Accelerated Leadership Certificate
This program will enable you to use and understand the methods, techniques and language of the various competencies required for successful leaders at a complex organization such as yours. This Certificate in Leadership is ideally suited to the needs and aspirations of both those who are new to a leadership role and those who are experienced yet can benefit to expand their knowledge and refresh their competencies.
| DATE | LOCATION | |
|---|---|---|
| August 24-26, 2010 | Thornhill / Markham |  |
Outline
To complete this program, you must attend all modules. These modules are completed over a 3 day intensive learning period. A follow up retrospective and sharing session will be scheduled for the participants to regroup a few months after completion of the program to share experiences. Leading Individuals and Teams You will learn the skills necessary to develop high performing team members and high performing teams, how to create a culture of effective communications, and how to manage cross functional teams. You will take away an arsenal of practical tips and techniques to enhance success. The project manager must be able to effectively lead cross functional teams, learn how to improve productivity, and how to motivate team members to achieve more. Coaching for Success This module focuses on developing the skills that successful coaches use to enhance productivity. The focus in this module is in developing effective and formal coaching plans for both individuals and teams, providing effective feedback, and developing trust. As part of the coaching module we will also explore a personal element of coaching yourself and your team specifically for more effective time management and multi tasking. Essential Facilitation for Leaders Facilitating is an essential skill for project managers and is often a root of inefficiencies and wasted time and energy. By including insightful knowledge of critical thinking, group facilitation and decision making, you will have innovative new tools at your disposal as you facilitate various situations in your own work. This module will help you to have more successful group interactions by learning specialized skills, techniques, and by significant hands-on practice. Influencing Without Authority and Stakeholder Management This module integrates all the processes that are required when there is a need to manage stakeholders effectively and influence without authority. You will learn proven skills and techniques to obtain what you require, probe, and discover the needs, wants, and drivers of stakeholders (internal and external), and reach outcomes that are beneficial to all. You will also learn specific techniques to help you in raising your influence and discover new power bases you may not have leveraged before. The skills taught in this module are especially beneficial if you work on projects in a matrix environment. Organizational Change and Readiness The ability to understand and manage change is an essential skill for project and program managers. We teach you how to take into account organizational change management needs in your activities to ensure acceptance. The importance of acquiring the knowledge and tools for changing organizations successfully cannot be overemphasized. This module covers specific concepts, theories and tools that can assist those entrusted with the task of leading organizational change. Among other topics, the module will focus on the politics of change, successfully leading change efforts, downsizing, restructuring and reengineering, and organizational adaptation.