Fundamentals of Leadership Effectiveness establishes foundational skills necessary for demonstrating leadership effectiveness. Characteristic challenges of leadership are introduced and explored as the course progresses. The perspectives explored are personal, team-based and organizational to support your leadership development.

Topics covered include:

• The difference between the management role and the leader role in a team
• The question of whether leadership can be learned
• Leadership communication styles that are best practices in a variety of contexts
• The ability to resolve conflict situations
• Change management
• Theoretical approaches to leading change
• Project management concepts and thinking
• Showing leadership behaviours as you work in groups

This is a required course for both the Leadership in Health Care Certificate Program and Quality Management Certificate Program.

This course also qualifies for one (1) credit under the Developing Professional Practice and Leadership domain of a de Souza Designation. Contact the de Souza Institute for more information and to claim your credit contact

Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:

• Authentic Self-awareness (Competency 1) – Explore the foundations of effective leadership including authentic self-awareness.
• Communicating with Stakeholders (Competency 2) – Communicate effectively with all stakeholder groups to build relationships and engage them in achieving shared goals
• Conceptual Framework for Leading Teams (Competency 3) – Develop a conceptual framework for leading teams effectively
• Conflict Management within Interprofessional Teams (Competency 4) –
• Create an environment that supports conflict resolution within interprofessional teams
• Conceptual Framework Leading Change & Managing Transitions (Competency 5) – Develop a conceptual framework to lead change and manage transitions effectively