All Community Leadership Program (CLP) course offerings are designed to help social purpose leaders, managers and organizations navigate challenge, change and opportunity successfully.
This unique learning environment is intentionally designed to respond to your experience. You can expect to refine and build your leadership skills and apply what you’ve learned in new, meaningful and purposeful ways. You’ll gain tools to help strengthen your teams and encourage problem solving and creativity, so that you can collectively navigate and effectively respond to change, innovation and the current priorities of your work environment.
Find more information about each program:
- Leading Through Change Workshop – 2 FREE virtual intro sessions
- Navigating Change for Leaders Training: 2-day
- Leadership Intensive: 6-day
- Your Facilitator: Suzanne Gibson
- Registration of interest
CCEDNet members enjoy discounts on CLP course offerings. Not a CCEDNet member? Join CCEDNet or contact Adriana at .
“I highly recommend [Navigating Change for Leaders] to anyone planning or experiencing major change in their organization or company! The ability to work on your real life project throughout the two days means it’s a very productive time. The variety of participants and how they approach each segment allows you to see how the principles can be applied in different settings. My immediate needs were met and I came away just bubbling with ideas and a fresh energy for my project after these two days.”
–Dorothy Franklin, Strategic Planning for Not-for-Profits | Navigating Change for Leaders program participant
“My leadership tactics have changed drastically and my goals have evolved. I was practicing some of the recommended strategies but with new learning and guidance, I’ve been able to directly enhance my leadership style.”
–Leadership Intensive program participant
“I have a new understanding of my role as a leader among leaders in my organization,. I’ve been empowered to see different ways in which I can improve as a leader and become a better supporter/challenger to the people I lead, and have also been edified to see there are things that I’m already doing alright at!”
–Leadership Intensive program participant
Leading Through Change Workshop
2 FREE virtual intro sessions
Join us for an engaging and energizing 2.5 hour session to discuss and explore approaches, strategies and ideas that build leadership resilience and help navigate organizational change. This session will introduce you to the 2-day Navigating Change for Leaders Training and our highly regarded 6-day Leadership Intensive Program that has had a 98% recommendation rate to date! Experience this free, high-caliber learning opportunity first hand.
Learning Objectives:
- To discuss the complex changes we are all experiencing in our leadership roles
- To examine and reflect on the qualities of an effective change leader
- To explore the importance of adapting one’s leadership style to different situations – a self-assessment will help you will better understand your preferred leadership style(s) and ideas for positive changes
- To understand and discuss concrete ways to foster your own resiliency to ensure you are poised to be a great leader
2 Session Dates Available:
✳️ Registration for intro sessions is now open! Click the links below to enroll. ✳️
Navigating Change for Leaders (2-day training)
If you are leading any change elements in your organization, and need to implement changes – this is the course for you. Organizational change is not easy. Oftentimes it has challenges and is incumbent on strategic, thoughtful leadership. How you navigate change and support others to move through it is critical. Arrive with a change issue in hand, apply leading change management principles, approaches and frameworks and leave with an action plan that will energize and best support your teams and stakeholders so together your vision for change can be achieved.
“This was the most effective professional development experience I’ve had as a nonprofit leader. The workshop made me feel less alone in my change management frustrations and gave me just the boost of confidence and planning I needed to face change head on. The tangible nature of the course ensured I could almost immediately put what I was learning into practice in my work life. The workshop was absolutely worth the time investment. I reflect back on the content often and would absolutely recommend this experience to anyone.”
“I found Navigating Change for Leaders to be an exceptional and impactful course and would recommend it to professionals looking to navigate organizational change effectively. It was truly a dynamic classroom. Suzanne Gibson’s engaging and energizing presentation style of content that is well-organized with practical applications was great. It was invaluable to receive feedback and insights from peers experiencing similar challenges. Access to the Learning Library after course completion is making it easy to find ongoing materials and practical tools, which I have already applied to my work with solid success.”
“The greatest impact of Navigating Change for Leaders was helping me put really simple processes to what I was trying to achieve. It made things a lot easier.”
-Testimonials from Navigating Change for Leaders program participants
Learning Objectives:
Module 1 (7 hours):
Understand organizational change through the change curve and Bridges Transition Model; analyze the change in more detail to better inform your problem solving and response(s), develop the script and skills to participate in a change conversation based on principles of effective communication; explore the essential skills of a change leader, assess your own strengths and weaknesses and commit to an action(s) or strategy/ies to improve your capacity to lead through change.
Module 2 (7 hours):
Examine how to most effectively navigate uncertainty and ambivalence; embed resilience within your team(s) and your own leadership style; explore the context of the change to leverage strengths and opportunities and mitigate limitations, and threats; begin to map out an action plan that helps you and your stakeholders to intentionally and strategically navigate change; reflect on the posture you want to embody as a change leader
For whom: For those supporting employees through change or overseeing organizational change and looking to build a proactive response and plan through the transition.
Prerequisite: Due to the applied nature of this course you will be required to commit to approximately 1 hour of self reflection in advance of the first module and approximately 2 hours of self-reflection in advance of the second module.
