Development and Success for Promising Leaders
Building for Tomorrow
Powerful tools for facilitating meaningful personal and organizational change
For: Mid-level organizational leaders (Managers, Senior Managers)
The Need
This program is created in response to the articulated need for a high-calibre and cost-effective leadership development course for emerging leaders in the public sector.
Program Overview
The purpose of this certificate program is to encourage and prepare participants to advance into more senior leadership roles in their organization.
The program is delivered in partnership with the Smith School of Business at Queen's University.
The program content is specifically tailored to build the leadership skills required by today's emerging leaders.
The program is fully aligned with the vision and principles of the Ontario Public Service Leadership Strategy.
Participants who complete the course may wish to consider the Public Sector Executive Leadership Institute (PSELI) which supports senior executives in government and in public sector agencies.
Building Leadership Skills for Tomorrow
This certificate program is designed to encourage and prepare participants to advance into more senior leadership roles. The program content is specifically tailored to build the leadership skills required by today's emerging leaders.
Learning Architecture
The Development and Success for Promising Leaders program offers experiential learning opportunities in a hybrid learning environment, through a blend of in-person and online sessions.
Major content sessions employ hands-on learning, led by university professors skilled in leadership development.
This course is offered in partnership with Queen's University.
Participants will:
- Meet on the university campus of Queen's University on Front Street West in Toronto for in-person sessions
- Learn from professors on topics related to fiscal responsibility, managing change, accountability for results, etc.
- Develop an understanding of key leadership concepts
- Be introduced to the practices of mindful leadership
Program Topics
- Operational Decision Making (an add to the Decision Making topic)
- Project Management
- Accountability and delegation
- Communication skills
- Lean Six Sigma
- Financial literacy for senior managers
Program Learning Strategy
- Designed for mid-level organizational leaders (Managers, Senior Managers)
- Offered in a university management school context
- Using leadership/management frameworks & tools
- Broadened by diverse perspectives
- Scheduled over a period of months
- Both in-person and online learning
- Opportunities to process the learning and to experiment with application
- Program is anchored in the preparation of a personal leadership development plan
Course Format
This course consists of four modules, three of which are in-person. The fourth module comprises four half-day online sessions, spread over three months.
Certification
Graduates of this course receive a certificate jointly signed by Veronica Lacey and Queen's University.
Location
Queen's University Toronto Campus
30th Floor
200 Front Street West
Toronto
Investment
$7,500 + HST
Eight days of leadership development including all course materials, meals, and certification.
Registration
Ready to advance your leadership journey? Get in touch to learn more about the Development & Success for Promising Leaders program.
Why This Program Matters
The Development and Success for Promising Leaders program provides a high-calibre and cost-effective leadership development course for emerging leaders in the public sector and will encourage and prepare them to advance into more senior leadership roles in their organization.
Collaboration across the sector is more important than ever. Through this program, participants will have the opportunity to establish trusting relationships that will allow them to problem solve and advance their own work and that of their organization.