In-Person

Sustainability Leadership: Championing Change in an Increasingly Polarized World

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Length
5 days
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
+5 hours of support
+ 1 evening

Program offered at
Hélène-Desmarais Building
All included
(5 hotel nights, meals and launch cocktail)

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  • Downtown

    • April 19 (evening), 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 2026
Rate
Regular price
$9,595
Sale price
$9,595
Regular price
Language

Français

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Nadia Uria-Fernandez
Nadia Uria-Fernandez
Program Manager

In a world facing growing environmental challenges and increasing social polarization, adopting sustainable leadership is essential. It allows you to confidently navigate the complexities of our times and implement strategies that promote economic prosperity, ecological sustainability and social equity within your organization.

This 5-day residential training will equip you with the tools to meet these challenges. You will learn how to navigate planetary boundaries and understand relevant regulatory frameworks, while recognizing leadership styles (especially female) and unconscious biases that can influence your decisions. In addition, you will develop essential political and strategic skills to strengthen your influence in your organization.


BOOST YOUR RESPONSIBLE LEADER SKILLS
THANKS TO THIS 100% RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM.



Personalized support for a sustainable transition
Five hours of personalized support from our specialists are included for the development and deployment of your own sustainable transition project.

Participation in this training includes assessment results from the following awareness test:

Sulitest
Awareness test

 

Successful completion of this training entitles you to a digital certificate, a secure, online-verifiable, authentic and lasting proof of competence.

GOALS

  • To understand the impact of climate change and environmental degradation on organizations and society.
  • Decrypt polarization dynamics in organizations and develop strategies for making balanced decisions.
  • Determine and overcome obstacles to the engagement of women and men for the socio-ecological transition within organizations.
  • To use the levers of action for leaders to catalyze change, with an emphasis on relational skills.
  • Practice inclusive leadership to bridge divisions and seize opportunities to have meaningful impact locally and internationally.
  • Acquire skills to move from safe spaces to brave spaces, including everyone in efforts for gender equality and climate issues.
  • Improve your communication skills and political skills to address gender and climate issues with compelling arguments and evidence.
  • Elaborate and to present your sustainable transition project.

IS THIS FOR YOU?

Any manager, senior executive or member of a management team with more than 10 years of professional management experience in various sectors or industries.

DISTINCTIVE ADVANTAGES

An intensive residential program with a dual emphasis:

  • Developing your interpersonal and leadership skills in a context of polarization in order to increase your capacity for influence.
  • The acquisition of knowledge and tools to accelerate your organization's move towards a socio-ecological transition.

5 personalized support sessions of 1 hour, spread over 6 months.

A professional and personal transformation thanks to the Sulitest awareness test.

Access to a network of people who are experts and committed to combating climate change and promoting sustainability.

Module 1 - 5@7 opening

Dominique Anglade and speaker (at the hotel)

  • Launch of the program, progress, objectives and achievements

Module 2 - Planetary boundaries and climate change

Yves Plourde, Annick Labadie and Dominique Anglade

  • Introduction of the theme of sustainable development (SD) in a context of polarization
  • SD goals, planetary boundaries, role of organizations
  • Sulitest Sensitization Test Results
  • Creation of the Climate Fresco

Module 3 - Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues: tools and approaches

Magali Depras, Yves Plourde and Dominique Anglade

  • Issues and barriers in organizations
  • Regulatory frameworks, carbon footprints, ESG factors and circular economy
  • Dual materiality matrix as an indispensable tool for corporate social responsibility (CSR)
  • Diagnosis of your organization

Module 4 - Sustainable Leadership Skills

Annick Labadie and Dominique Anglade

  • Types of leadership
  • Definition of sustainable leadership
  • Integration of social and environmental responsibility
  • Inclusion and female leadership
  • Prejudices and unconscious biases to better manage inequities

Module 5 - Political skills to navigate organizations

Pierre Lainey, Annick Labadie and Dominique Anglade

  • Power dynamics and political games in organizations
  • Action levers to increase your power
  • Means for creating lasting alliances and coalitions
  • Indicators for measuring influence

Module 6 - Taking action

Dominique Anglade

  • Team presentation of sustainable transition plans
  • Summary of learning
  • Planning personalized support
  • Presentation of certificates of achievement

TEACHING METHOD

  • Interactive, dynamic and intensive training
  • Variety of learning methods: case studies, concrete illustrations of best practices, analysis grids, group discussions and exchanges with specialists in climate change and sustainable leadership
  • 100% in residence to allow you to concentrate on your training, devote all your energy to it and benefit from the synergy of the experiences combined
  • 5 personalized support sessions

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Registration for the program includes:

  • 5 nights at the hotel
  • Lunches, coffee breaks, dinners and suppers
  • Teaching materials and tests

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR AND INSTRUCTOR:

Dominique Anglade
Dominique Anglade

Eng., MBA

Executive Director, Executive Education HEC Montréal, Professor of Practice

INSTRUCTORS:

Magali Depras

MBA, IDP-C

President and Founder, Magali Depras Services Conseils inc.