How to participate in the 2-day Navigating Change for Leaders Training
Option 1: Join an open enrollment cohort (virtual)
In our open enrollment cohorts, we welcome social purpose leaders from across Canada and around the world into an interactive virtual learning environment. The program is highly collaborative — not only between the facilitator and learners, but also between the learners themselves. This makes our open enrollment cohorts a powerful place to connect with a diverse group of leaders who bring a wealth of perspectives and experiences to the table.
Dates for our next open enrollment program:
- Module 1: October 12, 2023
- Module 2: October 26, 2023
Course fee:
- $539 for CCEDNet members
- $679 for Non-members
REGISTRATION OPENS SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Option 2: Customize the training for your organization (virtual or in-person)
If there is a group of leaders from within your organization that would benefit from this program, consider booking a customized training with us. We can tailor the content to suit your needs, context, and learning goals, and we can deliver the program either virtually or in-person, based on your organizational preferences.
To explore this option, contact Adriana Zylinski at .
Leadership Intensive (6-day program)
Experience this highly recommended Leadership Intensive! Join a community of brave, innovative and determined leaders from across Canada to examine self-leadership, leading and understanding others, and leading within an organization through 6 sessions of supported and embodied learning.
“It has been a while since reflecting on my leadership and at this stage of my career it was helpful to reflect on this through a series of tools. I feel I have clarity on how I want to lead in the next phase of my career.”
“Offering this type of meaningful learning environment online is courageous. The way you’re using technology and have designed the program to build connection, the exchange of experience and support is a big leap. Just leads to terrific transformation – a huge thank you.”
“The approach of this training has had so much more impact than I expected! That leadership is a team effort and it’s not just about managing employees, it is so much about motivation, emotional awareness, inspiration and moving together cohesively. The tools are very clear and concise and I will lean on them regularly.”
“While I have done several of these types of training before I was able to apply a lot of concepts in a new context. I was able to relate these things to my actual workplace and environment.”
“I loved the variety of learning strategies and the scope of practical tools offered. I really appreciated having participants from different sectors (all within the social impact family) from across Canada. I loved the combination of plenary and small group work, very impactful!”
“100% impactful! I have learned so much about myself and about how I can be a much more effective leader.”
“The course has already had an impact on me – it directly improved my ability, knowledge, and confidence as a leader in my organization.”
-Testimonials from Leadership Intensive program participants
Learning Objectives:
Module 1 (14 hours): Leading and Understanding Myself
Becoming a more self-aware and confident leader, build on current skills and experience to gain greater clarity and insight into your leadership style and strengths so you can serve yourself, others and your organizations even better.
Module 2 (14 hours): Leading and Understanding Others
Enhance and build key senior leadership skills to engage and lead people so you can all contribute and thrive professionally, meet the challenge of navigating an organization and increase your impact.
Module 3 (14 hours): Leading within my Organization
Be more prepared for the opportunities and challenges that being a leader presents, build essential skills of a change leader, learn to develop teams and build team resilience, learn to lead through change and expertly communicate through courageous conversations.
For whom: The course is carefully designed to be impactful for leaders at all stages of their leadership journeys.
How to participate in the 6-day Leadership Intensive
Option 1: Join an open enrollment cohort (virtual)
In our open enrollment cohorts, we welcome social purpose leaders from across Canada and around the world into an interactive virtual learning environment. The program is highly collaborative — not only between the facilitator and learners, but also between the learners themselves. This makes our open enrollment cohorts a powerful place to connect with a diverse group of leaders who bring a wealth of perspectives and experiences to the table.
Dates for our next open enrollment program
- Bi-weekly, every Thursday beginning October 5, 2023 and ending December 14, 2023
Course fee:
- $1250 for CCEDNet members ($250 savings)
- $1500 for Non-members
REGISTRATION OPENS SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Option 2: Customize the training for your organization (virtual or in-person)
If there is a group of leaders from within your organization that would benefit from this program, consider booking a customized training with us. We can tailor the content to suit your needs, context, and learning goals, and we can deliver the program either virtually or in-person, based on your organizational preferences.
To explore this option, contact Adriana Zylinski at .
Your Facilitator: Suzanne Gibson
Our Leadership programs, facilitated by Suzanne Gibson, will offer anyone who leads a team the chance to take a well-supported deep dive into leadership practices, skills, and tools.
Suzanne Gibson “awakens the potential” of your organization to achieve its mandate and vision. Over the past 25 years, Suzanne has:
- inspired new and established organizations to “dream big,” unite around an idea and turn those dreams into reality
- uncovered creative solutions to complex social and organization problems
- mobilized diverse groups into strong teams
- facilitated and supported leaders, staff and volunteers to achieve their personal and collective potential
- applied her entrepreneurial flair to start up innovative new ventures
- equipped organizations to secure much-needed knowledge, skills and resources.
Suzanne will help you draw out the very best from your staff and stakeholders as you help create a better world.
