Purpose and Impact

How do you motivate and inspire a high-performing team?

The workplace is evolving, and collaboration is more critical than ever for innovation and performance. However, many leaders struggle to break down the barriers preventing their teams from thriving. Empowering People and Teams is a three-day immersive learning experience designed to help leaders create more effective, high-performing teams.

Participants will engage in interactive simulations, peer discussions, and real-world case studies to develop practical strategies for empowering teams. With an approach focused on decentered leadership, participants will learn to empower their teams by redistributing decision-making, amplifying individual strengths, and fostering a more compassionate workplace.

Working closely with Ivey Business School faculty and peers, you will leave the program with the tools to reduce individual barriers, improve collaboration, and drive performance, enabling your teams to thrive at work.

Participant Profile

Who benefits from Empowering People and Teams?

• Mid-to-Senior Level Leaders and Managers: If you lead a team, manage performance, or oversee organizational culture, this program is for you.
• Team Leaders and Managers: Enhance your ability to foster collaboration and inclusivity within your team.
• Directors and VPs: Develop strategies to ensure your leadership creates equitable team environments and drives results.
• Human Resources and People Operations Professionals: Support leadership in fostering inclusivity and managing team dynamics effectively.
• Change Management Leaders: Learn approaches to transforming your team while building trust and inclusion.

Learning Outcomes

What will you achieve by Empowering People and Teams?

By the end of the Empowering People and Teams program, you will be ready to elevate your team’s potential by fostering an environment of inclusivity and collaboration. Here’s what you can expect to accomplish. 

• Boost Self-Awareness of Your Role as Leader: Adapt your leadership approach by deeply reflecting on your personal strengths, development needs, and biases in order to create empowered, high-performing teams.
• Optimize Team Strengths and Composition: Understand your team’s strengths, skills, experiences and structure to enable more effective performance, while enhancing the unique competencies and experiences of diverse team members.
• Effectively Engage the Team: Create alignment through clear vision-setting, collaborative goal development, and accountability structures. Set a foundation of trust, alignment, and inclusion to build a culture of transparency, feedback, collaboration and psychological safety where team members feel safe to take risks and be creative.
• Navigate the Organizational Ecosystem: Enable the team to engage effectively with the broader organization, building cross-functional relationships, and collaborating on organizational initiatives.

Return on Investment

Fees

$4,990 CAD

The program fee includes program materials, breakfast, and lunch; participants are responsible for accommodations and meals outside of program hours. Program fees are tax-exempt.

Applications must be submitted no later than 14 days before the start of the program.

FAQs

What funding resources are available?

Organizations and participants in Canada may benefit from the Canada Job Grant or the Canada Training Credit to offset a portion of program fees. Visit our Funding Resources page to learn more.

How should I prepare before attending the program?

Our program managers will contact all registered participants prior to the program start date with instructions to join our online Learning Management System. Once logged in, you will be able to create a class profile, view other participants' profiles, and access a list of assigned pre-reading, cases, and activities. Plan to review and complete preparation work in advance of each class session.

Will the sessions be lecture-based?

At Ivey, we embrace learning as an interactive experience. Rather than lecturing, your faculty facilitators will guide the group through hands-on activities, discussions, cases, simulations, and more. To get the most value from your learning experience, you should expect to be present and engaged in class sessions. To learn more, click here to visit our Learning Experience page.