A UCLA workshop brings executives from several firms together to help them sharpen their leadership skills

From the Los Angeles Times:

UCLA’s management school has for years hosted executive training sessions for African Americans, women, Latinos, lesbians, bisexuals, gays and transgender people. This week, the school convened its first-ever workshop for disabled executives, filling what experts say is a void.

The five-day event at the UCLA Anderson School of Management brought together disabled supervisors from a number of companies to hone their leadership skills, plot career goals and build support networks.

“This is kind of new territory,” said Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute, a disability research center at Syracuse University. “Most people with a disability have been historically out of sight and out of mind.”

Although many companies have made concerted efforts to recruit disabled workers in recent years, those employees often face a glass ceiling when it comes to advancement. Yet when people with a significant impairment are in positions of leadership, Blanck said, their presence makes the organization’s culture more tolerant.

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