Course registration for the Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 terms opens on July 15.
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Leadership Essentials

Leadership Essentials

Gain in-demand skills through a series of highly concentrated Leadership Essentials courses

You’ll learn:

  • How to connect with your own inner self-awareness and tap into your natural leadership abilities
  • How to enhance your effectiveness and credibility within your organization
  • How to motivate your team to even greater productivity, effectiveness and innovation
  • How to lead millennials, including practices that support the recruitment and retention of millennials
  • The concepts and practices of coaching and mentoring
  • Techniques to effectively apply Emotional Intelligence to better understand, manage and leverage emotions in order to manage conflict, deal with stress and relate to others more effectively
  • Why change efforts typically fail and how to instead provide change leadership that drives success

Explore course options below and register today!

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Course Options

Students must register at least one week before the start date to allow time for an online assessment to be completed prior to the course start date.

ESS 812
Leading Change For Success

(Currently Not Available)

ESS 862
Creative & Critical Thinking

(Currently Not Available)

ESS 877
Negotiation Skills

(Currently Not Available)

ESS 902
Coaching and Mentoring

(Currently Not Available)

Course Schedule

This schedule table displays courses planned to be offered this year and is a guide to planning your courses for the academic year. Please note: Spring term registration opens mid-March and Fall/Winter term registration opens mid-July. 

For more information about our learning formats and to choose a format that works best for you, please visit our Learning Formats page.

Essentials Schedule
Course Name (Course Code) Cost Days Fall 2025 Winter 2026 Spring/Summer 2025
Future-Focused: Navigating Complexity with Strategic Planning (ESS 804) $468.00 1 Wed & Thu, Nov 26 - Nov 27

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Tue & Wed, Jun 10 - Jun 11

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Unconscious Bias: How We Make Decisions (ESS 805) $310.00 0.5 Thu, Oct 9

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Thu, Jun 12

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Cultivate Belonging with Personality Dimensions™ (ESS 807) $520.00 1 Mon & Tue, Dec 1 - Dec 2

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Gender-Inclusive Communication & Collaboration (ESS 809) $468.00 1 Wed & Thu, Jun 11 - Jun 12

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Leadership Foundations - Focus on the 3 C'S (ESS 811) $520.00 1 Tue & Wed, Mar 3 - Mar 4

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Leading Change For Success (ESS 812) $468.00 1 Thu & Fri, May 29 - May 30

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Personal Leadership: Building From Our Strength (ESS 813) $520.00 1 Thu & Fri, Nov 13 - Nov 14

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Strengthening Communications through Storytelling (ESS 817) $468.00 1 Thu & Fri, Dec 4 - Dec 5

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Mon & Tue, Jun 16 - Jun 17

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Exploring Modern-day Work and the Benefits of the Multi-Generational Workplace (ESS 821) $310.00 0.5 Thu, Nov 6

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Giving & Receiving Constructive Feedback (ESS 834) $468.00 1 Tue & Wed, Apr 21 - Apr 22

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Emotional Intelligence at Work (ESS 835) $520.00 1 Tue, Feb 10

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Tue, Jun 17

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Creative & Critical Thinking (ESS 862) $940.00 2 Thu & Fri, Sep 25 - Oct 3

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Negotiation Skills (ESS 877) $468.00 1 Wed & Thu, Nov 26 - Nov 27

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Wed & Thu, May 21 - May 22

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Navigating Workplace Conflict: Building Stronger Teams through Resolution (ESS 899) $468.00 1 Wed & Thu, Nov 19 - Nov 20

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Tue & Wed, May 13 - May 14

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Coaching and Mentoring (ESS 902) $940.00 2 Wed & Thu, Oct 22 - Oct 30

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Managing in a Unionized Environment (ESS 903) $520.00 1 Wed & Thu, Apr 22 - Apr 23

6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Influencing Others with Confidence and Success (ESS 904) $310.00 0.5 Thu, Jan 22

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Wed, Jun 4

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Remote Work - Strategies for Efficiency (ESS 905) $310.00 0.5 Mon, Jun 16

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

How to Pick Up the Pieces - Leadership, Motivation and Gratitude in Action (ESS 906) $310.00 0.5 Wed, Apr 22

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Mon, Jun 2

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Effective Prioritization to Improve Decision Making, Manage Workload and Improve Well-being (ESS 907) $310.00 0.5 Thu, Apr 9

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Thu, Jun 26

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Unconscious Bias: Moving from Bystander to Advocate (ESS 908) $310.00 0.5 Thu, Oct 16

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Developing Your Social Media Brand with Style and Confidence (ESS 909) $310.00 0.5 Wed, Oct 29

6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Wed, Jan 21

6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Best Practices for Sustainable Living (ESS 910) - - Currently Not Available
Your Energy Currency: Enhancing and Improving Your Emotional Self-Awareness (ESS 912) $310.00 0.5 Fri, Nov 7

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Flexible Work as a Catalyst for Organizational Agility & Well-being (ESS 913) $310.00 0.5 Thu, Feb 5

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Tactical Humour: Leveraging the funny to build connections, camaraderie, and community (ESS 914) $310.00 0.5 Tue, Sep 9

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Tue, May 13

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Scared Scriptless: Improv Bootcamp Presentation Skills Training (ESS 915) $310.00 0.5 Tue, Sep 16

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Tue, May 27

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Time Maximization: Unleashing Peak Productivity and Prof Efficiency through Effective Time Mgmt (ESS 916) $310.00 0.5 Thu, Oct 2

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom

Wed, May 14

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Format: Virtual Classroom