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Overview

Leadership starts with mastering the essentials. Organizations need leaders who inspire trust, foster collaboration and motivate teams to achieve their best. Whether you're stepping into a leadership role for the first time or looking to elevate your abilities, this program provides the skills and builds the confidence to lead effectively.

Part of our Leading Beyond Any TitleTM suite, this program is our newest industry-endorsed leadership training program. Designed for those new to leadership or seeking accelerated growth, this program lays a strong foundation to help you succeed in any workplace environment.

Each two-day course in the program blends engaging instruction with practical exercises. You’ll work closely with a small group of peers to explore essential leadership topics, including self-awareness, mindset, conflict resolution and storytelling.

You’ll explore:

  • transitioning into leadership and building your personal leadership brand
  • developing a growth mindset to expand your leadership impact
  • mastering workplace communication for productive conversations
  • managing conflict and stress with confidence
  • using storytelling to inspire and motivate your team.

Interactive classroom learning, hands-on activities and supplementary online content ensure a dynamic and comprehensive experience. Taught by experienced industry professionals, the program equips you with personalized strategies that align with your leadership style.

Upon completing the program, you’ll have a toolkit of actionable strategies to lead confidently and thrive in any workplace setting.

This program is ideal if you:

  • are transitioning into or preparing for a leadership role
  • want to enhance your communication, conflict resolution and leadership skills
  • are looking for practical, hands-on leadership training to apply in the workplace immediately
  • want to earn a SAIT Certificate of Completion credential to enhance and showcase your leadership qualifications.

Program outline

To successfully complete this certificate, you are required to complete five mandatory courses. If you're pursuing the certificate, complete LDSH-041 first. Take the remaining courses in the recommended order below.

Required courses & electives

How to apply for this certificate

Once you have registered for any course offered in this certificate, you will be automatically eligible to complete the certificate. You will have up to three years to complete this program. You may track your progression by signing in to your Continuing Education student account.

Certifications and professional designations

Upon successful completion of all the required courses in this certificate program, you’ll receive an electronically issued SAIT Certificate of Completion and transcript.

You’ll be able to self-print a proof of completion document from your Continuing Education student account. Please note parchments are not issued for individual courses.

Costs

This program consists of five mandatory courses with varying fees. Fees include access to all course-related materials and resources found in Brightspace (D2L).

Please review the individual course pages for this certificate to determine costs and to learn more about additional learning materials including textbooks.

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Financial support

Financial opportunities are available to help pay for your course fees. Learn more about how to reduce your education or training costs with available awards, bursaries, loans and grants including the Canada Alberta Job Grant. 

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Careers and opportunities

Skills learned in this program can be applied to a variety of supervisory and management careers. Expect to start at the entry-level and as you gain experience and with additional education, your career opportunities will expand

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We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta.

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