Leadership training

Helping managers and new executives strengthen and their management skills and leadership competencies

This one-on-one training helps meet the Government of Canada’s six key leadership competencies. It focuses on developing the effective behaviours expected at each leadership level for each of the six competencies:

  • Creating Vision and Strategy,
  • Mobilize People,
  • Uphold Integrity and Respect,
  • Collaborate with Partners and Stakeholders,
  • Achieve Results and
  • Promote Innovation and Guide Change.

What I offer

I use a mix of training, mentoring and a review clients’ own leadership situations, how to address them successfully and how to demonstrated the expected effective behaviours for each key leadership competency. 

I developed this approach over four years as part of my former department’s Mentoring Program, in which I mentored over 25 managers and new executives.

In addition to the GC leadership competencies and behaviours, training can cover client’s specific challenges and interests, for example:

  • How to maintain work-life balance – for yourself and your team,
  • Leading your team through difficult times,
  • Briefing senior executives / selling your vision to senior executives,
  • Leading teams through change and innovation,
  • Having difficult conversations / leading performance discussions,
  • Dealing with difficult ethical situations,
  • How to get experience needed for future assignments (ex. financial, HR, policy, operations).

What training looks like

We start with a discovery session to identify the leadership competencies that the client should develop. From this, we build a tailored work plan and schedule, with specific discussion topics for each session to meet development goals.

Each 60-minute session usually explores topics in the following manner:

  • Review the leadership competency or topic – what is expected and why,
  • Discuss pre-assigned reading material (ex. relevant Harvard Business Review article),
  • Analyze a real-life situation provided by the client – how the situation is challenging, tools at their disposal, competencies at play, and how to apply the competencies successfully.
  • Discuss relevant experience from my own 20+ years as a manager, director and executive director.
  • Conclude with possible next steps for the client.

Training sessions are held every 3-4 weeks.

This training is provided in full confidentiality. I will not divulge what clients share during training to their employer or manager.

Price and how to get started

You can buy:

  • A fully tailored 11-hour training package for $3,300 – one discovery session and ten 60-minute sessions, covering the six leadership competencies and areas of interest.
  • Individual sessions for $300 – 60-minutes each.

To know more, contact me for a free consultation. Group training is also possible.

I am a qualified federal government supplier via PSPC ProServices for leadership development, coaching, consulting, organizational design, change and project management, and communications.

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