• History
• Services
• Clients
• Bio

History

Leadership Technologies LLC provides consulting and training services to corporate and public sector organizations who wish to establish mentoring, leadership and career development programs. For two decades, the founder and principal of Leadership Technologies, Dr. Rita Boags has designed and implemented programs which positively impact diverse populations in organizations.

The design foundation of Leadership Technologies’ programs rests upon behavioral science fundamentals as they are applied in each organization’s structure and unique culture. These programs are designed to achieve measurable and lasting results for program participants and their organizations. Results are achieved through the application of a systems approach to human resource development.

Leadership Technologies seeks to become a strategic partner with its clients and provide the expertise and knowledge for them to become self-sufficient in those areas in which they desire competence. While Leadership Technologies brings Best Practices models to its programs, clients are encouraged to customize and tailor programs to fit their organization’s needs.

Services

Leadership Technologies supplies for its clients the following basic services:

• Assess the need for an identified service by designing, executing and assembling reports through the use of questionnaires, interviews and focus groups.
• Consult to program managers and process owners on strategic design issues, outcome measures, and best methods of deploying initiatives.
• Provide briefings, orientations and training services for every level of an organization.
• Evaluate the impact and outcome of programs on individuals and organizations.
• Create new materials or customize existing materials for adaptation in each unique organization.
• Organize workshops, symposia and conferences.
  

Clients and Conferences

The firm has designed and implemented programs for such companies and agencies as:
E. I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc., Fannie Mae, Hughes Aircraft Company, TRW, Inc., ICI Americas, Inc., The World Bank, Morrison Restaurants Inc., John Hancock Financial Services, Dow Corning Corporation, Phillips Petroleum Company, General Motors Corporation Finance Group, U.S. Department of Labor, Abbott Laboratories, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Unity: Journalists of Color, State Farm Insurance Companies, Mazda North American Operations, the Coca-Cola Company, Ernst & Young, LLP, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Maynard Media Institute, and Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

The firm sponsors and coordinates conferences and institutes on Mentoring:
Leadership Technologies played an instrumental role in the 1998 DuPont Mentoring Conference, the NIST 1999 Best Practices in Mentoring Conference, and co-hosted the 2001/2002 Best Practices in Mentoring Conference.

2002 Best Practices in Mentoring Conference

• Dr. Rita Boags, Conference Coordinator
• Jim Newman, State Farm Insurance, California, Conference Host
• Dr. Price Cobbs, Conference Keynote Speaker and Author, “Cracking the Corporate Code,”

Bio

Rita S. Boags is the principal consultant at Leadership Technologies, LLC.

Dr. Boags’ model of human resource development evolved from years of study and work in community, academic and corporate settings. Since her graduation with a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Southern California as a Ford Foundation Fellow, she has accumulated a wide variety of professional experiences which shaped her educational philosophy and organizational approaches.

She has addressed a number of professional organizations which include the American Corporate Council Association, The Minority Corporate Council Association, the National Association on the Commissions on Women, the Society of Human Resource Professionals, the Conference Board, the International Mentoring Association’s Diversity in Mentoring Conferences, the Multicultural Foodservice and Hospitality Alliance, NIH National Cancer Institute Diversity Grand Rounds, 2005 Boeing Global Diversity Summit, the 2005 National Conference on Leadership Diversity, the Multi Cultural Development Center lecture series, and the 2005 Texas Diversity Leadership Conference.

Comments from the 2005 National Conference on Leadership Diversity:

• The best organized, researched, presented, and documented workshop I’ve attended at the conference (and any conference in a long time). A 5 plus.
• Outstanding, practical, and refreshing
• Great information! Excellent!
• A most informative session. Very articulate and common sense methodologies.

She has authored works on mentoring, diversity and leadership development strategies. Among her contributions to publications are Black Enterprise Magazine, The Los Angeles Executive, EEO Forum, The Woman Engineer, The Cultural Diversity Sourcebook, and The Cultural Diversity Fieldbook Supplement. Private publications include, Implementing a Best Practices Mentoring Initiative: A Coordinator’s Guide and Toolkit, MENTORING: Information Guide, The Mentoring Bridge: A Self-Management Guide to Informal Mentoring Partnership and Building a Diverse Leadership Pipeline: Strategies that Work.

Additional publications include training manuals and videos for Mentoring and Diversity Programs.