2025_EE_Calendar_1Winter by UBC Sauder School of Business

2025

PROGRAM CALENDAR

Executive Education

Welcome to Canada’s Leading Business School

High-impact learning

Enhance your business and leadership skills, increase your earning potential and elevate your impact with Canada’s top Business School, ranked #1 in Maclean’s 2024 Business School rankings.

At UBC Sauder Executive Education we offer action-oriented training, interactive experiences and transformative learning at every stage of your career.

Our programs continually adapt to address the evolving needs of today’s professionals, empowering them to thrive in the dynamic business environment. Choose from 50+ programs led by world class faculty and industry experts. Depart with strategic insights, new perspectives and practical tools for success.

REVEAL YOUR POTENTIAL AND STAND OUT

ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL RIGOUR

UBC Sauder blends ground-breaking research with real-world expertise

DIVERSE NETWORK OF PEERS

Connect with your peers and discover new perspectives

IMPACTFUL LEARNING

Sharpen your skills to navigate change, and make an impact on business and society

PROFESSIONAL GROWTH

Experience personal and organizational change through innovative methods

CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE

Make a commitment to continue your professional development journey

Faculty Spotlight

Our faculty and instructors are experienced business advisors and global thought leaders.

Meet Adel Gamar

Adjunct Professor, Organizational Behaviour & Human Resources Division

Adel specializes in adaptive leadership, strategy and change management. For over 15 years, he has coached senior leaders and teams of Fortune 500 companies and public sector agencies worldwide. He served as Education Specialist at UNESCO and Policy Fellow at Harvard Law School.

Adel teaches Next Level Leadership

Leadership

Advanced Leadership Program

FLAGSHIP PROGRAM

This flagship program for senior leaders will guide you through a powerful journey of selfdiscovery. Clarify your leadership identity and enhance your capacity to effect personal and organizational change. Depart with renewed energy to lead yourself and your team into the future.

Coaching and Mentoring

In this workshop, you will learn critical coaching and mentoring skills for driving improved performance. Develop competencies and confidence in your team members. Promote a positive attitude to lead a thriving results-driven unit.

Developing Star Performers

Many people can be transformed into star performers given the right leadership guidance. See what makes the most productive employees stand out, and leverage work strategies that will help yourself and your team members routinely knock it out of the park.

Employee Engagement Leadership

Leverage the employee engagement life cycle to build a more motivated culture of connection, collaboration, communication and change adaptation. Fine-tune your leadership skillset to become a more engaging facilitative leader in your organization.

High-Performance People Skills

This program helps team leaders build top-performing teams and lead them to their greatest potential. Gain skills to amplify team talent and accelerate productivity. Promote trust and respect, while moving people and teams forward.

Leading Change

This program looks at organizational change from a human perspective. Learn how change impacts people and what leadership behaviours are needed to manage it. Sustain momentum for change, while communicating clearly and facilitating the transition process.

Next Level Leadership

Learn a transformative framework for adapting effectively to disruption and for activating the potential in people. Practice collaborative methods for designing innovative solutions that deliver on strategic goals and ensure organizational impact.

Principles of Authentic Leadership

DAYS 30 - 31 January 2025 15 - 16 April 2025 15 - 16 July 2025

2 DAYS 24 - 25 March 2025 26 - 27 June 2025 19 - 20 November 2025

DAYS 6 - 7 February 2025 25 - 26 June 2025 21 - 22 October 2025

DAYS 13 - 15 January 2025 3 - 5 March 2025 5 - 7 May 2025

Investigate the key approaches of authentic leaders, and ways to apply them to your role as a workplace decision maker. Cultivate the mindset and skills needed to be seen as an inspiring leader. Engage people in a way that motivates them to go above and beyond. 1 DAY 28 January 2025 28 May 2025 15 October 2025

Strategic Decision Making

Practice techniques for making better strategic decisions in the face of complexity and uncertainty. Identify critical strategic dimensions on which to ground your decisions. Discover your options, predict consequences and link decision-making issues to strategic goals. 2 DAYS 6 - 7 March 2025 24 - 25 June 2025 6 - 7 October 2025

Strategy & Innovation

Building an Effective Strategy

Learn the basics of strategic planning by applying a variety of strategy tools and practices. Craft a strategy statement, and become more creative when considering strategic options. Grow your personal strategic capacity to identify opportunities and make sound decisions.

