Becoming a leader means learning how to make decisions, mobilize people, and exercise sound judgment in situations that are rarely straightforward. This requires the ability to navigate complex day-to-day environments, balance organizational expectations, manage team dynamics as well as interpersonal challenges, and build strong professional relationships.
This certification helps you develop the essential reference points needed to better understand the dynamics that shape your decisions, interactions, and actions. You will cultivate a more conscious, nuanced leadership stance, aligned with your professional reality.
Through practical tools and an applied learning approach, you will be better equipped to make informed decisions, build strong professional relationships, and exercise sound leadership in complex and ambiguous contexts.
t the end of the program, you will receive a recognized certification. A real asset, it attests to the skills you've acquired and reinforces your credibility with investors and partners.
GOALS
- Develop a deeper understanding of human, relational, and organizational dynamics
- Take a step back from your management and leadership practices
- Better understand the mechanisms that influence decision-making
- Strengthen your ability to act in complex, high-pressure contexts
- Develop a leadership posture that is more conscious, contextualized, and mobilizing
- Explore different leadership approaches through experiential activities
IS THIS FOR YOU?
This certification is designed for individuals who wish to develop a more conscious, nuanced leadership posture, adapted to complex organizational realities, regardless of their sector or level of management experience.
It is designed for:
- Managers and executives
- Entrepreneurs
- Project or transformation leaders
- Individuals taking on new leadership responsibilities
- Professionals required to mobilize teams or influence without formal authority
- Anyone seeking to strengthen their reflective and relational capacities in an organizational context
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Stronger analytical skills for understanding organizational situations
- A more nuanced understanding of relational and political dynamics
- More conscious leadership reflexes adapted to complex situations
- An increased ability to navigate uncertainty and pressure
- A more strategic reading of organizations and influence dynamics
- Practical tools to support your management and decision-making practices
Certificate issuance is contingent on session attendance and the results of the final exam.
DAY 1 — UNDERSTANDING YOUR ENVIRONMENT TO ACT MORE EFFECTIVELY
AM — UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS
- Decoding the logic that structures organizations
- Understanding the tensions that influence decisions
- Refining your understanding of your management role
PM — ANALYZING YOUR MANAGEMENT SITUATIONS
- Taking a more nuanced look at your organizational challenges
- Interpreting political, human, and symbolic dimensions
- Better understanding what truly drives action
DAY 2 — BUIILDING RELATIONSHIPS THAT MOBILIZE
- Understanding relational dynamics in management contexts
- Analyzing how relationships are formed and evolve
- Strengthening your relational skills
- Experimenting with practical approaches to sustainable mobilization
DAY 3 — ACTING UNDER PRESSURE
- Exercising leadership under pressure
- Recognizing common leadership pitfalls under pressure
- Adapting your stance according to the intensity, duration, and requirements of the situation
- Developing levers to shift from assertive leadership to more collective forms when the context requires it
DAY 4 — DEPLOYING LEADERSHIP ADAPTED TO COMPLEXITY
AM — BEING A LEADER IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT
- Understanding the effects of pressure on your decisions
- Identifying leadership pitfalls in tense contexts
- Adapting your posture to different situations
- Mobilizing the right levers, individually and collectively
PM — PREVENTING LEADERSHIP DERAILMENTS AND ACTING WITH DISCERNMENT
- Recognizing the signs and effects of the darker sides of leadership in organizations
- Understanding the factors that foster their emergence in order to prevent them
- Developing concrete reference points to intervene with sound judgment and effectiveness
Day 5 — NAVIGATING THE ORGANIZATION AND EXERCISING INFLUENCE
AM — UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS
- Experiencing the dynamics that influence how organizations function
- Understanding their impact on information flow, coordination, and initiative
- Identifying tensions created by everyday organizational choices
PM — INFLUENCING, RALLYING AND ACTING STRATEGICALLY
- Understanding power dynamics in organizations
- Building alliances and managing opposition with discernment
- Exercising mobilizing leadership in complex contexts
Day 6 — DECIDING WITH DISCERNEMENT
AM — STRCTURING THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
- Understanding the key stages of a decision
- Generating and evaluating multiple options before deciding
- Recognizing the biases that influence your choices
PM — AVOIDING COUNTERPRODUCTIVE DECISIONS
- Understanding the mechanisms that lead to poor decisions
- Challenging assumptions and automatic responses
- Expanding your options for analysis and action in complex contexts
Day 7 — CONSOLIDATING YOUR LEADERSHIP
MEETINGS WITH EXPERTS
- Discovering different points of view on management, leadership, and organizations
- Drawing inspiration from concrete experiences and complementary viewpoints
CERTIFICATION WRAP-UP
- Consolidating key learnings
- Sharing insights gained throughout the program
- Identifying the next steps in your professional development
TRAINING APPROACH
The program emphasizes an experiential and reflective pedagogy that places participants in an active learning posture. Learning activities include simulations, experiential exercises, group discussions, case studies, and individual and collective reflection exercises.
