Transformational Leadership

This short video explains the psychological hazards of Recognition and Reward. It puts forward suggestions of conversation topics and methods for promoting a psychologically safe workplace.

Duration:

3 minutes

Methodology:

Web-based

Course ID:

n/a

Register Recognition and Reward

As a leader, your capacity for motivating is a key element in the success of your organization.

In this course, you'll learn about:

• Why motivating strategies are important to you as a leader
• Practical techniques for boosting motivation among employees in your organization

Duration:

30 minutes

Methodology:

Web-based

Class ID:

G022

Register Motivating Your Employees

High-performance organizations are defined by a competitive edge but facilitating such an environment requires the right skillset.

In this course, you'll learn about:

• Assessing your organization's potential for high performance
• Applying performance measurement methods to your organization's strategies

Duration:

30 minutes

Methodology:

Web-based

Course ID:

G016

Register Gauging Your Organization's High-performing Potential

With the right approach and techniques, leaders can participate in creating a safe space that allows everyone to share and contribute their ideas.

In this course, you'll learn about:

• Personal barriers to creativity and how to overcome them
• Key strategies to improve creativity at work
• Techniques to foster creativity in your team

Duration:

30 minutes

Methodology:

Web-based

Course ID:

G027

Register for Unleashing Personal and Team Creativity

Employee recognition can drive the achievement of our goals and sometimes it is the smallest forms of recognition that are the most meaningful to your employees.

In this course, you'll learn about:

• Challenges of employee recognition
• Winning strategies to recognizing your employees

Duration:

1.5 hours

Methodology:

Web-based

Course ID:

00063100

Watch Fostering Performance Through Work Engagement

This conference will help managers develop good and adequate relationships with employees as a means to promote well-being.

In this course, you'll learn about:

• The benefits of a good relationship for employees, the team and themselves
• How to create an environment that helps maintain a good mental health
• How to maintain their own mental health
• How to give support to their employees while maintaining their professional relationships
• How to respond to mental health issues
• How to make mental health a common goal

Duration:

90 minutes

Methodology:

Web-based

Course ID:

10001041

Register for Building Meaningful Relationships with Your Employees to Promote Psychological Health

This online course helps supervisors, managers and functional specialists develop their leadership capacity through coaching.

In this course, you'll learn about:

• Key concepts of performance-based coaching
• Related tips and techniques

Duration:

4 hours

Methodology:

Web-based

Course ID:

G406

Register for Coaching for Excellence

A work environment that fosters engagement creates more efficiency when going through changes. This course uses a reflective and experiential approach.

In this course, you'll learn about:

• How to analyze and adjust your leadership style
• How transformational leadership can bring about positive changes in your organization
• A method to create a personal action plan

Duration:

7.5 hours

Methodology:

Classroom – instructor led

Course ID:

G308

Register for Employee Engagement Through Transformational Leadership

Public service managers must learn new best practices in people management to lead with employees in mind.

In this course, you'll learn about:

• The idea of the "servant leader" and its application
• Communication and team building techniques
• Finding the right balance between your leadership responsibilities and your obligation to achieving results

Duration:

15 hours

Methodology:

Classroom – instructor led

Course ID:

G306

Register for Leading with Employees in Mind

Change is not an event; it's a process. It's important to recognize that your role is to support individuals through the transition and remove obstacles that can hinder a smooth transition from one process to another.

In this course, you'll learn about:

• Types of resistance and obstacles to change and how to overcome them
• How to overcome barriers to introducing change at your organization.
• Effective approaches for communicating change.

Duration:

30 minutes

Methodology:

Web-based

Class ID:

G021

Register for Leading Your Team Through Change

Whether changes come in the form of personnel, organizational hierarchy, or processes, it is inevitable in the workplace. Leading change requires successful leaders to have a process for managing change, whatever its source.

In this course, you'll learn about:

• How to prepare for change
• The steps to follow through changes
• How to lead people through this process

Duration:

70 minutes

Methodology:

Web-based

Class ID:

X165

Register for Leading Through the Challenge of Change

As government works in an increasingly complex context, it is critical that public service managers develop the knowledge and competency to effectively implement transformations.