Design Thinking Masterclass

Explore the fundamentals of Design Thinking and collaborative leadership, while gaining practical techniques and hands-on experience. Employ the power of Design Thinking to become a dynamic leader. Ignite a culture of innovation and strategic insight in your team.

Strategy Implementation that Works

This program integrates strategic thinking, planning and execution into a fully aligned game plan. Convert the strategic vision into effective operational and tactical implementation plans, and ensure that business activities link back to the overall strategy.

The Critical Path to Competitive Success

Get a firm fix on everything that connects your organization to its customers. Add value to the activities that matter, making them faster, smarter, better and more profitable. Follow the critical path steps that move the needle toward marketplace success.

Data & Digital Transformation

AI for Everyone

This introductory course offers hands-on training in generative AI, empowering you to boost productivity, streamline operations, capture new customers and spearhead innovation. Don’t get left behind—prepare yourself today to excel in an AI-driven future!

Demystifying Digital Analytics

Learn how data analytics can provide an accurate, real-time picture of your online and digital business initiatives. Leverage online intelligence to make better data-driven decisions and optimize your digital ecosystem.

Digital Transformation

Equip yourself with the knowledge and tools to navigate the complexities of digital transformation, positioning your organization for future success. Cultivate a culture of collaboration and agility that thrives on the power of existing and new digital capabilities.

Managing AI and Data Science Projects

This introductory program presents the basics of project management, focusing on data mining and the use of AI technologies. Accelerate your learning curve and obtain a guide to implementing AI projects within your organization.

Accounting & Finance

Financial Statement Analysis for Non-Financial Managers

Acquire a basic understanding of financial statements and the application of key financial analysis tools. Explore the relationships between investment, operational and financing decisions. Learn to use financial statements to make better investment decisions.

Fundamentals of Accounting for Non-Financial Managers

Learn to “think finance” and understand what the numbers are telling you. Read basic financial reports and ask probing questions based on the data they provide. Increase your financial fluency to make your business decisions pay off—in your career, and on the bottom line.

Global Certificate in Corporate Sustainability

This innovative program is your catalyst for understanding the profound significance of leading sustainable change on a global scale. Break barriers and become a champion of change. Claim your role in creating a sustainable legacy for your business.

Mindfulness & Wellbeing

Leadership Resilience

Resilience is not something you’re born with—it can be learned. This program provides understanding, inspiration and actions to build your resilience. Explore ways to protect your productivity, support the agility of your team and facilitate wellbeing at your organization.

PERFORM: Be Better. Be Smarter. Be Stronger

Unlock the powerful cognitive, emotional and physical capacities that lie within you. Experience a blend of neuroscience-driven techniques for health and wellbeing, as you engage in a transformative journey of self-fulfilment.

Time Management Skills

Explore time management solutions to help you make the most of every day. Overcome time wasters and make better time allocation decisions. Boost your powers of concentration to remain on point. Transcend your to-do list by focusing on results, not tasks.

Communication

AI for Interview Preparation

Looking to land your dream job? Let ELI, an AI-powered communication coach, be the edge you need to ace your next interview. Whether you’re aiming for a career shift or your first role, ELI offers personalized, real-time guidance to help you shine. 6 MONTHS ONLINE ACCESS Anytime, anywhere

Communicating with Impact

In this unique hands-on workshop, you will practice proven communication techniques in real-world scenarios: team meetings or 1:1 conversations; virtual or face-to-face; by email or direct message. Find your voice and communicate with confidence.

Communicating without Authority

This program provides strategies and skills that anyone with limited authority can use to communicate with competence, confidence and credibility. Overcome obstacles to success, and increase your effectiveness when addressing others with more or equal authority.

