes

• Participants will learn about the five fundamentals of resiliency and why these fundamentals can help them navigate, persevere, and overcome a variety of challenges as a leader in adverse times.
• Participants will not only discover how to increase their resiliency as a leader, but they will develop a set of strategies that will enable them to break through any challenge or obstacle in a time of crisis that may be affecting them from reaching their fullest potential.
• Participants will learn about the key leadership styles and characteristics that are needed in a time of crisis in order to help the members of their team persevere and overcome a variety of challenging situations and circumstances.
• Participants will learn about a set of habits that have enabled tons of leaders to thrive and succeed in times of crisis.
• Participants will learn how to turn failure, rejection, and a variety of other negative circumstances into positive outcomes that lead to personal growth, increased productivity and performance, and leadership effectiveness.
• Participants will discover the impact that perspective, gratitude, and appreciation has on the resilience of leaders in adverse situations and circumstances.

Leadership Re-Defined!
5 Foundational Truths About Great Leadership That Lead to Transformational Results!

For almost 100 years, researchers, scholars, and educators have worked towards developing a solid definition of leadership. Throughout this process, not only has the definition of leadership evolved, but the characteristics and traits of an effective leader have advanced as well.

Although our understanding of leadership has progressed, there are still a lot of myths about leadership that have to be addressed and redefined in order for us to truly see the impact of effective leadership within our community, nation, and world!

In this engaging, enlightening, and transformational presentation, Dr. Joshua Fredenburg not only redefines what it means to be a leader in the 21st Century, but more importantly, he addresses the myths of leadership, instills confidence in those that may not see themselves as leaders, and provides emerging leaders with a foundational set of leadership characteristics that will enable future leaders to serve effectively as leaders within their organization.

Learning Outcomes

• • • Participants will learn about the evolution of leadership over the past 100 years and develop a solid scholarly definition of leadership.
    • Participants will discover what qualities an individual must possess in order to evolve into an exceptional leader of their respected organization.
    • Participants will find out why it’s so important to have exceptional leadership and for people to continuously experience leadership development training.
    • Participants will recognize the negative myths of leadership that can discourage people from seeing themselves as leaders and reaching their fullest potential as a leader of any organization.
    • Participants will walk away from this program realizing that they can serve as a leader within any area of expertise despite not having the title of leadership behind their names.
    • Participants will identify the leader from within and develop the confidence that is needed to move forward in becoming and serving as an effective leader within their organization.

THE POWER OF BEING FIRST! – 4 Ways To Overcome The Challenges of Being A First-Generation Student and Creating A Legacy That Leaves A Lasting Impact!

Sonia Sotomayor, Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, Michelle Obama, John Lewis, Colin Powell, Walt Disney, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Clinton, and Viola Davis all have two things in common, they were all First-Generation Students who were able to overcome challenging situations and create a legacy that has made a lasting impact in the world!

In this powerful presentation for First-Generation Students, Dr. Jay not only talks about the benefits and challenges of being first at anything in life, but more importantly, he provides participants with a set of success strategies that will enable them to overcome the challenges of being a First-Generation Student and creating a positive legacy that has a lasting impact upon their family, community, nation, and world!

The Power and Impact of Being First!

Learning Outcomes

• Participants will recognize the power of being a First-Generation Student and learn about unique challenges and opportunities that exist for students who are First -Generation.
• Participants will learn about specific ways to successfully navigate the different challenges and situations that First Generation Students must face when they are striving to become the first in their family to graduate.
• Participants will recognize the importance of social awareness and develop the skills that are necessary to experience the positive results of these skills in college and beyond as a First-Generation Student.
• Participants will not only develop a better understanding of what it means to leave a positive legacy for future generations, but they learn how to identify and create the legacy that they desire to establish as a First-Generation Student.
• Participants will not only become more aware of specific ways that they can develop a growth mindset, but they will also learn how to deal with uncertainty, stress, pressure, and a variety of other challenges that exist when you are the first to do anything in life.
• Participants will become more aware of the winning habits

College Changed My Life! – Five Questions that Every College Student Should Ask Themselves Before They Begin Their Collegiate Journey To Experience College Success!

