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Program Overview
Applied Leadership
This program focuses on strengthening your capacity, confidence and competencies to lead with accountability, influence and integrity in today’s complex environment.
Program Details
Program Requirements
Six required courses plus two elective credits, and an assessment demonstrating achievement of the learning outcomes.
These courses are required to complete the certificate and are required before enrolment in the assessment. Full attendance is required. The recommended time to complete this program is two years. The maximum time to complete this program is four years.
The Assessment: Applied Leadership (LEAD-1559) is an electronic assessment.
Program Format
The program is 20 days of training (10.0 credits), comprised of 16 days of required courses and 4 days of electives followed by an assessment.
Courses can be taken individually or as part of the certificate.
Tuition & Fees
Tuition
Tuition for the program is approximately $5,200 (dependent upon choice of electives and course locations).
Additional Fees
Certificate Enrolment Fee $75
Learner Services Fee (price dependent on course locations).
Textbooks & Supplies
Course manuals are supplied when you attend face to face classes. If additional books or other materials are required, you will be advised when you register for the program.
Admission Requirements
The courses and certificate are open to anyone. There are no formal admission requirements.
Program Strengths
Learners experience a deep exploration of personal strengths and values as they harness their ability to communicate more effectively, build strong teams, and view leadership through a lens of social justice. Our courses are taught by experienced faculty who are innovative leaders and practitioners in the field.
What will you learn?
- Develop enhanced self-awareness to effectively self-manage and lead others within the context of constant organizational change.
- Align personal and organizational values and ethics to lead with accountability, integrity and respect.
- Value and engage diversity to maximize organizational effectiveness.
- Set personal, team and organization goals and align processes and strategies to achieve results.
- Foster creative thinking and critical self-reflection to enhance problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Create and manage collaborative relationships to engage, influence and motivate individuals, teams and external partners within and across organizational boundaries.
- Engage wellness strategies that enhance resilience in yourself and others.
- Develop communication skills that establish clarity of intent and create shared meaning and understanding.
Who should take this program?
- Emerging leaders in the public, private or not-for-profit sector.
- Seasoned managers interested in building new skills and developing fresh perspectives.
- Informal leaders in any setting.
Online Courses
Our online course format combine asynchronous (self-access) segments with synchronous (live instructor-led) sessions to provide students with hands-on, highly experiential learning opportunities.
JIBC'S Blackboard System Requirements
Use the BB system check link to ensure your computer system is properly configured for our web courses.
Program Changes
The Associate Certificate in Applied Leadership is being discontinued and a new Associate Certificate in Inclusive Leadership will be replacing it.
Important Information:
Applications for this program are now closed.
June 1, 2026 – Deadline to complete the Associate Certificate in Applied Leadership. You must complete all program requirements (including the LEAD-1559 Leadership Assessment) before this date.
June 1, 2025– Applications to the new certificate; Associate Certificate in Inclusive Leadership opens.
FAQs
1. What’s the difference between the Associate Certificate in Applied Leadership (Program Code: APLEAS) and the new Associate Certificate in Inclusive leadership (Program code: ILEAAS)?
| Associate Certificate in Applied Leadership|Associate Certificate in Inclusive Leadership
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Program enrolment| Anytime prior to completing the assessment LEAD 1559.| Anytime prior to registering for LEAD 1560 (Leadership in Action: Putting it all Together)
Time to complete| Part time – 1 year to 4 years| Part time – 1 year to 4 years
Number of credits| 10 credits| 9 creditsNumber of courses| 6 required courses plus two elective credits, and an assessment| 7 required courses (includes assessment)
Method of teaching (pedagogy)| Applied, based on theory| Applied, based on theory
Leadership Approach & Program Outcomes| Values Based Leadership Approach
- Develop enhanced self-awareness in order to effectively self-manage and lead others within the context of constant organizational change.
- Align personal and organizational values and ethics in order to lead with accountability, integrity and respect.
- Value and engage diversity to maximize organizational effectiveness.
- Set personal, team and organization goals and align processes and strategies to achieve results.
- Foster creative thinking and critical self-reflection to enhance problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Create and manage collaborative relationships to engage, influence and motivate individuals, teams and external partners within and across organizational boundaries.
- Engage wellness strategies that enhance resiliency in yourself and others.