Conflict Management Strategies

Make conflict resolution part of a healthy, productive work environment. Anticipate and pre-empt conflicts when possible, and resolve them in a fair and considerate manner when they do occur. Practice techniques for managing conflict on both individual and team levels.

Elevate your Executive Presence

Recognize your leadership brand and build skills to augment your impact. Craft a communication style to reflect the brand you wish to project. Inspire trust in your abilities. Elevate your presence to become a leader whom others want to follow.

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) for Managers

Sharpen your leadership impact from the inside out, through self-reflection and activity-based development. Become more self-aware, as you choose to improve your emotional intelligence. Use communication as an extension of your interpersonal and leadership choices.

Inspiring Feedback for Leaders

When received with a growth mindset, feedback plants the seeds for transformation and performance improvement. This program offers essential techniques for giving and receiving feedback. Fuel your organization’s growth mindset to connect, reflect and grow!

Persuasion and Influence

Practice effective persuasion tactics under a variety of situations. Build trust with your audience, communicate clearly to strengthen your message, and appeal to people’s emotional and intellectual sides. Exercise constructive influence throughout the organization.

- 12 February 2025

- 9 April 2025

- 20 June 2025

- 19 September 2025

- 4 March 2025

- 5 June 2025

- 18 September 2025 29 - 30 April 2025 19 - 20 August 2025 15 July 2025 9 December 2025

19 - 20 March 2025 11 - 12 June 2025 26 - 27 November 2025

Communication (cont:)

Presentation Skills Workshop

This workshop helps you build skills for presenting with confidence, credibility and connection. Design and deliver presentations that capture the audience’s attention and get you the action needed to move people and projects forward.

Thinking on Your Feet

Learn techniques of improvisation and integrate them into your managerial skill set. Face uncertainty with equanimity, make well-calibrated decisions on the fly, and develop a confident “ready for anything” mindset that enables you to adapt instantly to change.

Operations & Project Management

Lean Green Belt

This program develops the Lean concepts and techniques you need to drive measurable improvements and stronger performance in your organization. It includes expert coaching on applied project work that may lead to Lean Green Belt certification. 5 DAYS 12 - 16 May 2025 20 - 24 October 2025

Lean Six Sigma White Belt

This program introduces the Lean Six Sigma methodology for leading process improvement projects. Explore how leaders in all industries use Lean Six Sigma to solve problems and uncover opportunities. Prepare to take the next step up to Yellow Belt.

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Improve your organization’s delivery speed, costs and quality by learning the fundamental principles of Lean Six Sigma. Apply time-tested techniques for enhancing products, services and process excellence. Prepare to step up to the Green Belt certification program.

Project Management Essentials

This program looks at the total project management process: from initiating to closing. It also describes scope, time, cost, quality, risk, resources, communication and stakeholders, and the human factors that play an important role in every project.

Project Management for Administrative Professionals

Use project management techniques to plan and manage your project workloads with less stress and better results. Direct your time, energy and resources wisely. Communicate and work effectively with others. Set your projects and large tasks up for a win.

Risk Management

Risk management is a proactive process for resolving problems before they occur. It’s also about managing the positive outcome of risk: opportunity. Explore a structured, enterprisewide process for identifying and managing both the negative and positive impacts of risk.

0.5 DAYS Anytime, anywhere

DAYS 20 - 21 February 2025

DAYS 17 - 19 March 2025 18 - 20 August 2025

DAYS 20 - 21 January 2025 28 - 29 May 2025

DAY 11 June 2025 6 November 2025

General Management

An Introduction to Labour Relations

Designed with a managerial focus, this program will walk you through the key issues of the union-management relationship and constructive ways to develop productive workplace interactions with employees and union representatives. 1 DAY 16 January 2025 9 April 2025

Content Marketing Strategy

In this program you will define the content strategy vision that enables you to create authentic content for your target audiences. Articulate your organization’s purpose, and develop a cohesive content marketing strategy that drives value for your brand.

