Overview
Cultivate leadership capacity in others, recognize emerging talent, and support knowledge transfer across diverse aviation teams. In Aviation Leadership Development and Succession Planning, you'll learn to identify leadership potential across technical and operational functions, use inclusive evaluation frameworks, and design development pathways that reflect Canada's diverse aviation workforce.
To support this learning, the course is delivered online over four weeks and combines independent study with a mandatory two-hour virtual group session every week. You’ll work through real succession and development challenges with peers and learn from each other's operational contexts.
You'll explore practical frameworks, assessment tools, and applied planning exercises that help you create mentorship programs connecting technical expertise with leadership growth. You’ll learn strategies for supporting professionals transitioning into supervisory roles, preserving institutional expertise, strengthening coaching capability, and supporting underrepresented groups through inclusive leadership development.
As you continue expanding your Leadership Engine Blueprint, you'll refine how you develop others, strengthen coaching capability, and support knowledge transfer across diverse teams. You'll evaluate leadership potential using culturally responsive approaches and examine your propelling question through the lens of succession, knowledge preservation, and workforce sustainability. With AI CoPilot support as a thinking partner, you'll capture these insights and finalize the Succession and Mentorship Framework component, which you'll carry into the final course of the program.
By course end, you'll understand how to build sustainable leadership pipelines that reflect Canada's aviation diversity and uphold safety and operational continuity. You’ll leave with practical tools to design succession plans, mentor emerging leaders, and support knowledge transfer that strengthens both organizational capability and the future of the aviation workforce.
This course is ideal if you:
- support or lead aviation teams and want to strengthen leadership development practices
- are involved in succession planning, talent management, or knowledge transfer
- want to design inclusive mentorship or development pathways for diverse aviation professionals
- aim to preserve institutional expertise during workforce transitions
- seek leadership strategies that support the diversification and long-term sustainability of Canada’s aviation sector.
There are no eligibility requirements for this course. Any education or work experience in aviation will further enrich your professional development journey.
Upon successful completion of this course, you'll be able to:
- recognize and assess leadership potential across aviation’s diverse technical functions and cultural
- backgrounds using inclusive evaluation frameworks
- develop mentorship and leadership development programs that bridge technical expertise and leadership
- capabilities while preserving institutional knowledge
- create comprehensive succession planning systems that support inclusive leadership transitions, safeguard critical knowledge, and ensure continuity in the aviation industry.
To request a course outline, contact ConEdAdvising@sait.ca.
If you're certified by a professional association, this course may qualify for continuing professional development (CPD) hours to help maintain your certifications/designations. It may also qualify for Blue Seal Certificate training hours. Please check with your association to confirm eligibility.
Upcoming dates
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Registration closes seven days before the start date for on-campus, online scheduled, and blended courses, and one day before the start date for online self-paced courses.
After you've completed this course
Upon successful completion of this course, you'll be able to self-print a proof of completion document from your Continuing Education student account.
Costs
Textbook and reading list
Included in the purchase of this course, you'll receive access to online course content in Brightspace (D2L).
Technology
To be successful in this course, you’ll need:
- Access to your own computer or laptop with standard hardware/software requirements.
- Functional webcam and microphone
- Internet access
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 Productivity Grant.
Applicable certificates
This course applies to the following certificate programs:
- Certification type
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Certificate of Completion
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