- Develop communication skills that establish clarity of intent and create shared meaning and understanding.
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Values Based Inclusive Leadership Approach
- Holistic Leadership Approaches: Engage in values-based leadership approaches to foster meaningful relationships and effectively lead and influence.
- Wellbeing, Cultural Safety and Humility: Recognize factors that impact our own and others physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual wellbeing to build healthy, inclusive communities.
- Collaboration : Work effectively with others to build relationships, have respectful conversations, and resolve conflict.
- Responsive and Adaptive Leadership : Embody a responsive and adaptive leadership approach and develop effective holistic strategies to address challenges.Grade scheme| Pass/Fall based on participation & full attendance | Pass/Fall based on participation & full attendanceDelivery mode| Virtual & some in-person options | Virtual & some in-person optionsWho is this program for| New and aspiring managers| New and aspiring managers working within the public service or in not-for-profit organizations; andExperienced managers looking to adopt an inclusive leadership approach
Areas Covered|Values based leadership - Understanding one’s own values
- Engaging with teams
- Communication skills
- Conflict resolution
- Critical thinking
- Influence
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Values based inclusive leadership approach
- Created by weaving in Indigenous ways of being, EDI practices and trauma informed leadership approach
- Understanding one’s own values
- Collaborative leadership
- Engaging with teams
- Communication skills
- Conflict resolution
- Developing people & culture
- Adaptive Leadership
- Values based decision making
- Supporting people though change
Resources & Concepts| Small updates over the years.| All videos, concepts, research and understanding of leadership updated to reflect today’s world.
Assessment| Separate portfolio at end of program, reflection|
Incorporated in courses, reflection, new tools such as workbook, coaches.
2. How to I determine what courses I have completed and what courses I still need to complete for program completion?
To see which courses you have completed:
- Log in to MyJIBC >Student Self-service >(Academics) >Unofficial Transcript to view the courses you have completed.
- To see which courses are required for the program go to the Program Details page.
- Compare the courses you have completed against the list of program requirements
3. I am a certificate student who is halfway through the Associate Certificate in Applied Leadership, and I won’t be able to complete the courses prior to June 1, 2026. What should I do?
If you can’t complete the Associate Certificate in Applied Leadership prior to the deadline, you can contact the program area by email by August 31, 2025 and ask to be withdrawn from the existing program and registered in the new Associate Certificate in Inclusive Leadership. Prior to September 1st there will be no cost to do this. After this time there will be a cost to enroll in the new program (currently $75).
Once enrolled, LEAD 1100 & LEAD 1101 can be applied to the new program until Aug 31, 2027. which means you must complete all program requirements for the Associate Certificate in Inclusive Leadership by that date.
All other courses in the program are new so you would need to complete all other program requirements.
If you have taken courses as part of Associate Certificate in Applied Leadership and want to receive credit for them, then you would need to complete the old certificate prior to June 1, 2026.
4. I have taken most of the courses in the Associate Certificate in Applied Leadership. How long do I have to complete the certificate?
You must complete all courses and submit your assessment by June 1st, 2026.
5. I have completed some of the courses for the Associate Certificate in Applied Leadership but I haven’t enrolled in the program. Should I enroll in the old certificate or in the new certificate?
Both programs are valued. We recommend you make your decision based on how many courses you have completed in the Associate Certificate in Applied Leadership, if you can complete the program by the deadline (June 1, 2026) and which program outcomes align with your learning goals. The new associate certificate in inclusive leadership is made up of new courses.
LEAD-1100 & LEAD-1101 can be applied towards the new program till August 31, 2027. You must complete all program requirements by that date should you choose to use these two courses towards the program.
6. Is the new certificate better than the old certificate?
All certificates are valuable credentials. Please see the differences between the certificates in question 1.
7. What dates do I need to be aware of?
- May 28, 2025:Deadline to enrolment in the Associate Certificate in Applied Leadership
- August 31, 2025 : Contact the Centre for Leadership by this date if you wish to enroll in the new Associate Certificate of Inclusive Leadership at no cost.
- June 1, 2025:The new Associate Certificate in Applied Leadership is open for enrollment.
- June 1, 2026 : Final deadline to complete all program requirements for the Associate Certificate in Applied Leadership, including the assessment.
