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Leadership training
The Essential Leader Program
Essential Leader Program (ELP) has been created specifically for employees who want to become better leaders and learn key leadership skills. This program is open to all employees wanting to make the most of their changing job expectations as well as potential career opportunities. You do not have to be in a supervisory position to enroll in the program!
You do not have to be a supervisor to be a leader. Each one of us is a leader at some point by serving on a committee, working on a project, training or mentoring a new employee, or volunteering our skills in community activities.
Designed around seven leadership competencies, the program is demanding and the skills learned are immediately applicable in the workplace. Competencies include Communication, Teamwork, Creative Problem Solving and Flexibility, Interpersonal Skills, Professionalism, Resolving Conflicts and Leadership.
Participants are required to take 20 courses over a period of two years. Each instructor-led workshop (17 of the 19) is offered virtually, multiple times per year. Two web-based training courses (WBT) are available on demand. You may begin the program at any point during the calendar year, and you may take courses in any order convenient for you.
Essential Leader Program Courses
Experienced leader academy
Join us and your fellow leaders from across the university for 9 weeks of meaningful, challenging self-study plus thoughtful discussion.