Research Drives Quality

High quality assessments and ground breaking materials aren’t based off of assumptions. It takes hours upon hours of research and data compilation. El Puente Institute leads with evidence based research to inform, illuminate and inspire their clients.

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December 1, 2025
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The Gift of Culture: What Holds Us Together This Season

How Latino holiday traditions and cultural values shape leadership, revealing culture as a lifelong gift that builds Cultural Intelligence and inclusive, community-centered leaders.

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November 14, 2025
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From Awareness to Action: Growing Your Cultural Intelligence Through Culture

Cultural Intelligence grows when leaders understand their cultural roots. El Puente’s Notice–Name–Navigate™ framework turns values into strengths that build trust, empathy, and impact.

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November 10, 2025
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How We Lead Others: The Ancestral Scripts Behind Relational Leadership

Relational leadership, not strategy, is the real challenge. Latino wisdom rooted in personalismo and simpatía shows that empathy, connection, and dignity create trust and power in leadership.

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October 27, 2025
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The Leaves Are Beautiful, but the Power Is in the Roots

At El Puente Institute, we believe Latinidad runs deeper than what’s visible. Our Cultural Drivers™ reveal how values like familismo, respeto, and personalismo guide how we lead.

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October 23, 2025
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Relational Leadership in Context: Navigating Between Rules and Relationships

At El Puente Institute, we teach that Latino leaders navigate between rules and relationships, blending cultural scripts like familismo and personalismo with accountability to lead with trust.

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October 18, 2025
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From Self-Made to Community-Made: Gratitude, Resilience, and Cultural Wealth

Leadership isn’t self-made, it’s community-made. At El Puente Institute, we honor the families, mentors, and ancestors who shaped us. True leadership grows from gratitude and shared purpose.

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Our Latest Podcasts

December 25, 2023
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Promoting Unity and Understanding: Insights from Dr. Patricia Delgado

Dr. Patricia Delgado shares insights on Latino diversity, DEI in practice, and leadership’s role in fostering inclusion, mentorship, and cultural competency while breaking barriers for women of color.

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November 23, 2023
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Party Animals with the ladies from EL Puente Institute

We engage in a conversation with Dr. Patricia Delgado and Dr. Patricia Conde Brooks about Culture, Empowerment, and Personal Evolution.

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October 15, 2023
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Latina Doctors Stepping into their Cultural Power

El Puente Institute advances the Hispanic/Latino workforce through research and education on cultural drivers that shape leadership, success, and identity in professional spaces.

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October 6, 2023
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Bridging the Gap with Dr. Patti Delgado and Dr. Alejandra Mielke

El Puente advances Latino workforce success. Leaders Dr. Patty Delgado & Dr. Patricia Conde-Brooks drive impact in DEI, leadership, and organizational change.

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September 4, 2023
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Quote You live by with El Puente Institute Dr. Patricia Delgado and Dr. Patty Conde Brooks

Segment: Entertaining con Frances: End of Summer Must!

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July 29, 2023
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El Puente Institute Empowering Latino Leaders

El Puente Institute Empowering Latino Leaders

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Our Latest Research

April 10, 2026
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Lean In Latinas 2025 Impact Report

This work goes beyond data. It captures a powerful truth about leadership. Latinas are not just participating in leadership spaces. They are transforming them.

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January 31, 2025
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Exploring the Expectations and Experiences of Gen-Z Entering the Professional Workforce

This report by The Bridgify Group and El Puente Institute, with El Paso partners, highlights Gen Z’s focus on growth, flexibility, and inclusion, offering strategies to build a future-ready workforce.

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June 12, 2024
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The State of Latinas in Corporate America

The report on Latinas in Corporate America uses data from Lean In and McKinsey’s Women in the Workplace studies (2019–2023) and interviews (2021–2024), making it the largest study of its kind.

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