Organizations need professionals who can drive organizational development (OD) initiatives with method, rigor, influence, and leadership to address today's challenges while remaining aligned, people-centered, and high-performing.
This certification grounds you in the practice of organizational development by exploring its foundations and humanistic values, the strategic advisor role, the design and selection of high-impact interventions, and collaborative approaches.
Over six days, you will explore twelve (12) key topics designed to strengthen your strategic OD consulting mindset and capabilities. You will develop:
- Organizational development expertise,
- Relational, strategic, and political consulting skills,
- Competencies in dialogic and diagnostic intervention methods,
- Contextual knowledge related to the impact of artificial intelligence on work and the advancement of sustainability within organizations,
You will leave with a practical toolkit that you can immediately apply to improve team performance, foster employee engagement, support workplace well-being, and lead organizational transformations while respecting your organization's capacity for change.
10 OD EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON ISSUES OF STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE.
The successful completion of this program entitles you to a digital certificate. These credentials are trusted, secure, verifiable, and sustainable.
GOALS
Whether you are looking to deepen your expertise or discover the field of organizational development, this certification is designed for you. By the end of the program, you will be able to:
- Strengthen your effectiveness as an OD advisor by developing your relational and political skills,
- Master the foundations of organizational development and the key success indicators needed to design rigorous interventions,
- Select and implement appropriate intervention methods using diagnostic and dialogic approaches,
- Align strategy, structure, and culture while equipping leaders with the right questions to drive organizational success,
- Support organizational transformation and sustainability initiatives
- Whether you are looking to deepen your expertise or discover the field of organizational development, this certification is designed for you.Improve team performance,
- Foster employee engagement and workplace well-being
IS THIS FOR YOU?
- HR and Organizational Development professionals, including HR Business
- Partners, specialists, and transformation project managers
- Internal and external consultants supporting leaders with organizational culture, strategy, and change initiatives
- Professionals responsible for diagnosing organizational or people-related issues, engaging stakeholders, and supporting teams
- Professional/leader pairs or colleagues wishing to build a shared organizational development language and common practices
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Immediately applicable learning : practical tools and concepts that can be implemented right away, enriched by meaningful peer discussions.
- Greater confidence in your interventions :concrete frameworks and practical tools to strengthen and structure your consulting practice.
- A modern OD perspective : sustainability, equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), and artificial intelligence fully integrated into organizational development practice.
- A faculty of recognized experts : learn from renowned practitioners and academics who combine rigor, pragmatism, and real-world impact.
Certificate issuance is contingent on session attendance and the results of the final exam.
MODULE 1 - How Can Organizational Development Address Today's Organizational Challenges?
Céline Bareil
- Understand organizational development as a field of practice: its history, foundations, values, and contribution to today's organizational challenges
- Master individual, team, and organizational intervention approaches, including diagnostic and dialogic methods
- Develop the core competencies of OD practitioners and understand how to measure impact
MODULE 2 - How Do You Build Strong Consulting Relationships?
Rose-Marie Charest
- Build trust and collaboration in an internal or external consulting role
- Understand client motivations and resistance to improve interventions
- Move from insight to action through applied role-playing exercises
MODULE 3 - How Do You Select the Right Organizational Development Intervention?
Caroline Loignon
- Understand what makes an OD intervention successful and recognize common causes of failure
- Design effective interventions using diagnostic and dialogic approaches (coaching, World Café, Appreciative Inquiry, peer coaching, Design Thinking, Future Search, Open Space Technology, etc.)
- Evaluate intervention effectiveness to refine actions and demonstrate impact
MODULE 4 - How Can Collaborative Approaches Solve Complex Problems?
Julie Bourbonnais
- Understand the foundations of collaborative leadership and the critical success factors of collaborative initiatives
- Clarify your role in initiating, facilitating, and supporting collaborative approaches
- Evaluate collaborative initiatives using clear performance criteria
MODULE 5 - How Do You Align Strategy with Organizational Components?
Rabih Khoury
- Clarify the meaning of strategy, its relationship to planning and objectives, its different levels, and the value chain
- Align vision, strategy, structure, processes, and culture to support organizational transformation
- Equip leaders with key questions and KPIs to monitor strategic success
MODULE 6 - How Do You Develop Political Savvy in Organizational Development?
