Program Overview

Advanced Leadership Program

The Advanced Leadership Program is designed for experienced leaders to redefine their approaches, expand their influence, and see organizational strategy in a new light. This immersive 5-day program takes leadership beyond experience, helping participants shape culture, inspire teams, and make decisions that leave a lasting impact.

Who Should Attend

• Senior managers, directors, and C-suite executives with 5-7+ years of leadership experience
  • Leaders looking to enhance strategic thinking and organizational impact
  • Professionals seeking to align their leadership approach with personal values and purpose

Why Choose the Advanced Leadership Program

• Redefine Leadership: Move beyond traditional approaches and explore what it means to lead in today's complex, rapidly changing organizations
• For Experienced Leaders: Tailored for those with extensive management experience, this program refines skills and expands impact
• Action-Oriented Learning: Engage in real-world case studies, simulations, and peer discussions to translate insight into immediate action
• Expert Faculty & Peer Cohort: Learn from UBC Sauder's world-class faculty while collaborating with an accomplished cohort of senior leaders
• Compact & Immersive: Only 5 days in person in beautiful downtown Vancouver means intensive learning without long absences from your role

Benefits for the Organization

• Create a stronger leadership bench by equipping senior leaders to drive alignment, collaboration, and high performance
• Foster leaders who think strategically and make informed decisions
• Inspire teams, build trust, and strengthen organizational culture
• Translate individual leadership development into measurable outcomes for the whole organization

Program Content

• Leadership in an Increasingly Complex World
  • Expanding understanding of effective leadership
  • The four frames of leadership
• Leading Yourself: Who Am I as a Leader and What Do I Stand For?
  • Analyzing leadership orientation and working with core values to create a personal vision
  • Identifying areas for realignment
• Communication and Leadership Presence
  • The impact of presence on perceptions of leadership: how do you appear to others?
  • Enhancing clarity and presence to inspire, build confidence, and create trust
  • Requirements of strategic communications in a virtual world
• Re-energizing Your Leadership
  • Sources of interference that are limiting performance, and overcoming obstacles to personal change
  • Reawakening the body and quieting the mind to open pathways to wisdom and resilience
  • Mobilizing courage and resilience in a chaotic environment
  • Defining leadership identity and contribution
  • Assessing personal leadership contribution based on strengths, values, passions, and purpose
• Leader and Team as Coach
  • Targeted skill development: coaching, communication, presentation, creativity, influence
  • Inspiring people and working together to deliver top performance
  • Sustaining a culture of trust, respect, and motivation
• Transformational Leadership
  • Enhancing influence to leverage organizational interactions
  • Exercising power and politics wisely
  • Leading superior strategy execution and sustainable change
• The Future of Leadership
  • Igniting potential and equipping oneself to lead for the future

Meet the Faculty

• Dr. Daniel Skarlicki
  • Program Director
  • Professor at the UBC Sauder School of Business
  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Alex Trisoglio
  • Senior Associate
  • Executive coach specializing in leadership development, performance improvement, and organizational change
• Joanna Piros
  • Associate
  • Senior consultant with Counterpoint Communications
• Julie Jones
  • Associate
  • Master Certified Coach
• Tianne Allan
  • Associate
  • Studied and taught mindfulness and somatic movement for over two decades

Program Details

• Duration: 5 days
• Format: In-person
• Location: Downtown Vancouver
• Tuition Fee: $5,650 + tax (5%)