Advanced Leadership
Take your leadership to a deeper level with the Advanced Leadership Certificate – no prior learning required. In today’s rapidly evolving world – whether it’s retail, finance, healthcare, construction, non-profits or government – leadership skills are crucial for driving success and creating meaningful impact in your role and at your organization. Leadership is not just about titles; it is about continually developing your ability to inspire, influence and guide the teams you work with at every stage of your career.
Inspire, Influence and Improve
Throughout this program, you will enhance your leadership capabilities both personally and professionally. You will explore areas such as unconscious bias, empathy, relationship-building and strategic thinking, while also learning how to manage stress and build resilience to navigate challenges effectively.
Take your leadership skills to the next level with the Advanced Leadership Certificate! Transform yourself into the leader you are meant to be.
I’m now able to tailor my leadership style to each team member using the tools and techniques my instructors taught. Kim S., Advanced Leadership Student
Advanced Leadership Certificate
The Advanced Leadreship Certificate program is designed to develop and enhance the skills and competencies that define a strong leader. Prepare to take an immersive look at your leadership paths and discover powerful insights that you can apply immediately.
Advanced Leadership Certificate Requirements
To complete the Centre for Continuing Education Advanced Leadership Certificate, you will complete 5 modules. Each module focuses on a different element of leadership, giving you the opportunity to better understand yourself, your strengths and gaps and how you can continue to grow in your leadership roles.
- Module 1: Learn the foundation for heartfully engaging in the succeeding modules.
- Module 2: Discover your personal vision and the skills to practice building your self-esteem, self-confidence and assertiveness techniques.
- Module 3: Explore the importance of being a socially responsible leader and inspiring others towards a greater purpose.
- Module 4: Build decision-making frameworks to define your next steps in leadership, enhancing strategic thinking and team decision-making through transformational leadership.
- Module 5: Identify and manage stress triggers by understanding how leadership and personality influence stress and develop resiliency and effective coping strategies.
Join a cohort of professionals on a life and career changing journey to develop and enhance the skills and competencies that define what it is to be a strong leader.
What Is Advanced Leadership?
Organizations need leaders who can navigate challenges, inspire teams and create a positive organizational culture. The skills and knowledge gained through this program are essential for adapting to these challenges and for driving success in various sectors, including business, government and non-profits.
Advanced Leadership involves:
- Applying strategic thinking to create long-term visions and make decisions that drive success in dynamic environments,
- Developing self-awareness and managing emotions, while recognizing and influencing others’ emotions to foster strong relationships, and
- Communicating clearly and persuasively to motivate and influence others effectively
In a world where change is constant, the ability to lead through uncertainty and adapt your strategy is invaluable. This program will prepare you to be an agile and resilient leader.
Professional Certificate Advanced Leadership
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Why Study Advanced Leadership at the University of Regina?
Not only are leadership skills in demand, studying advanced leadership techniques with the Centre for Continuing Education at the U of R provides you access to smaller class sizes, local networking opportunities and pathways to being an agile, resilient leader – all at a competitive price. Whether you are currently in a leadership role or aspire to be, the Advance Leadership Certificate help you drive organizational change, enhance leadership capabilities and increase your employability.
Flexibility
- Take the certificate remote or in person at the historic and conveniently located College Avenue Campus in Regina.
- Designed to be completed at your own pace, complete the Professional Management Certificate in as little as 4 months, or take up to 3 years, part-time. Each course is either 2 in-person days or 3 remote half-days, so you can fit your courses into your busy schedule.
- Take courses on their own as stand-alone professional development opportunities.
- Want to keep learning and leveling up? Some courses in the Professional Management Certificate apply to other certificates or microcertificates as well!
Access Funding
- University of Regina Alumni Association (URAA) Professional Development Award ($500 per term) is available to all U of R alumni, including those who have completed Continuing Education professional certificates or microcertificates.
- Canada Training Credit is a refundable tax credit providing access to $250 each year with unused amounts carried forward to future years for a maximum lifetime amount of $5,000.
Find out more about funding, including funding accessed through your employer.
Become U of R Alumni
Unique to the University of Regina, become an official U of R Alum when you complete Professional Microcertificates or Professional Certificates through the Centre for Continuing Education. You not only earn official U of R credentials, but you become a member of the University of Regina Alumni Association (URAA), giving you access to all the benefits of a U of R alum.
Qualify for the URAA Professional Development Award – $500 per term!
Industry Expert Instructors
All Centre for Continuing Education professional development instructors are working professionals in their field. They bring real-world project management expertise to the classroom, ensuring you learn practical skills you can immediately apply in the workplace. All project management instructors are practicing PMPs.
