MAFN Online Workshop: The POWER Framework: A Map for Navigating Organizational Power

Duration:  90 minutes

About the workshop: 

Every organization has two org charts. The first is the one on paper. The second is the one that actually determines who advances, who gets sponsored, and who holds real power. For many of the leaders you work with — people of color, LGBTQ+ professionals, people with disabilities, women in male-dominated fields — navigating the second org chart is the work behind the work. And most frameworks don't address it.

Learning Objectives 

In this session, participants will:

• Gain knowledge of the informal power structures — the second org chart — that determine advancement in organizations and understand why this knowledge is essential for facilitators working with underestimated leaders.

• Gain the ability to name and apply the three philosophical truths that undergird the POWER Framework, shifting the lens through which they see and serve the leaders they work with.

• Develop the skill of recognizing where leaders are on the POWER Framework map, enabling them to ask better questions and have more targeted conversations in their facilitation, coaching, and consulting practice.

Best suited for: All Levels

NOTE: This workshop will be recorded for distribution to all who register (breakout rooms will not be recorded).

This is a 90-minute online workshop. It will take place at 12:00pm - 1:30pm EST.

Speaker: 

Frederick C. Jefferson III, MSOD, is the Founder of Jefferson Leadership and creator of the POWER Framework. With 25+ years of executive coaching experience, Frederick has worked with Black, Brown, LGBTQ+, and other underestimated leaders navigating predominantly white institutions.

His work is grounded in the belief that excellence is baseline, strategy is leverage, and authenticity is power — and that these are not competing values but integrated ones. Frederick holds an MS in Organizational Development and is a seasoned facilitator, coach, speaker, and author. Website: jeffersonleadership.com

ONLINE WORKSHOP REMINDERS

• MAFN does not offer refunds for events. Anyone who registers for an event will receive a credit that can be applied to any other MAFN event, or to MAFN membership. Credits must be used within 2 years.

• Registered participants will receive instructions for joining the live session and any additional details 1 day in advance and the morning of the event. Please be sure to look for the link in your email.

• This program begins promptly at 12:00pm Eastern. Please log on 5 minutes early to ensure your internet connection, audio, and other settings are working properly.

• For registration or membership questions contact info@mafn.org.