Certificate in Senior Leadership

A Leadership Guide to Taking Risks and Making Strategic, Bold Decisions.

Step into the future of leadership with our Certificate in Senior Leadership. Designed for aspiring executives such as senior managers, directors, and VPs, this transformative program equips you with the tools to lead with confidence in an ever-changing world. Gain actionable insights into leveraging people and technology to create a competitive edge.

From mastering self-care and courageous decision-making to strategic foresight and reinvention, this program empowers you to build resilient teams and innovative systems. End your journey with a personalized blueprint for success, ready to lead your organization toward a bold and visionary future. Your transformation starts here!

Certificate in Senior Leadership

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Fees: $3,750

Length: 16 hours of study over 1 month

Next Session: July 18, 2025 to
August 9, 2025

Location:
Miles S. Nadal Management Centre (Hybrid)

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Programs
Certificate in Senior Leadership

Leading with Courage
in a World of Ambiguity

In a world defined by uncertainty, Certificate in Senior Leadership empowers senior leaders to lead with confidence and purpose. This program stands apart by focusing on the intersection of people, technology, and innovation, providing leaders with the tools to navigate an ambiguous future.

Strategic foresight is at the heart of effective leadership in times of ambiguity. This program equips you with the ability to anticipate trends, identify emerging opportunities, and make informed decisions in the face of uncertainty. By leveraging tools such as scenario planning and trend analysis, you’ll learn to craft strategies that position your organization ahead of the curve and ensure long-term success.

Learn to foster resilience, embrace bold decision-making, and leverage cutting-edge insights to drive meaningful change. With a focus on practical strategies and personal growth, this program prepares you to inspire teams, transform organizations, and shape the future. The path to visionary leadership begins here—step forward and seize it.

Certificate in Senior Leadership

Get Training in Marketable Skills

Adaptability

Fostering Talent

Creativity & Innovation

Strategic Decision Making

Persuasion & Influence

4 Reasons to Enrol

Craft Your Career Blueprint for Growth

Develop a personalized strategic plan to achieve your career goals, enhance your leadership credentials, and position yourself for promotions, pay raises, and executive opportunities.

Expand Your Influence and Network

Build connections with senior professionals across industries, opening doors to collaboration and career opportunities.

Drive Organizational and Team Success

Gain actionable strategies to improve team performance, foster innovation, and achieve measurable results in your role.

Earn Higher Pay

Schulich ExecEd students gain the confidence, skills and perspective to attain better roles, launch new ventures, and lead their teams to new heights.

Who Will Benefit

Senior Leaders

This program is designed for senior managers, directors, and aspiring executives ready to step into roles closely tied to the C-suite. It’s ideal for professionals seeking to enhance their strategic decision-making, develop resilience in navigating ambiguity, and leverage the latest insights in people and technology. Whether you’re looking to secure a promotion, broaden your leadership impact, or prepare for future challenges, this program equips you with the tools, network, and confidence to excel in high-stakes environments and lead transformative organizational change.

Program Overview

Hybrid
Great leadership begins with self-care and resilience. Discover techniques to prioritize your well-being while fostering a high-performing and motivated team. Learn to balance personal and professional growth to lead more effectively.

Learning Objectives:

Identify characteristics of the resilient leader

Examine the causes of and remedies for burnout

Investigate five essentials for workplace mental health and wellbeing

Create an action plan for self
Online
Dare to move forward with confidence. Explore how to take calculated risks and inspire others to follow your lead. Step out of your comfort zone and empower your team to do the same. This module provides you with tools to make bold decisions, take strategic risks, and rally your team around a shared vision.

Learning Objectives:

Leading from your strengths

Establishing a vision

Build trust with your team

Create a psychologically safe environment for feedback and performance

Improve team alignment and engagement

Increase your adaptability

Enhance risk tolerance

Understand the move from VUCA to BANI
Online
Develop your readiness for the future and harness strategic foresight to make better decisions today. Anticipate what’s next, stay ahead of the curve, and position your organization for success by identifying emerging trends and making informed choices.

Learning objectives:

Overview of Digital Value Literacy and its strategic relevance for senior leaders.

Introduction to the graph (network) model as a framework for visualizing value creation and flow across the enterprise.

Explanation of Value Domains (e.g., potential, kinetic, realized, structural, resilient) and Capability Domains (e.g., Data Generation, Governance, Utilization, etc.).

Exploration of how capabilities are composed (skills, tools, processes, data, standards, assets).

Build a shared conceptual foundation for thinking about digital strategy through value flow.

Engagement with a case study using a pre-built graph model of an enterprise.

Analysis of value flow to identify trapped value due to underdeveloped or misaligned capabilities.

Use of the graph model as a diagnostic tool to visualize capability gaps and blockages.

Strategy development to improve value flow through targeted capability design or enhancement.

Emphasis on systems-level thinking and enterprise-wide orchestration to move value effectively across silos and functions.
Online
Explore emerging technologies and discover how to leverage them to reinvent your organization. With industries evolving at an unprecedented pace, gain valuable insights into the latest tech trends and harness innovation to transform your business and gain a competitive edge.

Learning objectives:

Digital Strategy: Strategic Visioning, Value Proposition / Human-Centricity, Context Analysis (competition, partnership, stakeholders), and Strategic Planning (strategy translation, operationalization, KPI/metrics)

Emerging Technology: Business/Economic Value of Tech, AI 101, Generative AI, and Ethics of Automation

Digital Transformation: Disruptive Innovation at Work, Tech Governance, Change Management, and Human Implications of Change
Hybrid
Design your next move and take immediate action with a personalized plan. This module helps you clarify your goals, outline actionable steps, and create a roadmap for sustainable success in your career and organization.

Learning objectives:

By the end of this session, participants will:

Reflect on their leadership evolution across the five modules.

Identify and release outdated leadership patterns using the “box model.”

Apply strategic foresight to design bold, future-aligned goals.

Develop a personalized, action-ready leadership blueprint for the next 90–180 days.

Craft a narrative to communicate their blueprint and inspire follow-through.

Summer 2025