Employers are looking to hire and promote employees with skills such as performance management, communications and conflict management.
What Can You Do With an Advanced Leadership Certificate?
The Advanced Leadership Certificate takes an immersive look at both your personal and professional leadership paths and leads to powerful insights.
Here are some of the jobs or roles where you can apply your advanced leadership skills:
- Lead Supervisor
- Leadership Consultant
- General Manager
- Team Lead
- Administrator
- Regional Manager
- Construction Manager
- IT Manager
- Entrepreneur
Navigate Challenges and Inspire Others
Develop advanced tools and techniques needed to lead teams, navigate challenges and inspire a positive organizational culture. Your leadership transformation will be enhanced by one-on-one professional coaching, the EQi 2.0 assessment tool that dives into Emotional Intelligence, along with in-depth classroom learning and cohort support.
Of 2.7 million job postings in Canada in 2023, 40% required leadership skills. (Lightcast, 2023)
The skills and tools I learned really helped build my confidence as a manager and leader.
Certificate Requirements
This is a cohort program, where all courses within the program have set dates that must be completed. The program consists of a kick off session, five modules of learning and a closing presentation session.
Module 1
Understanding yourself is an important step to becoming a better leader of others. In this module, you will learn to distinguish between your core and aspirational values. As you explore your unconscious bias and consider your leadership blind spots, you will learn how to become a more authentic leader by leveraging your emotional self-awareness.
Module 2
As you become aware of patterns, you will apply self-perception to shift the balance of power from old internal thoughts to a new more self-aware and assured internal state of thinking. You will practice using self-perception to assertively express thoughts and feelings and consider how others view the situation.
Module 3
Learn how to build more meaningful relationships in a way that builds trust, loyalty and motivation. You will discover the impact your communication style has on others and whether you are achieving the results you intend. You will learn to appreciate the importance of an empathetic leader; recognizing and acknowledging the emotions of others and how to effectively manage your emotions in response.
Module 4
Apply a decision framework for next steps in your personal leadership journey. You will discover how your individual approach to risk influences your decision-making process. As part of the module, you will become familiar with decision analysis and problem-solving frameworks to gain skill and comfort in making strategic decisions.
Module 5
Is stress something to worry about or can it be a tool to improve performance and help you accomplish more? This module helps you to identify and manage triggers of stress in yourself and others. You will gain an understanding of leadership and workplace factors that influence individual stress and learn how your personality can impact your perceptions of stress, and your approach to managing it.
Register for all Advanced Leadership courses online.
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Instructor Highlight
Cristine Saxon, MA
Cristine Saxon has over 25 years of experience as a leader, coach, advisor, instructor and leadership consultant across multiple industries. Today she manages Cristine Saxon Coaching and Consulting and is an executive coach and leadership consultant. As an ICF certified coach, she coaches clietns in three countries, including running her leadership program German female academics, EmpowHer.
Cristine has a Master of Arts degree and is certified to administer several psychometric assessments including the EQi 2.0 Emotional Intelligence and Myers Briggs Type (MBTI) inventories. She has taught facilitation and teaching skills to university professors, coached executive leaders to high performance, developed customized leadership training programs and coached hundreds of people.
Cristine likes to ‘meet people where they are’ and help them grow. She is known for creating customized solutions and inspiring people through her Paddle Your Own Boat short videos on her YouTube channel.
Your Professional Development Questions Answered
Not sure where to start? Have questions about professional development at the Centre for Continuing Education?
Learn more about CCE professional development programs.
- What is professional development?
- What do I get when I complete CCE professional development programs?
- Can I get funding?
- How am I assessed?
- Do I have to be admitted to the U of R to take CCE professional development?
- Can you help me decide what I should take?
- How are courses delivered?
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Location
In-person courses are located in the College Building on the College Avenue Campus at 2155 College Avenue.
Parking
Paid parking is available in the parking lots located on the south side of the College Building. Parking is $2/hour. You can pay to park using the pay stations located in the parking lot and in the main entrance of the College Building or by downloading the PayByPhone app or visiting paybyphone.com. The following information is required to set up an account:
- Mobile phone number
- Credit card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express)
- License plate of vehicle(s)
Refreshments
At our in-person courses, we provide the essentials you need to have a productive learning experience. We provide:
- Lunch, unless otherwise specified
- A selection of coffee, tea and beverages
- Snacks
- Water refill stations
Please enter any dietary requirements when you register online.
The University of Regina and the Centre for Continuing Education reserves the right to cancel courses or programs due to insufficient registration or other unforeseen events. If this occurs, participants will be given every opportunity to transfer into another course or refunds will be issued. Decisions regarding withdrawal and/or refunds may be appealed to the Dean, Centre for Continuing Education.
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