Municipal Leadership 1: Essential Skills for Municipal Managers

  • Designed in cooperation with the Municipal Advisory Council of Municipal Executives, this program provides you with the knowledge and authority needed to lead people, teams and departments to a new level of excellence.

    Analyze and improve your leadership strengths using a 360-degree assessment to achieve your management goals and lead your organization to unprecedented success. Review current theory, research and practices to develop the coaching and mentoring skills required to achieve peak performance.

    This course is a module of the Masters Certificate in Municipal Leadership program. Depending on your needs, you can take this course as a stand-alone program, working towards the full Masters Certificate if all modules are completed within three (3) years or register for full certificate program and save on your tuition.

    Who Should Attend

    This program will benefit managers at all levels in the municipal sector. Participants should have a minimum of three years of management experience. This program will also benefit provincial government officials who work with municipalities.

    Participants can be:

    • CAO/City Manager
    • Chief Librarian
    • Police Chief
    • All Department Managers
    • Director
    • Chief Financial Officer
    • Fire Chief
    • Public Health Managers
    • Commissioner
    • Managers aspiring to lead

  • Course content details

  • Additional delivery options

    Adapt this program to your organization with these additional delivery options.

    In-house programming

  • Message from the Program Director

    Within 3 to 5 years, it is estimated up to 45% of municipal managers will be retiring. Are you equipped to take up the challenge of new leadership responsibilities?

    The rapidly changing cultural, economic and political climate requires today’s municipal professional to make a paradigm shift in leadership style, strategy and operational performance.

    Now is the time to sharpen your management and leadership skills, learn best practices and prepare for continuous municipal sector advancements.

    The goal of the Masters Certificate in Municipal Leadership is to equip municipal managers to effectively lead their municipality into the future. This is the definitive municipal leadership program in Canada. Aspire to lead people, teams and departments to a new level of excellence.

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    Municipal Leadership 1: Essential Skills for Municipal Managers Schulich Executive Education Centre
    Schulich School of Business, York University