Become a Great Leader
Take your organization to the next level. The Institute for Leadership Studies can empower your success with our Executive Education programs.
The business environment is changing faster than ever before. Executives need to position their organizations to meet emerging opportunities and challenges, lead change, and create an agile culture by empowering employees to take action and make decisions.
Dominican’s Leadership Certificate has had a tremendous impact on our key senior managers, both in their personal growth as well as the value they are adding to the organization. The investment in the program has been well worth it."
— Russ Colombo, Retired CEO, Bank of Marin
Our Programs
Dominican’s Executive Education programs provide critical tools and competitive strategies needed to deliver immediate results. Designed and delivered by expert practitioners who bring their real-world experiences into the classroom, our programs lead you through a process of exposure, internalization and application ensuring you will apply the learning to your work.
Dominican’s Leadership Academy equips you with innovative tools and skills to lead change and drive organizational results. You will develop greater self-awareness while learning and practicing essential skills in coaching, emotional intelligence and interpersonal dynamics, enabling you to lead with greater empathy, purpose, inspiration, and connection.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the difference between leadership and management.
- Develop the ability to create, influence, and foster organizational change.
- Learn how to build and sustain an inclusive and equitable workplace.
- Acquire skills to maximize the performance of teams.
- Increase your capacity for leading through greater emotional intelligence.
- Gain coaching skills to improve performance and increase accountability.
Who Should Attend
Mid- to senior-level professionals seeking to improve their ability to lead.
Program Schedule
The program consists of seven sessions, three (3) in-person at the Dominican campus and four (4) synchronous online:
- April 11, in-person, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
21st Century Leadership: What it Means to Be a Leader - April 18, online synchronous, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Critical Thinking for Effective Decision-Making - April 25, online synchronous, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Building an Inclusive & Equitable Workplace - May 2, in-person, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Leading Change: Transforming Organizations to Stay Ahead of the Curve (includes content on building culture) - May 9, online synchronous, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Creating High Performance Teams - May 16, online synchronous, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Applying Emotional Intelligence - May 23, in-person, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Coaching for Accountability
Fees
Program fees are $3,300. Fees include tuition and course materials. For in-person sessions, lunches are available for purchase at Dominican’s Caleruega Dining Hall.
Enrollment Deadline
Enrollments must be received by April 4th, 2023. Participants are admitted on a rolling, space-available basis. Early applications are encouraged.
Refund and Cancellation Policies
If you wish to cancel and receive a full refund, you must submit your request in writing at least 30 days prior to the program start date.
If you submit your request 15 to 29 days before the program start date, you will receive a refund equal to 75% of the full program fee. If you submit your request within 14 days of the program start date, you are not eligible to receive a refund.
In the case of a no-show or partial participation, no refunds will be granted. Participants and/or their sponsoring organization are responsible for the entire program fee.
Approved refunds will be processed within two weeks and will be returned in the same form of payment.
Written request to transfer to another course must be received 7 days prior to the first class meeting.
If Dominican cancels a program due to low enrollment, registered participants will receive a refund of any tuition paid, or be allowed to move their registration to a future running of the program. Refunds from canceled programs can also be applied to other open enrollment programs.