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

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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 804
Future-Focused: Navigating Complexity with Strategic Planning

$468.00

ESS 805
Unconscious Bias: How We Make Decisions

$310.00

ESS 807
Cultivate Belonging with Personality Dimensions™

$520.00

ESS 809
Gender-Inclusive Communication & Collaboration

(Currently Not Available)

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ESS 811
Leadership Foundations - Focus on the 3 C'S

$520.00

ESS 812
Leading Change For Success

(Currently Not Available)

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ESS 813
Personal Leadership: Building From Our Strength

$520.00

ESS 817
Strengthening Communications through Storytelling

$468.00

ESS 821
Exploring Modern-day Work and the Benefits of the Multi-Generational Workplace

(Currently Not Available)

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ESS 834
Giving & Receiving Constructive Feedback

$468.00

ESS 835
Emotional Intelligence at Work

$520.00

ESS 862
Creative & Critical Thinking

(Currently Not Available)

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ESS 877
Negotiation Skills

$468.00

ESS 899
Navigating Workplace Conflict: Building Stronger Teams through Resolution

$468.00

ESS 902
Coaching and Mentoring

$940.00

ESS 903
Managing in a Unionized Environment

$520.00

ESS 904
Influencing Others with Confidence and Success

$310.00

ESS 905
Remote Work - Strategies for Efficiency

(Currently Not Available)

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ESS 906
How to Pick Up the Pieces - Leadership, Motivation and Gratitude in Action

$310.00

ESS 907
Effective Prioritization to Improve Decision Making, Manage Workload and Improve Well-being

$310.00

ESS 908
Unconscious Bias: Moving from Bystander to Advocate

(Currently Not Available)

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ESS 909
Developing Your Social Media Brand with Style and Confidence

$310.00

ESS 910
Best Practices for Sustainable Living

(Currently Not Available)

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ESS 912
Your Energy Currency: Enhancing and Improving Your Emotional Self-Awareness

$310.00

ESS 913
Flexible Work as a Catalyst for Organizational Agility & Well-being

(Currently Not Available)

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ESS 914
Tactical Humour: Leveraging the funny to build connections, camaraderie, and community

$310.00

ESS 915
Scared Scriptless: Improv Bootcamp Presentation Skills Training

$310.00

ESS 916
Time Maximization: Unleashing Peak Productivity and Prof Efficiency through Effective Time Mgmt

$310.00

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 2026	Winter 2027	Spring/Summer 2026
Future-Focused: Navigating Complexity with Strategic Planning (ESS 804)	$468.00	1	Mon & Tue, Nov 16 - Nov 17 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom	—	Tue & Wed, Jun 9 - Jun 10 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom
Unconscious Bias: How We Make Decisions (ESS 805)	$310.00	0.5	Thu, Oct 8 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom	—	Thu, Jun 11 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom
Cultivate Belonging with Personality Dimensions™ (ESS 807)	$520.00	1	Thu & Fri, Dec 3 - Dec 4 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom	—	—
Gender-Inclusive Communication & Collaboration (ESS 809)	$468.00	1	—	—	Wed & Thu, Jun 10 - Jun 11 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 2 - Mar 3 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom	—
Leading Change For Success (ESS 812)	-	-	Currently Not Available
Personal Leadership: Building From Our Strength (ESS 813)	$520.00	1	Wed & Thu, Nov 25 - Nov 26 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom	—	—
Strengthening Communications through Storytelling (ESS 817)	$468.00	1	Thu & Fri, Dec 10 - Dec 11 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom	—	Thu & Fri, Jun 18 - Jun 19 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)	-	-	Currently Not Available
Giving & Receiving Constructive Feedback (ESS 834)	$468.00	1	Oct 8 - Oct 8 Format: In-person	Mon & Tue, Apr 19 - Apr 20 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom	Thu & Fri, Jun 4 - Jun 5 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom
Emotional Intelligence at Work (ESS 835)	$520.00	1	—	Thu, Feb 11 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom	Mon, Jun 8 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom
Creative & Critical Thinking (ESS 862)	-	-	Currently Not Available
Negotiation Skills (ESS 877)	$468.00	1	Thu & Fri, Nov 26 - Nov 27 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom	—	Wed & Thu, May 20 - May 21 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom
Navigating Workplace Conflict: Building Stronger Teams through Resolution (ESS 899)	$468.00	1	Thu & Fri, Nov 19 - Nov 20 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom	—	Tue & Wed, May 12 - May 13 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom
Coaching and Mentoring (ESS 902)	$940.00	2	Wed & Thu, Oct 21 - Oct 29 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom	—	—
Managing in a Unionized Environment (ESS 903)	$520.00	1	—	Wed & Thu, Apr 28 - Apr 29 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom	—
Influencing Others with Confidence and Success (ESS 904)	$310.00	0.5	Oct 5 - Oct 5 Format: In-person	Thu, Jan 28 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom	—
Remote Work - Strategies for Efficiency (ESS 905)	$310.00	0.5	—	—	Thu, Jun 18 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	—	Mon, Apr 26 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 8 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom	—
Unconscious Bias: Moving from Bystander to Advocate (ESS 908)	-	-	Currently Not Available
Developing Your Social Media Brand with Style and Confidence (ESS 909)	$310.00	0.5	—	Thu, 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	Wed, Nov 18 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom	—	—
Flexible Work as a Catalyst for Organizational Agility & Well-being (ESS 913)	-	-	Currently Not Available
Tactical Humour: Leveraging the funny to build connections, camaraderie, and community (ESS 914)	$310.00	0.5	Thu, Sep 17 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom	—	—
Scared Scriptless: Improv Bootcamp Presentation Skills Training (ESS 915)	$310.00	0.5	Thu, Sep 24 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom	—	Tue, May 26 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 1 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom	—	Thu, May 14 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Format: Virtual Classroom

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