Pierre Lainey
- Decode organizational politics by mapping stakeholders, interests, issues, and influence networks
- Understand power dynamics and identify your sphere of influence
- Build sustainable influence through alliances, coalitions, and constructive political behaviors
MODULE 7 - How Can You Advance Sustainability and Social Responsibility?
Emmanuel Benoit Raufflet
- Understand sustainability, corporate social responsibility, and the circular economy
- Connect organizational purpose with sustainability priorities to identify meaningful actions
- Activate accountability mechanisms and assess organizational sustainability maturity
MODULE 8 - How Can Organizations Rethink Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence?
Luc Lespérance
- Identify where AI creates the greatest value using a task transformation assessment framework
- Understand organizational limits to adaptation and anticipate disruption
- Redesign jobs by developing future skills using the 3C model and strategies for deskilling, upskilling, and reskilling
MODULE 9 - How Can You Improve Team Performance?
Corinne Prost
- Identify the drivers of high performing teams and recognize early warning signs of failure
- Assess team performance across results, collaboration, team dynamics, and long-term resilience
- Implement practical improvement strategies and performance review processes for managers
MODULE 10 - How Can You Foster Sustainable Employee Engagement?
Christian Vandenberghe
- Understand the different dimensions of employee engagement
- Identify the organizational, job, and leadership factors that drive engagement
- Strengthen employee retention through intergenerational practices and engagement metrics
MODULE 11 - How Can You Promote Workplace Well-Being?
Estelle Morin
- Enhance employee health and well-being by improving work design and meaningful work
- Foster sustainable work-life balance, healthy boundaries, enjoyment, and positive workplace culture
- Measure workplace well-being and implement targeted improvement initiatives
MODULE 12 - How Can You Support Leaders, Managers, and Teams Through Organizational Transformation?
Céline Bareil
- Understand the strategic, systemic, and human dimensions of organizational transformation
- Strengthen your advisory role in supporting executives, managers, and teams
- Apply the CAPTE methodology along with practical tools and proven change management frameworks
DELIVERY FORMAT
Choose the learning format that best suits your needs:
- Live online
- In person
- Hybrid (simultaneous classroom and online participation)Days 1 and 6 are delivered in person. For Days 2 to 5, participants may choose their preferred delivery format.
PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR AND INSTRUCTOR:
INSTRUCTORS:
Caroline Loignon
BBA, MPA (Human Resources)
Lecturer at HEC Montréal, Strategic Consultant and Coach at Corail Leadership
Christian Vandenberghe
Licence (Psychology), Licence (Labour Studies), PhD (Psychology)
Professor, HEC Montréal
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GOALS
Whether you are looking to deepen your expertise or discover the field of organizational development, this certification is designed for you. By the end of the program, you will be able to:
- Strengthen your effectiveness as an OD advisor by developing your relational and political skills,
- Master the foundations of organizational development and the key success indicators needed to design rigorous interventions,
- Select and implement appropriate intervention methods using diagnostic and dialogic approaches,
- Align strategy, structure, and culture while equipping leaders with the right questions to drive organizational success,
- Support organizational transformation and sustainability initiatives
- Whether you are looking to deepen your expertise or discover the field of organizational development, this certification is designed for you.Improve team performance,
- Foster employee engagement and workplace well-being
IS THIS FOR YOU?
- HR and Organizational Development professionals, including HR Business
- Partners, specialists, and transformation project managers
- Internal and external consultants supporting leaders with organizational culture, strategy, and change initiatives
- Professionals responsible for diagnosing organizational or people-related issues, engaging stakeholders, and supporting teams
- Professional/leader pairs or colleagues wishing to build a shared organizational development language and common practices
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Immediately applicable learning : practical tools and concepts that can be implemented right away, enriched by meaningful peer discussions.
- Greater confidence in your interventions :concrete frameworks and practical tools to strengthen and structure your consulting practice.
- A modern OD perspective : sustainability, equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), and artificial intelligence fully integrated into organizational development practice.
- A faculty of recognized experts : learn from renowned practitioners and academics who combine rigor, pragmatism, and real-world impact.
Certificate issuance is contingent on session attendance and the results of the final exam.
MODULE 1 - How Can Organizational Development Address Today's Organizational Challenges?