Pierre Lainey
Pierre Lainey

DBA, MBA, MPsy, C.Adm., CMC, CHRP

Senior Faculty Lecturer, HEC Montréal

Yves Plourde

PhD (Management)

Associate Professor, HEC Montréal

Annick Routhier Labadie

MSc (Engineering Sciences and Biomedical Engineering)

President and Founder, Humains & Compagnie

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GOALS

  • To understand the impact of climate change and environmental degradation on organizations and society.
  • Decrypt polarization dynamics in organizations and develop strategies for making balanced decisions.
  • Determine and overcome obstacles to the engagement of women and men for the socio-ecological transition within organizations.
  • To use the levers of action for leaders to catalyze change, with an emphasis on relational skills.
  • Practice inclusive leadership to bridge divisions and seize opportunities to have meaningful impact locally and internationally.
  • Acquire skills to move from safe spaces to brave spaces, including everyone in efforts for gender equality and climate issues.
  • Improve your communication skills and political skills to address gender and climate issues with compelling arguments and evidence.
  • Elaborate and to present your sustainable transition project.

IS THIS FOR YOU?

Any manager, senior executive or member of a management team with more than 10 years of professional management experience in various sectors or industries.

DISTINCTIVE ADVANTAGES

An intensive residential program with a dual emphasis:

  • Developing your interpersonal and leadership skills in a context of polarization in order to increase your capacity for influence.
  • The acquisition of knowledge and tools to accelerate your organization's move towards a socio-ecological transition.

5 personalized support sessions of 1 hour, spread over 6 months.

A professional and personal transformation thanks to the Sulitest awareness test.

Access to a network of people who are experts and committed to combating climate change and promoting sustainability.

Module 1 - 5@7 opening

Dominique Anglade and speaker (at the hotel)

  • Launch of the program, progress, objectives and achievements

Module 2 - Planetary boundaries and climate change

Yves Plourde, Annick Labadie and Dominique Anglade

  • Introduction of the theme of sustainable development (SD) in a context of polarization
  • SD goals, planetary boundaries, role of organizations
  • Sulitest Sensitization Test Results
  • Creation of the Climate Fresco

Module 3 - Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues: tools and approaches

Magali Depras, Yves Plourde and Dominique Anglade

  • Issues and barriers in organizations
  • Regulatory frameworks, carbon footprints, ESG factors and circular economy
  • Dual materiality matrix as an indispensable tool for corporate social responsibility (CSR)
  • Diagnosis of your organization

Module 4 - Sustainable Leadership Skills

Annick Labadie and Dominique Anglade

  • Types of leadership
  • Definition of sustainable leadership
  • Integration of social and environmental responsibility
  • Inclusion and female leadership
  • Prejudices and unconscious biases to better manage inequities

Module 5 - Political skills to navigate organizations

Pierre Lainey, Annick Labadie and Dominique Anglade

  • Power dynamics and political games in organizations
  • Action levers to increase your power
  • Means for creating lasting alliances and coalitions
  • Indicators for measuring influence

Module 6 - Taking action

Dominique Anglade

  • Team presentation of sustainable transition plans
  • Summary of learning
  • Planning personalized support
  • Presentation of certificates of achievement

TEACHING METHOD

  • Interactive, dynamic and intensive training
  • Variety of learning methods: case studies, concrete illustrations of best practices, analysis grids, group discussions and exchanges with specialists in climate change and sustainable leadership
  • 100% in residence to allow you to concentrate on your training, devote all your energy to it and benefit from the synergy of the experiences combined
  • 5 personalized support sessions

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Registration for the program includes:

  • 5 nights at the hotel
  • Lunches, coffee breaks, dinners and suppers
  • Teaching materials and tests

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR AND INSTRUCTOR:

Dominique Anglade
Dominique Anglade

Eng., MBA

Executive Director, Executive Education HEC Montréal, Professor of Practice

INSTRUCTORS:

Magali Depras

MBA, IDP-C

President and Founder, Magali Depras Services Conseils inc.

Pierre Lainey
Pierre Lainey

DBA, MBA, MPsy, C.Adm., CMC, CHRP

Senior Faculty Lecturer, HEC Montréal

Yves Plourde

PhD (Management)

Associate Professor, HEC Montréal

Annick Routhier Labadie

MSc (Engineering Sciences and Biomedical Engineering)

President and Founder, Humains & Compagnie

TESTIMONIAL(S)

Sandra Péloquin - Leadership durable

“The program gave me some tangible tools to enrich my approach and let me tap into a powerful network to explore new ideas. I was proud to be the voice of small businesses and family firms in the cohort, and I’ve come out of it determined to persuade more organizations to tackle these important issues.”

- Sandra Péloquin, Vice-President, Sustainable Transformation, ACME Sprinklers
Paul Michaud - Leadership durable

“I registered for the program to elevate my sustainability leadership skills and gain a better understanding of the sustainable development landscape, which is essential to my new role in my organization. Thank you to the entire team for a highly focused and powerful week — it gave me some handy new tools I can wield and really got me thinking. The program is officially up and running!”

- Paul Michaud, Vice-President, Human Resources Information Systems and Sustainability, Bombardier
Marie-France Amyot - Leadership durable

“It gave me the opportunity to explore new approaches to engagement and integrate the principles of sustainable development into our management practices. The experience was perfectly aligned with our vision of having a positive impact on the mental, physical and financial health of our clients. People-first, ethical leadership is more essential than ever right now in building strong, committed teams.”

- Marie-France Amyot, Vice-President, Group Benefits and Retirement Savings, Desjardins Insurance
Marie-Hélène Lagacé - Leadership durable

“I learned how to work environmental, social and governance factors into our organization’s business strategies and how to be an agent of change and a standard-bearer for a sustainable vision. I loved my experience. It moved me, challenged me and inspired me. I now feel much better equipped to take action and build a more sustainable future for our corporation.”

- Marie-Hélène Lagacé, Vice-President, Public Affairs, Communications and Social Responsibility, Société des alcools du Québec
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