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Leadership Development Programs

We pioneer creative ways of developing leaders who thrive when faced with the demands of the 21st Century. Through our unique learning processes inspired by art and nature, participants learn how to generate ideas, explore possibilities, and make them real with meaningful results.


Select a program that's right for you

Our programs meet the unique development needs and enhance the day-to-day effectiveness of directors, managers, and team leaders in the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors.  They focus on building leadership capability in four crucial areas which make up the leadership “system”. Read about these inspiring programs below or click on leadership development framework for our program model and more detailed descriptions.












































Self

Building Personal Leadership

Learn more about yourself and how to leverage your hidden strengths to lead others with impact during this interactive leadership program. more information.

The Art of the Executive Leader

This program focuses on the personal side of leadership and the challenges seasoned leaders face when tackling the complex issues of both personal and organizational viability.
more information.

Self-Team

Managing in the Middle

Learn how to influence others by improving your communication, relationship-building and management skills in this program for team leaders, supervisors, executive assistants, administrative assistance, project coordinators and others who “manage in the middle.”

more information.

Team

The Leadership Challenge: Managing Change Successfully

This dynamic program enhances your ability to respond to change, support others during change, and manage a significant change process. more information.

Leading Teams for High Performance

Learn how to develop competencies, tools, and techniques to enhance team performance with finesse and discover new ways to mobilize participation, build consensus, reduce conflict, and move past stumbling blocks.
more information.

Business unit

Coaching and Communicating for Performance

This is a program for business leaders and managers who play a coaching role within an organization who are responsible for conducting staff performance reviews, or who lead complex initiatives. more information.

Leading for Results

In this program you will learn how to execute your organizational vision, reach your goals, and deliver results.
more information.

Organization

Leading Strategically

This program focuses on the essential skills needed to lead an organization, business unit, or team by creating a strategic sense of direction. more information.

Inspiring Creative Leadership

We provide the tools to build creative and innovative skill development in leaders - to enable the development of ideas, to provide enhanced intelligence to know if they are good ideas, and to instill the wisdom to ensure they can be implemented.
more information.

 

To register:

Contact one of our Personal Learning Advisors by or call  1.800.590.9799.


Detailed Listing of Leadership Development Programs

Program Title:

Building Personal Leadership  
Coaching and Communicating for Performance  
Establishing Effective Aboriginal Relationships  
Inspiring Creative Leadership  
Leading for Results  
Leading Strategically  
Leading Teams for High Performance  
Managing in the Middle  
Powerful Expression for Leaders: Acting Like a Leader  
Powerful Expression for Leaders: Leadership that Moves Us  
Powerful Expression for Leaders: The Leader’s Voice  
Powerful Expression for Leaders: The Write Stuff  
The Art of the Executive Leader  
The Leadership Challenge: Managing Change Successfully  


New Programs

Powerful Expression for Leaders: A series of four courses

How you communicate has a significant impact on what you communicate, and what people experience. Explore the power of expression through words, movement, voice, and drama with Leadership Development faculty and master artists. During these courses participants will learn how to communicate more effectively and creatively – a valuable skill for today’s leaders. Pick just one, or register for two or more!

Powerful Expression for Leaders: Leadership that Moves Us
August 28 – 30, 2008

Powerful Expression for Leaders: The Leader’s Voice
October 30 – November 1, 2008

Powerful Expression: Acting Like a Leader
February 5 – 7, 2009

Powerful Expression for Leaders: The Write Stuff
March 19 – 21, 2009

Other New Leadership Programs:

Establishing Effective Aboriginal Relationships

Develop your ability to create mutually respectful relationships.
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Post-Program Coaching

Now available for Building Personal Leadership, Art of the Executive Leader, and Leading Strategically participants. Apply what you learned in Banff when you return home.
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