Developing Successful Partnerships

Explore best practices for developing and maintaining effective business relationships. Identify your partners and manage their expectations. Create a plan to continuously influence and engage them. Win their buy-in, and nurture the partnership to build the future together.

Elevate: Women at Work

DAYS 5 - 6 February 2025

This program provides a safe space for women to find inspiration, share experiences, discuss ideas about elevating their impact and build networks of support. Invest in the future by mobilizing your power to become a change-maker in your organization. 3 DAYS 19 - 21 February 2025

Employment Law Essentials

This program describes the current Canadian landscape in employment law, with additional glances at human rights law and workers’ compensation. It also explores recent legal developments including changes in legislation and decisions of the Courts and Tribunals.

Essential Management Skills

Designed for emerging managers, this program develops fundamental skills for managerial success. Build dexterity in motivation, communication, coaching, team leadership, performance management, decision making, influence, and other key areas.

Essentials in Supervisory Skills

Gain essential skills for supervising and leading staff, managing priorities and solving problems. Communicate between all organizational levels, ensuring that objectives get heard, tasks get acted on, and everyone receives the support they need.

Executive Coaching

These 1:1 coaching sessions pair you with an experienced professional coach to guide you as you navigate the road ahead. Acquire a sounding board for getting the clarity you need to make decisions and prioritize actions as you reenergize yourself.

DAYS 14 - 15 May 2025 28 - 29 October 2025

General Management (cont:)

Leadership Excellence for Administrative Professionals

This program develops key administration management competencies with a specific focus on leadership thinking, communication, creative problem solving and decision making. Self-manage the way you think and respond, and improve your relationship with others.

Mini-MBA

This flagship program provides a holistic understanding of business and how decisions in one area impact the others. Expand your knowledge of strategy, finance, operations, strategic HR and marketing, plus emerging areas in innovation, data analytics and project management.

Positive Political Skills in the Workplace

This program explores what it means to be a constructive political player. Become more politically savvy. Acquire skills to exercise your power in an ethical manner. Strengthen your positive impact and play the game to win!

Strategies and Skills of Effective Negotiation

Practice strategies and techniques for a variety of negotiation situations involving multiple issues and parties, and for negotiating online. Engage in applied exercises to build real-world proficiency. Emerge with skills that will give you a leading edge in future negotiations.

UBC Sauder Online

AI for Everyone

AI for Interview Preparation

Communicating without Authority

Content Marketing Strategy

FLAGSHIP PROGRAM

UBC Sauder Online (cont:)

Demystifying Digital Analytics

Design Thinking Masterclass

Understand the power of design thinking and get hands-on instruction in planning, organizing and executing an effective design thinking session. Explore leadership principles for nurturing a creative culture that can drive organizational learning and innovation.

Developing Star Performers

Digital Transformation

Executive Coaching

Global Certificate in Corporate Sustainability

Lean Six Sigma White Belt

Managing AI and Data Science Projects

0.5 DAYS Anytime, anywhere

13 - 14 August 2025

10 WEEKS 13 January - 23 March 2025

0.5 DAYS Anytime, anywhere

UBC Sauder Online (cont:)

Mini-MBA

FLAGSHIP PROGRAM

PERFORM: Be Better. Be Smarter. Be Stronger

Positive Political Skills in the Workplace

The Critical Path to Competitive Success

Time Management Skills

5 WEEKS 10 February - 14 March 2025 5 May - 6 June 2025

3 - 4 July 2025 1 - 2 December 2025

1 DAY 15 January 2025 2 April 2025

Program Spotlight: Mini-MBA

Every day, I find myself applying the insights gained from the Mini-MBA program. It has empowered me to engage with organizational strategy on a broader scale, a proficiency I hadn’t fully tapped into before.

Natasha Honeyman Senior Marketing Advisor, ICBC Mini-MBA Alumnus

Need help finding the right program?

Together, we’ll explore your professional goals and navigate through various options to find the right fit for you and your organization.

To schedule a time for a coffee chat with our learning advisor: email exec.ed@sauder.ubc.ca or call 604-827-4604.

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