Leadership 2:
Advanced Leadership for Senior Managers and Directors
The Harder Side of Leadership
This is not your typical leadership program. Learn to lead to achieve results. In this Certificate program, you’ll learn how to make great business decisions that will transform organizations, chart a path forward, and motivate teams. You will combine business skills with leadership skills so that you can shape a culture, organize and mobilize teams and lead a strategy.
Take this program alongside our Leadership 1: Certificate in Leadership Skills for Supervisors and Frontline Leaders program to earn a Masters Certificate in Leadership.
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Leadership 2: Advanced Leadership for Senior Managers and Directors
May 30, 2025
- Location:
- Online
Leadership 2:
Advanced Leadership for Senior Managers and Directors
- Programs
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- Leadership 2: Advanced Leadership for Senior Managers and Directors
The Modern
Leader’s
Strategies for Success
Some leaders study business. Others develop soft skills. But seldom do leaders develop both in one program. To be a truly effective leader, you ultimately must lead performance, which is why this program teaches modern strategies to shape a winning culture, organize and structure teams, cultivate a highly engaged team, execute on a strategy and make tough business decisions.
In this Certificate program, you’ll unpack business leadership and gain advanced business leadership skills to lead exceptional business results.
Schulich ExecEd’s signature leadership offering is an intensive, highly experiential program that goes beyond the classroom.
This comprehensive leadership program is ideal for senior leaders who are at the peak of their careers across a variety of industries, including finance, IT, natural resources, manufacturing, brand management, marketing, advertising and sales.
This program is part of the Masters Certificate in Leadership. Enrol in the full Masters Certificate program to receive a well-rounded experience and significant tuition savings.
Get Training in Marketable Skills
Change Management
Culture Building
Decision Making
4 Reasons to Enrol
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Amazing Education for Busy Professionals
This program packs rich, detailed learnings into five days of study, so you can apply your learnings right away.
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Stand Out From The Crowd
Prove your unique leadership capabilities with a digital badge from Canada’s #1 business school.
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Learn From the Pros
Train with top-rated Schulich ExecEd instructors who are consistently ranked among the world’s best.
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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
Program Overview
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Explore and uncover your leadership identity. Thanks to historical and scientific perspectives, from Plato and Lao Tzu to Machiavelli and neurosciences, identify what will make you a great leader and how this leadership will manifest for you. Learn to lead with greater purpose and presence to better meet strategic objectives and inspire others.
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How do leaders shape a culture? Participants will identify key strategies for shaping an organization’s culture in the face of adversity, change and new opportunities. Examine how company culture is impacted in the face of poor performance or adversity, and identify how to effectively navigate the perils of change by leveraging company culture, not losing it.
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Learn how to see decision-making from multiple perspectives. Explore the impact of decision-making from small to big on all core dimensions of the business and develop your own leadership toolkit for making great decisions. Then, familiarize yourself with making those tough, real-world business decisions.
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How can we organize our teams, roles and responsibilities? Participants will examine how great companies changed their organizational design to achieve better results and identify strategies they can apply back in their business. From acquiring new talent to shifting people and departments, this course examines structural changes leaders need to make future-proof the business.
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How can leaders inspire teams to take action and execute a strategy? Participants will identify strategies for motivating, inspiring and charting a clear path. Identify strategies for motivating teams, develop methodical strategies to align your team to your organization’s strategy, and build team momentum and resilience.
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Spring 2025 Dates Time Module 1: Purposeful Leadership 5/2/2025 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Module 2: Culture Shaping 5/9/2025 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Module 3: Making Great Decisions 5/16/2025 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Module 4: Organizational Design 5/23/2025 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Module 5: Mobilizing Teams 5/30/2025 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Faculty
What You Get
After completing Leadership 2: Advanced Leadership for Senior Managers and Directors, you'll receive an authentic digital badge from the #1 business school in Canada that employers will recognize.
As more and more companies look for candidates with specific skills, this badge on your CV will be a credible assurance of your achievements and expertise, allowing the right roles to find you faster.
Certificate
Provided upon completing a longer program that may comprise several badges signifying a more extensive skill set.
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