Céline Bareil
- Understand organizational development as a field of practice: its history, foundations, values, and contribution to today's organizational challenges
- Master individual, team, and organizational intervention approaches, including diagnostic and dialogic methods
- Develop the core competencies of OD practitioners and understand how to measure impact
MODULE 2 - How Do You Build Strong Consulting Relationships?
Rose-Marie Charest
- Build trust and collaboration in an internal or external consulting role
- Understand client motivations and resistance to improve interventions
- Move from insight to action through applied role-playing exercises
MODULE 3 - How Do You Select the Right Organizational Development Intervention?
Caroline Loignon
- Understand what makes an OD intervention successful and recognize common causes of failure
- Design effective interventions using diagnostic and dialogic approaches (coaching, World Café, Appreciative Inquiry, peer coaching, Design Thinking, Future Search, Open Space Technology, etc.)
- Evaluate intervention effectiveness to refine actions and demonstrate impact
MODULE 4 - How Can Collaborative Approaches Solve Complex Problems?
Julie Bourbonnais
- Understand the foundations of collaborative leadership and the critical success factors of collaborative initiatives
- Clarify your role in initiating, facilitating, and supporting collaborative approaches
- Evaluate collaborative initiatives using clear performance criteria
MODULE 5 - How Do You Align Strategy with Organizational Components?
Rabih Khoury
- Clarify the meaning of strategy, its relationship to planning and objectives, its different levels, and the value chain
- Align vision, strategy, structure, processes, and culture to support organizational transformation
- Equip leaders with key questions and KPIs to monitor strategic success
MODULE 6 - How Do You Develop Political Savvy in Organizational Development?
Pierre Lainey
- Decode organizational politics by mapping stakeholders, interests, issues, and influence networks
- Understand power dynamics and identify your sphere of influence
- Build sustainable influence through alliances, coalitions, and constructive political behaviors
MODULE 7 - How Can You Advance Sustainability and Social Responsibility?
Emmanuel Benoit Raufflet
- Understand sustainability, corporate social responsibility, and the circular economy
- Connect organizational purpose with sustainability priorities to identify meaningful actions
- Activate accountability mechanisms and assess organizational sustainability maturity
MODULE 8 - How Can Organizations Rethink Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence?
Luc Lespérance
- Identify where AI creates the greatest value using a task transformation assessment framework
- Understand organizational limits to adaptation and anticipate disruption
- Redesign jobs by developing future skills using the 3C model and strategies for deskilling, upskilling, and reskilling
MODULE 9 - How Can You Improve Team Performance?
Corinne Prost
- Identify the drivers of high performing teams and recognize early warning signs of failure
- Assess team performance across results, collaboration, team dynamics, and long-term resilience
- Implement practical improvement strategies and performance review processes for managers
MODULE 10 - How Can You Foster Sustainable Employee Engagement?
Christian Vandenberghe
- Understand the different dimensions of employee engagement
- Identify the organizational, job, and leadership factors that drive engagement
- Strengthen employee retention through intergenerational practices and engagement metrics
MODULE 11 - How Can You Promote Workplace Well-Being?
Estelle Morin
- Enhance employee health and well-being by improving work design and meaningful work
- Foster sustainable work-life balance, healthy boundaries, enjoyment, and positive workplace culture
- Measure workplace well-being and implement targeted improvement initiatives
MODULE 12 - How Can You Support Leaders, Managers, and Teams Through Organizational Transformation?
Céline Bareil
- Understand the strategic, systemic, and human dimensions of organizational transformation
- Strengthen your advisory role in supporting executives, managers, and teams
- Apply the CAPTE methodology along with practical tools and proven change management frameworks
DELIVERY FORMAT
Choose the learning format that best suits your needs:
- Live online
- In person
- Hybrid (simultaneous classroom and online participation)Days 1 and 6 are delivered in person. For Days 2 to 5, participants may choose their preferred delivery format.
PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR AND INSTRUCTOR:
INSTRUCTORS:
Caroline Loignon
BBA, MPA (Human Resources)
Lecturer at HEC Montréal, Strategic Consultant and Coach at Corail Leadership
Christian Vandenberghe
Licence (Psychology), Licence (Labour Studies), PhD (Psychology)
Professor, HEC Montréal
