About the Institute

Complementary expertise. One integrated model.

The Institute is a partnership between Senomi Solutions Inc. and Coaching Imperative LLC — uniting research environments, faculty and leadership development, and an Afrocentric framework for emotional and cultural intelligence.

Our Partnership

Two organizations, one commitment to Faculty Success.

Senomi Solutions Inc.

Research environments & organizational strategy

Research environments
Research strategy
Grant and research support
Evaluation
People and culture
Organizational equity
Institutional assessment
Retention
Sustainable organizational change

Coaching Imperative LLC

Faculty & leadership development

Academic Leadership
Teaching & Facilitation
Professional and Personal Coaching
Social Justice Higher Education
Strategic Planning
Curriculum Design
Place-Based Learning
Black Emotional Intelligence BLKEQ®
Training and Development

What the Model Integrates

Research enterprise development
Grant strategy
Faculty leadership
Emotional intelligence
Cultural intelligence
Academic career navigation
Research-team development
Tenure and promotion preparation
Institutional navigation
Campus politics and power
Scholar flourishing
Institutional learning

Institute Co-Leadership

Scholars and practitioners who have spent careers inside the institutions they now serve.

Nicole Kaniki, PhD

CEO, Senomi Solutions Inc. Senior Steward of BLKEQ® Black Emotional Intelligence

Researcher, research methodologist, equity practitioner, organizational advisor, and consultant.

Deep expertise in Canadian research environments, research development, methodology, and evaluation
Advises organizations on equity and inclusion, strategic planning, organizational assessment, and people & culture strategy
Designs scalable strategies, education, training, tools, and resources that strengthen organizational capacity and sustainable change

Issac M. Carter, PhD

CEO, Coaching Imperative LLC · Founder of BLKEQ® Black Emotional Intelligence

Scholar, educator, executive coach, organizational strategist, and leadership consultant..

25+ years across higher education, teaching, academic leadership, student affairs, faculty development, and organizational consulting
Former Chair of the Social Justice Higher Education Program and tenured Associate Professor
Works across leadership, culture, institutional change, emotional intelligence, cultural intelligence, race, and organizational development

Begin the Partnership

Recruiting Black scholars is the beginning.

Let's build the conditions for them to remain, advance, lead, and flourish.

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