Syracuse University Athletics

The Syracuse University Athletics Department boasts a proud tradition of intercollegiate athletics built upon a mission that aspires to create and foster a culture of academic and athletic excellence which prepares student-athletes as leaders in our global society. Syracuse Athletics is utilizing the Excellence with Integrity Sport Culture Assessment to gather baseline culture data for […]

Metro Waste Authority

Metro Waste Authority

Metro Waste Authority engaged The Ray Center and the Institute at a time when they knew they needed to be progressive and to demonstrate their community value, while striving to be a top workplace for their employees. The custom-built process utilized EWI tools and strategies and The Ray Center facilitation to create a long-term vision, […]

Northeastern Athletics

Northeastern Women’s Soccer

Ashley Phillips, Northeastern Women’s Soccer head coach, engaged the Institute to assist her program with leadership and culture development for student-athletes and coaches. They started by administering the Excellence with Integrity Sport Team Culture survey for student-athletes and coaches. The data results provided powerful transformational information and insights for culture development going forward. The coaching […]

Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A Cicero & Clay, NY contacted the Institute to conduct a Leadership Retreat for higher level management. This phase of work was followed by additional leadership training and development in which the Institute facilitated discussions with higher level management teams and individuals, and created customized culture development tools and metrics for the staff. Work is […]

Joseph's House

Joseph’s House for Women

This local Syracuse non-profit reached out to the Institute to help build a cohesive community with its Board by engaging in a series of interactive culture development activities that will result in a revised strategic intent, vision, virtues, and mission touchstone for the Board. The process sought Board member input on current and desired state, […]

NCAA Women's Basketball

NCAA Women’s Basketball

“We TIP with Excellence and Integrity” In the fall of 2020, the Institute and The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center partnered with NCAA Women’s Basketball to help create positive cultures on women’s basketball teams. Intentional development of team culture is a strategic intent behind the NCAA Women’s Basketball strategic plan. Focused on excellence with […]

Stanford Athletics Assessment

Stanford DAPER

Inspire Champions in Life Assessment BACKGROUND The Stanford University Cardinals have won 117 NCAA team championships and 23 consecutive NACDA Director’s cups which are awarded annually to the most successful overall college sports program in the United States. Yet with all this success they felt they could do better. Stanford DAPER believed they could work […]

Syracuse Diocese Catholic Schools

The Syracuse Diocese Catholic Schools engaged with the Institute to provide assessment services and professional development. All schools in the Diocese participate in the annual Catholic School Improvement Survey for Parents. This data helps schools engage with key stakeholders, finding areas for improvement as well as areas of praise that can be used to market […]

Purdue Softball

Purdue Softball

Boo De Oliveira, head softball coach at Purdue University, reached out to the Institute to find out more about our Sport Team Culture Assessment. Her desire to get a read on her team culture and to seek areas for improvement made our Team Culture Assessment a perfect match for her needs.

LET US Academy

Tuskegee University launched the Leadership and Excellence by Tuskegee University Students (LET US) Academy in the Fall of 2017. The Academy was designed with the goal of providing students with skills that enable them to share and sell ideas, function in teams, develop business acumen, create stakeholder buy-in and momentum, lead coworkers, and navigate increasingly […]