CONT689: Leadership in Professional Settings

Be a successful leader: empowering you to lead with purpose and innovation

This course focuses on how leadership theories and strategies can be applied to your practice. You will consider the type of leader you want to be and explore strategies to help guide you toward that vision of leadership. The tasks and activities in this course will provide you with the opportunity to work within a safe online environment with the added benefit of receiving individualized instruction from an experienced leader. 

Who Should Take This Course?

The course is ideal for

• individuals who are interested in developing their leadership skills and applying leadership theories and strategies to their work or practice
• managers or team leaders who are looking to improve their ability to build and lead effective teams
• professionals who want to understand the role of relationships, trust, emotional intelligence and decision making in leadership and team success
• anyone who is open to exploring the concepts of failure, change management, and innovation and how they can be used to foster growth and development in themselves and their teams

Delivery Method

This course is delivered asynchronously online allowing participants to engage with flexibility at their own convenience. This method provides a balance between self-paced learning and structured coursework while promoting a supportive community where participants can share experiences and ideas. 

Professional Development

This course will count towards completion of the Post-Graduate Certificate in Workplace Training and Development.

Students who complete the Post-Graduate Certificate will be eligible to receive advanced standing in the laddering option offered by the Faculty of Education. 

Queen’s University Faculty of Education has designed this the laddering option as a customizable graduate experience, with the inclusion of three different credentials within one course. Laddering will allow you to progress through successive credentials while carrying forward course credits. Students can receive three different credentials: a Post-Graduate Certificate, a Graduate Diploma in Education, and a Professional Master of Education. If you follow the laddering system, you can earn all three credentials with fewer classes overall.

Contact us at edonline@queensu.ca or visit educ.queensu.ca/ladder for more information.

Course Fees

CAD$650.00

Course fees include

• full access to comprehensive course content
• timely feedback from a subject matter expert on assignments
• Shareable Badge of Completion (Queen's University) 
• credit toward the Post-Graduate Certificate in Workplace Training and Development

Policies and more information

• Professional Studies Policies
• Fees, Refunds and Financial Support
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