Each year, thousands of incoming and transfer students begin their collegiate journeys on various college campuses all across the country.  Although thousands of students graduate each year, there are many students that never reach their fullest potential in college due to a variety of challenging situations and circumstances.

In this power-packed program for new and transfer students, Dr. Fredenburg not only shares his amazing experience as a college student who maximized his experience and was able to attain a doctoral degree in Organizational Leadership, but more importantly, he provides new and transfer students with five essential questions that every student must ask themselves in their collegiate journey if they desire to maximize their collegiate experience, attain college success, and position themselves for career leadership success after graduation.

Learning Outcomes

• Participants will discover a set of questions that will enable them to increase their self-awareness and determine what career path makes the most sense for them as a college student.
• Participants will not only learn about the different benefits and opportunities that are available to them as a college student, but they will learn how to use the resources on college campuses to position themselves for career success.
• Participants will realize how to create a positive vision (clear and concise picture of your future) of their future that emerges out the unique strengths and qualities they possess from within when they begin their collegiate journey.
• Participants will learn out how to network, connect with diverse groups of people, and create healthy relationships with other incredible students and professionals, that will position them while in college and for career success.
• Participants will learn about the foundational principles of resiliency and grit that will empower them to attain academic, personal, professional, and leadership success.

Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude! – 4 Ways To Develop A Winning Attitude That Produces Championship Results!

Numerous experts in peak performance and sports psychology all agree that possessing the right attitude not only boosts confidence, helps people stay motivated, , and empowers people to deal with challenging situations and/or circumstances more effectively, but it enables the individuals to perform better and reach their fullest potential in life.

In this transformational program, Dr. Jay not only talks with students about the impact that an individual’s attitude has on their personal, academic, leadership, and career success, but more importantly, he provides them with a set of specific strategies that will enable them to create a winning attitude that leads to produces championship results in every area of their lives.

Learning Outcomes

• Participants will learn about the impact that a positive/negative attitude can have on their personal, academic, leadership, and career success.
• Participants will develop a set of skills that will enable them to experience the results of developing a positive attitude.
• Participants will learn how to identify and eradicate the mental barriers that hold us back from reaching out fullest potential in life.
• Participants will discover the power of thinking big and creating a vision board of what you see for yourself in the future.
• Participants will not only learn how to deal with challenges more effectively as a college student, but they will discover the different aspects of a growth mindset.
• Participants will walk away more empowered and equipped to navigate constructive feedback, tough conversations, outside distractions, and personal accountability better.

ONE COLLEGE NATION

One College Nation is an experiential and interactive culture of belonging program that empowers everyone to thrive, succeed, and reach their fullest potential.

One College Nation is a HIGHLY interactive and experiential learning program for students and professionals that incorporates live music, engaging activities, transformational conversations, inspiring presentations, exciting games with a purpose, and community building exercises to help students develop and practice skills that will help them value and respect one another, build community, grow their social and leadership skill sets, understand cross-cultural relationships, develop intercultural competencies, and create a culture of belonging that empowers everyone to thrive, succeed, and reach their fullest potential.

With 40 years of combined experience in training and development along with multiple certifications, Dr. J. & Tish’s expertise in this area enables them to customize the perfect culture of belonging program for New Student Orientations, Welcome Week Events, Professional Development Programs, Leadership Conferences & Trainings, Cultural Heritage Month Programming, and any DEIB events held throughout the year.

Learning Outcomes

• Students will learn how to develop positive cross-cultural friendships/relationships
• Students will increase their cultural intelligence and competence
• Students will gain the skills that are necessary to create a supportive and inclusive community
• Students will learn how to create more authentic and deeper connections with others
• Students will understand the difference between diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging
• Students will become more empathetic, socially aware, and emotionally intelligent
• Students will develop more awareness about unconscious and implicit bias
• Students will become more effective at communicators and relationship builders
• Students will discover how to inspire, motivate, and empower diverse groups of people
• Students will recognize strategic ways to engage in courageous conversations with civility
• Students will have lots of fun learning and building incredible relationships with others
• Participants will leave the session inspired and motivated to begin their collegiate journey as an incoming freshmen or transfer student and create a positive legacy that impacts future generations.