Loyalist Training & Knowledge Center (LTKC) offered two high-performance and skilled leadership programs for today’s Ontario Municipal Leadership.
Managing & Leading in a Municipal Environment (ML)
Designed for existing leaders, this program offered high-level executive leadership skills for today’s Municipal Leadership. This 15-day + program consists of 12 core/compulsory days and 3 elective training days.
Program Objectives:
- lead and sustain change in your organization
- connect with people to build a stronger commitment and motivation
- create positive relationships to achieve greater results
- communicate more effectively
- inspire passion and boost performance for yourself and your work teams
- improve the quality/quantity of communication about performance between yourself and employees
- establish strategies that will lead teams and individuals to analyze problems and make better decisions
- complete projects on time and within budget
- effectively interview and select staff
- make better bottom-line decisions with working knowledge of the financial and budgeting processes in municipal government
- provide leadership in conflict situations
- manage more effectively in a unionized environment
- improve overall meeting effectiveness
- effectively use Employment Legislation – Labour Relations Act to improve decision-making in the municipal workplace
Core Modules (Compulsory)
• Self-Managed Leadership – 2 days
• Leading Change and Organizational Renewal – 2 days
• Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving, and Decision Making – 1 day
• Managing Performance– 1 day
• Managing in a Unionized Environment – 1 day
• Interviewing and Selecting Staff – 1 day
• 3A’s of Leadership and Authority – Level 1 – 2 days
• Legal Issues – 1 day
• Giving Performance-Related Feedback – 1 day
Elective Modules (Choose 3 days)
• Intro to LEAN Six Sigma – 1 day
• 3 As of Leadership & Authority – Level 2 – 1 day
• Conflict Resolution – 1 day
• Leadership through Continuous Improvement – 1 day
• Mental Health in the Workplace & Mental Distress – 1 day
• Crucial Conversations – 1 day
• Writing with Power and Purpose (Part 1) – 1 day
• Project Management – 2 days
• Time Mastery – 1 day
Bridges to Leadership
Designed for early leaders or those who aspire to lead, this program offered an introduction to leadership and building the foundation for high-performance leadership. This 12-day + program consists of 10 core/compulsory days and 2 elective training days.
Program Objectives:
- connect with people to build a stronger commitment and motivation
- create positive relationships to achieve greater results
- communicate more effectively
- inspire passion and boost performance for yourself and your work teams
- establish strategies that will lead teams and individuals to analyze problems and make better decisions
- complete projects on time and within budget using project management tools and techniques
- save time and increase the persuasiveness of your writing
- provide leadership in conflict situations
- Improve overall meeting effectiveness
- Increase your effectiveness with others through a deeper understanding of different personalities, communication styles and temperaments, including generational diversity
- Identify and analyze personal time patterns and opportunities for improvement
- Identify your personal career anchors and create a career development plan
- Improve your occupational safety effectiveness and efficiencies
- Explore labour-management relationships and their impact on the workplace
- deliver effective presentations to internal and external clients
- Communicate more effectively with customers and deal with difficult customer situations
Core Modules (Compulsory)
• The Dynamix® Profile-1 day
• Planning your Career Development – 1 day
• Human Resource Essentials-1 day
• Coaching for Change using Communication– 1 day
• Writing with Power and Purpose – Part 1 – 1 day
• Building an Effective Work Team – 1 day
• Customer Service – 1 day
• Exploring Labour-Management Relations – 1 day
• 3A’s of Leadership and Authority – Level 1 – 2 days
Elective Modules (Choose 2)
• Presentation Skills – 2 days
• Dealing with Multiple Generations in the Workplace – 1 day
• Maximizing your Delegation Skills – 1 day
• Writing With Power and Purpose (Part 2) – 1 day
• Facilitation Skills for Project and Team-Based Environments – 2 days
• Time Mastery – 1 day
• Mental Health in the Workplace & Mental Distress – 1 day • Conflict Resolution – 1 day
• Crucial Conversations – 1 day
• Project Management – 2 days
• Presentation Skills – 2 days
• Giving Performance Related Feedback – 1 day
For more information, contact us at 613-969-1913 ext 2294 or tdyck@loyalistcollege.com
Testimonials/Case Stories
A review of municipal leadership training from Northumberland County’s Forest Manager Ben Walters.