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CANADIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL
Faculty of Management and Leadership
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Offers online resources for all your key business needs
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Canadian Business School is offering Harvard Business Publishing case studies delivered directly from the world’s top business school publisher on-line.  HBP is a wholly-owned, not-for-profit subsidiary of Harvard University.

Canadian Business School is delivering prestigious co-branded Harvard Business Publishing on-line courses where our students and graduates can learn Management and Leadership skills at their own schedule (In order to qualify you must be a current CBS student / alumni).

ONLINE PROGRAMS TO FURTHER DEVELOP MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE

These Leadership and Management Development programs help you develop the essential skills necessary to become a high performer. They are a series of interactive case studies and workshops, which will enable you to apply the learning immediately. Each program comes in a modular format that allows the user to stop at any point and then resume later, working at his or her own pace. Canadian Business School is pleased to give you the opportunity to learn from renowned experts, and experience Harvard's award-winning, learning-by-doing design.

Choose from 4 Online Programs with Unlimited 12 month access  
 

Detailed Course Outline
Decision Making
Decision making is one of the most fundamental of all management skills. Improving managers’ decision-making ability can provide a direct route to improving the performance of your organization.
Learning Objectives
  • Utilize a process that ensures effective issue identification in complex decision situations
  • See how to simplify complex decisions by evaluating alternatives according to comparable criteria
  • Strengthen intuitive powers and learn how to balance them with systematic analysis
  • Learn how to identify and avoid "thinking traps" – distortions and biases that sabotage reasoning
  • Develop the ability to make fast decisions when waiting for the "perfect" solution may be counter-productive
Program Tools
  • Avoiding Hidden Decision-Making Traps: Assess your vulnerability to common mistakes
  • Decision-Making Example and Worksheet: Walk through a process for making complex decisions, and print forms for future reference
  • Strengthening Your Managerial Intuition: Test your ability to use your intuition in decision making
  • Resource Library: Harvard Business Review and Harvard Management Update articles can be read online and printed
  • Interactive Case: Scenario-based learning
BASED ON THE WORK OF WORLD-CLASS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS

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Managing Change
According to leadership experts, 70% of all change initiatives fail. Why? Because managers lose focus and become muddled in a hodgepodge of change methods. Based on the research and writings of five change strategists, this program examines how managers can balance, pace and roll out change initiatives
Learning Objectives
  • Discover how to achieve dynamic stability in an organization by alternating major change initiatives with carefully paced periods of smaller change
  • Master the skills necessary to empower employees, to clarify the company’s intentions, and to articulate the role each person will play in the change effort
  • Learn how to avoid the critical mistakes that can slow momentum and negate previous gains during any phase of the change process
  • See how to balance change content, processes and employees’ emotions and behaviours to maximize the likelihood that any given change initiative will succeed
BASED ON THE WORK OF WORLD-CLASS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS

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Influencing and Motivating Others - The art of persuasive leadership
Ever notice how some people seem to have a natural ability to stir people to action? Our experts say the principles of successful influence can be learned by anyone willing to develop certain skills.
Learning Objectives
  • Learn how to demand and receive more from employees
  • Distinguish between effective and ineffective motivation methods
  • Discover the secrets of "lateral leadership" (leading peers)
  • Practice negotiation and persuasion skills
  • Develop credibility through expertise and relationships
Program Tools
  • The Art of Persuasion: Assess your ability to effectively persuade others
  • Motivating Employees: Measure your skill in motivating employees to enhance their performance and work commitment
  • Enhancing Employee Performance: Evaluate and enhance the performance of an employee
  • Resource Library: Harvard Business Review and Harvard Management Update articles can be read online and printed
  • Interactive Case: Scenario-based learning
  • Follow-up Goals: Guidelines for applying concepts on the job
BASED ON THE WORK OF WORLD-CLASS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS

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What Is a Leader? - THE DAY-TO-DAY WORK OF REAL LEADERSHIP
What Is a Leader? probes deeply into what leaders do – how they spend their time – and who leaders are – that is, the common characteristics shared by the world’s most effective leaders.
Learning Objectives
  • Learn the difference between management and leadership
  • Discover techniques for coping with rapid change
  • Find out how to tap into the collective intelligence of employees
  • Understand the importance of balancing technical and analytical skills with an ability to work with others
  • Practice "big picture" thinking to maintain the right perspective
Program Tools
  • Leaders and Change Initiatives: Assess your ability to lead your organization through fundamental change
  • How Leaders Spend Their Time: Evaluate your leadership skills by examining how you allocate your time
  • Characteristics of Leaders: Analyze your "EI" – emotional intelligence – to determine your strengths and weaknesses as a leader
  • Resource Library: Harvard Business Review articles can be read online and printed
  • Interactive Case: Scenario-based learning
  • Follow-up Goals: Guidelines for applying concepts on the job
BASED ON THE WORK OF WORLD-CLASS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS

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