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Business Edge: A Program for Internationally Educated Professionals
Business Edge is an Executive Education program for highly skilled immigrant professionals who are determined to take their careers to the next level.
Graduates emerge with an increased understanding of Canadian workplace culture and the ‘unwritten rules’ that govern it. They develop the skills needed to gain visibility and build networks critical to their success. They master the ability to present, negotiate, influence, and lead. In sum, our graduates emerge with a clear understanding of their brand and their value – and how to capitalize off both.
Participant Profile
Business Edge is for professional women and men educated abroad who have at least two years’ work experience in Canada and are currently under-employed. Our participants also hold accredited university degrees and have at least five years’ international work experience. They have advanced communication skills in English and are ready to lead again.
Participant Benefits:
Organizational Benefits:
Participants learn critical skills that will help them become more effective team members
They develop their leadership capacity and ability to drive change and influence others
They learn to capitalize on their strengths and to maximize their visibility and organizational contribution
Employees emerge from Business Edge more productive and ready to take on new challenges and responsibilities.
They have a clear sense for how to add more value to your organization.
They are equipped with a host of communication, presentation and leadership skills that Canadian organizations value.
Apply online at www.rotmanexecuitve.com/businessedge or call 416-978-6803
Curriculum & Course Content
1.) Leadership Development
Leadership skills are valued across the globe. Yet great leadership means different things in different cultures. These sessions will build upon the leadership skills you acquired internationally and help you transition to being a leader in Canada. You will learn to influence, negotiate, and present in a Canadian context.
2.) Canadian Workplace Culture
Technical skills and hard work are essential for getting ahead. On their own, however, they are not enough to advance your career. That’s why we have a number of sessions that focus exclusively on workplace culture and organizational behavior in order to give participants a thorough understanding of intercultural dynamics in the workplace.
Participants learn:
the ‘unwritten rules’ and subtle cultural norms of the workplace
strategies for making their accomplishments visible
techniques for building critical relationships with key decision makers
3.) Advanced Communication
In a knowledge economy, communication skills are paramount, and they go far beyond understanding a language and its grammar. Advanced communication skills involve:
Giving feedback in a way that conveys a message without damaging a relationship
Conveying the right tone in a difficult medium such as email
Knowing the culturally appropriate phrasing to use when disagreeing with an idea, following up with a networking connection, or proposing an organizational change
Business Edge devotes a number of classes to these topics, and covers how to handle these and other situations that leaders experience daily.
Schedule
Next cohort: February to June 2013
Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:00 pm to 9:00 p.m. and all day Saturdays
Program Fee
$2000 + HST (includes all study materials)
