The Leadership Blueprint
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Gardiner Centre, Signal Hill Campus
October 22, November 5 and 19, 2025
Explore your leadership identity, elevate your influence, and refine organizational strategies in this immersive course with executive coaching.
Leadership goes beyond a title–it’s about having the self-awareness, influence, and strategic mindset to drive meaningful impact. This immersive 3-day course is designed for leaders and high-potential employees seeking to deepen leadership identity, enhance team engagement and motivation, and refine strategic systems for greater organizational success.
Through a combination of interactive learning, research-based leadership principles, and real-world applications, participants will explore and define a personal leadership vision, incorporating both individual experiences and established theories. By developing a stronger knowledge of self, it becomes possible to determine a preferred leadership style, recognize associated strengths and considerations, and gain the confidence needed for effective decision-making. This clarity allows leaders to align actions with core values and long-term objectives.
Participants will also examine the evolution of motivation theory and apply key strategies to engage and inspire teams. Additionally, the fundamentals of coaching will be explored, both to maximize one-on-one executive coaching sessions and to enhance the ability to support colleagues. Feedback will be used to better understand participants’ unique teams to help foster a culture of growth.
A key component of the course focuses on strategic leadership. Participants will reflect on the most critical aspects of a leadership role and assess whether current schedules align with these priorities. Strategic thinking skills will be developed to make intentional decisions about time and resource allocation, learning when to say ‘no’ to lower-impact tasks. By applying marginal gains theory, small but significant improvements in systems and processes will be identified to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. Finally, change leadership principles will be explored, and strategies will be developed to implement sustainable improvements within organizations.
Executive Coaching
What sets this course apart is its integration of one-on-one executive coaching, ensuring that each participant can translate key concepts into personalized leadership growth. Participants will engage in three, one-hour coaching sessions. By the end of the course, attendees will have a clear leadership vision, an enhanced ability to inspire teams, and a refined approach to strategic decision-making–empowering participants to lead with confidence, clarity, and purpose.
Presented by Gardiner Centre