“Students who complete one of the Professional Management Skills Certificates (non-credit) in Continuing Studies, may receive recognition for prior learning as part of the admissions evaluation process for RRU credit programs (certificate, diploma, and degree).”
- The Royal Roads Registrar
Competency Framework
| Competency Area |
Front Line Supervisor Skills (managing people) |
Mid-Management Skills (managing operations) |
Leadership Skills (managing strategies) |
| Communication |
Clear Communications Skills (8 hrs.) October or February
- or -
Non-Violent Communication: Language of Respect (8 hrs.) November or March |
Clear Communications Skills (8 hrs.) October or February
- or -
Building A Business Case (16 hrs.) January |
Communicating with Clarity and Impact(16 hrs.) December or February
- or -
Transformational Speaking: If You Want to Change the World, Tell a Better Story
(16 hrs.) November or April |
| Relationship and Team Building |
Developing High Performance Teams (8 hrs.) December or March |
Developing High Performance Teams (8 hrs.) December or March
- or -
We Are Smarter Than Me: Making Collaboration Work (8 hrs.) February
|
The Heart of Coaching(16 hrs.) February - or -
Organizations are Dynamic Living Systems
(8 hrs.) November |
| Performance Management |
On-the-Job Orientation
(8 hrs.) November or February |
Coaching for Performance (8 hrs.) December or March |
Strategic Planning That Works: Turning Vision Into Results!
(16 hrs.) January |
| Planning and Problem-Solving |
Plan the Work and Work the Plan(16 hrs.) November or March
- or -
Working Smarter Not harder: Managing Multiple Priorities (8 hrs.) November |
Project Management Essentials
(16 hrs.) November or March
- or -
Plan the Work and Work the Plan
(16 hrs.) November or March |
Boomers To Extremers: Meeting the Demographic Callenges of an Intergenerational Workplace (8 hrs.) April
- or -
Talent Management: Developing Leaders Through Intentional Succession Planning
(8 hrs.) February |
| Self-Development and Creativity |
Positive Strategies for a Healthy Workplace (8 hrs.) October or March
- or -
Solution-Finding: Leading with Creativity
(8 hrs.) November |
Positive Strategies for a Healthy Workplace (8 hrs.) October or March
- or -
Solution-Finding: Leading with Creativity
(16 hrs.) November |
Solution-Finding: Leading with Creativity
(16 hrs.) November
- or -
Putting To Passion to Work: Potent Transformational Leadership
(8 hrs.) November |
| Leadership |
Lead From Your Strengths (8 hrs.) October or March
- or -
Leading from the Inside Out (8 hrs.) February |
Lead From Your Strengths (8 hrs.) October or March
- or -
Leading from the Inside Out
(8 hrs.) February |
The Leader As Mensch: Become the Kind of Person Others Want to Follow (8 hrs.) March |
| Total Hours |
6 Core Courses and 2 Electives |
6 Core Courses and 2 Electives |
6 Core Courses and 2 Electives |
| |
(Up to 88 hours) |
(Up to 104 hours) |
(Up to 112 hours) |
Choose from these electives:
|
Communication
Relationship/Team Building
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Performance
Planning and Problem-Solving
Self-Development and Creativity
Leadership
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Aligned with the competencies found in the curricular design of many degree programs at Royal Roads University, the Continuing Studies Professional Skills Management Certificate includes a comprehensive and experiential suite of short, non-credit courses designed to broaden our understanding and development of; communication skills, personal responsibility, and leadership; planning and performance; critical thinking; and relationship and skill-building in relativity to the position.
We recognize that one size does not fit all and that the most meritorious form of learning – that which may hold the most relevance to our lives and work – may come with crossover into areas that exist outside of these specific bands or horizontally along the different levels of the certificate competencies. NOTE: Any of the courses that you see listed here and in the electives columns, may be substituted where appropriate, in consultation with and approval from the Director (or designate) of Continuing Studies. We encourage you to let us help you customize your certificate to correspond with your current professional needs and accomplish your learning objectives while successfully fulfilling the requirements of the program with in two years of your start date.
As an additional benefit to taking the certificate program and in true experiential learning style, we offer one-on-one coaching services in collaboration with the RRU Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching, and Concept Coaching by providing an exceptional coaching opportunity to all participants in the Professional Management Skills certificate so learners will experience the merits of having a coach while learning! All coaching is a confidential one-to-one relationship designed to focus energy on achieving specific results through personal, team and organizational development. RRU coaches assist you to find new ways of thinking and behaving, and become a catalyst for change. Time spent with a coach will improve your leadership focus and become an investment of time in your own development and growth and not least it supports a move toward the next level in career satisfaction and performance. Leadership Coaching provides you with an environment that offers a confidential, non-judgmental sounding board that fits with your agenda with thirty minute phone or face to face sessions. The Coach’s role is to listen, observe, and ask insightful questions that lead to discovering new perspectives and directions for achieving success and career management. Additional fees to the certificate program tuitions will apply.
To help you plan your progress through the Professional Management Skills certificate of your choice, print out this Professional Management Skills Certificate Checklist (PDF).
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