MSc (Engineering), MSc (Management Sciences), PhD (Management Sciences)
Associate Professor, HEC Montréal
DEA (History and Civilization), PhD (Management Sciences)
Professor and Director, Department of Management and Director, Pierre Péladeau Center - Leadership and Management, HEC Montréal
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GOALS
- Develop a deeper understanding of human, relational, and organizational dynamics
- Take a step back from your management and leadership practices
- Better understand the mechanisms that influence decision-making
- Strengthen your ability to act in complex, high-pressure contexts
- Develop a leadership posture that is more conscious, contextualized, and mobilizing
- Explore different leadership approaches through experiential activities
IS THIS FOR YOU?
This certification is designed for individuals who wish to develop a more conscious, nuanced leadership posture, adapted to complex organizational realities, regardless of their sector or level of management experience.
It is designed for:
- Managers and executives
- Entrepreneurs
- Project or transformation leaders
- Individuals taking on new leadership responsibilities
- Professionals required to mobilize teams or influence without formal authority
- Anyone seeking to strengthen their reflective and relational capacities in an organizational context
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Stronger analytical skills for understanding organizational situations
- A more nuanced understanding of relational and political dynamics
- More conscious leadership reflexes adapted to complex situations
- An increased ability to navigate uncertainty and pressure
- A more strategic reading of organizations and influence dynamics
- Practical tools to support your management and decision-making practices
Certificate issuance is contingent on session attendance and the results of the final exam.
DAY 1 — UNDERSTANDING YOUR ENVIRONMENT TO ACT MORE EFFECTIVELY
AM — UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS
- Decoding the logic that structures organizations
- Understanding the tensions that influence decisions
- Refining your understanding of your management role
PM — ANALYZING YOUR MANAGEMENT SITUATIONS
- Taking a more nuanced look at your organizational challenges
- Interpreting political, human, and symbolic dimensions
- Better understanding what truly drives action
DAY 2 — BUIILDING RELATIONSHIPS THAT MOBILIZE
- Understanding relational dynamics in management contexts
- Analyzing how relationships are formed and evolve
- Strengthening your relational skills
- Experimenting with practical approaches to sustainable mobilization
DAY 3 — ACTING UNDER PRESSURE
- Exercising leadership under pressure
- Recognizing common leadership pitfalls under pressure
- Adapting your stance according to the intensity, duration, and requirements of the situation
- Developing levers to shift from assertive leadership to more collective forms when the context requires it
DAY 4 — DEPLOYING LEADERSHIP ADAPTED TO COMPLEXITY
AM — BEING A LEADER IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT
- Understanding the effects of pressure on your decisions
- Identifying leadership pitfalls in tense contexts
- Adapting your posture to different situations
- Mobilizing the right levers, individually and collectively
PM — PREVENTING LEADERSHIP DERAILMENTS AND ACTING WITH DISCERNMENT
- Recognizing the signs and effects of the darker sides of leadership in organizations
- Understanding the factors that foster their emergence in order to prevent them
- Developing concrete reference points to intervene with sound judgment and effectiveness
Day 5 — NAVIGATING THE ORGANIZATION AND EXERCISING INFLUENCE
AM — UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS
- Experiencing the dynamics that influence how organizations function
- Understanding their impact on information flow, coordination, and initiative
- Identifying tensions created by everyday organizational choices
PM — INFLUENCING, RALLYING AND ACTING STRATEGICALLY
- Understanding power dynamics in organizations
- Building alliances and managing opposition with discernment
- Exercising mobilizing leadership in complex contexts
Day 6 — DECIDING WITH DISCERNEMENT
AM — STRCTURING THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
- Understanding the key stages of a decision
- Generating and evaluating multiple options before deciding
- Recognizing the biases that influence your choices
PM — AVOIDING COUNTERPRODUCTIVE DECISIONS
- Understanding the mechanisms that lead to poor decisions
- Challenging assumptions and automatic responses
- Expanding your options for analysis and action in complex contexts
Day 7 — CONSOLIDATING YOUR LEADERSHIP
MEETINGS WITH EXPERTS
- Discovering different points of view on management, leadership, and organizations
- Drawing inspiration from concrete experiences and complementary viewpoints
CERTIFICATION WRAP-UP
- Consolidating key learnings
- Sharing insights gained throughout the program
- Identifying the next steps in your professional development
TRAINING APPROACH
The program emphasizes an experiential and reflective pedagogy that places participants in an active learning posture. Learning activities include simulations, experiential exercises, group discussions, case studies, and individual and collective reflection exercises.
MSc (Engineering), MSc (Management Sciences), PhD (Management Sciences)
Associate Professor, HEC Montréal
DEA (History and Civilization), PhD (Management Sciences)
Professor and Director, Department of Management and Director, Pierre Péladeau Center - Leadership and Management, HEC Montréal