In this course, you'll learn about:

• Why complex environments are subject to change
• Key fundamental principles of managing change
• Key psychological levers for managing change
• The responsibility of public service managers to be an active advocate of change

Duration:

15 hours

Methodology:

Classroom

Class ID:

E301

Register for Managing Change in Complex Times – for managers

Citizens bring expectations from the private sector to each interaction they have with all levels of government. Alistair Croll – entrepreneur, Harvard lecturer and best-selling author – discusses how the public service's methods can and must adapt to this new reality.

In this course, you'll learn about:

• The digital shift surrounding you
• How you can move from inflexible plans to lean, iterative approaches
• How you can focus on the right metrics

Duration:

90 minutes

Methodology:

Web-based

Class ID:

00038872

Register for The New Recipe for Transformational Projects

Getting your priorities straight, no matter your position within the organization, is about keeping a focus on your goals. It requires you to think about the bigger picture to ensure your department's work effectively supports the strategic objectives of your organization.

In this course, you'll learn about:

• the importance of setting strategic, tactical and operational goals
• how to create effective unit goals and align them with company goals
• how to identify imperatives for action that keep you focused on meeting your objectives

Duration:

30 minutes

Methodology:

Web-based

Class ID:

G007

Register for Aligning Unit Goals and Imperatives

Leaders should strive to communicate vision with a sense of integrity, building trust as individuals and as leaders.

In this course, you'll learn about:

• A general introduction to vision communication
• Numerous techniques and methods used by leaders
• Making the organization's vision that of the employee

Duration:

30 minutes

Methodology:

Web-based

Class ID:

C047

Register for Communicating Vision to Your Employees

Developing a business execution culture challenges leaders.

In this course, you'll learn about:

• Developing a sound strategy for moving into the future
• Making sure the team around them is equipped to execute the strategy
• Creating an operating plan for people to follow

Duration:

2 hours

Methodology:

Web-based

Class ID:

X015

Register for Leadership Advantage: Developing a Business Execution Culture 3.0

We all have unconscious biases. Once you've accepted them, you can take steps to overcome them and embrace workplace diversity more fully.

In this course, you'll learn about:

• How to recognize and observe your own biases
• How to move past them and keep them in the past

Duration:

30 minutes

Methodology:

Web-based

Class ID:

W006

Register for Overcoming Your Own Unconscious Biases

An effective leader recognizes that organizational politics can provide positive ways to influence others to accomplish goals.

In this course, you'll learn about:

• Numerous methods and strategies for effectively influencing a team to accept your ideas.
• The importance of political awareness
• The essential skills involved in using positive politics and avoiding negative politics when persuading others.
• Methods for influencing effectively and ethically.

Duration:

30 minutes

Methodology:

Web-based

Class ID:

G020

Register for Leading Through Positive Influence

People are inspired when they trust their leaders and are mobilized by common goals. When you strive for inspirational leadership, you demonstrate credibility and create a community with a shared vision.

In this course, you'll learn about:

• The characteristics people look for in an inspiring leader
• Traits and behaviours that inspirational leaders exemplify
• The role of clear, credible, and persuasive messages in inspirational leadership

Duration:

30 minutes

Methodology:

Web-based

Class ID:

G010

Register for Becoming an Inspirational Leader

Employees' success comes from solid coaching and leadership practices. Leaders must foster a culture conducive to coaching and be capable themselves of stepping into a coaching role when it's called for.

In this course, you'll learn about:

• Coaching techniques for building dynamic and purposeful relationships

Duration:

1 hour

Methodology:

Web-based

Class ID:

X168

Register for Developing Successful Coaching Relationships

The Mouvement québécois de la qualité (MQQ) and Gartner are platforms to support leaders in their strategic functions through advice, research and tools. ESDC has a corporate subscription to these two platforms that allows you access to a host of articles, discussions and events. All you have to do is:

1. Create an account (DOCX, 33 KB)
2. Search their catalogue with the keywords "leadership", "engagement" and "vision".

The Mouvement québécois de la qualité is available in French only and Gartner provides resources primarily in English.

• www.gartner.com/home/feed
• www.qualite.qc.ca