Leadership Development Questions

Candidates are notified within three weeks of the application closing date. 

Note: Spaces are limited.  OHD may limit the number of participants from a unit.

Yes. We strongly encourage you to have a conversation with your supervisor/manager to determine which program is the right fit for you, and if this is the right time for you to be participating in a leadership program.

Please reach out to the OHD contact per program to continue this conversation.

Attendance at all online synchronous and asynchronous sessions and in-person (face-to-face) events is mandatory. How much time you spend interacting with the content, will be different for each person.

Our expectations are that each participant invests time into practicing, reading, gathering feedback, and setting short and long-term goals. Participants will set 1-2 hours of meetings with their supporting manager each month to discuss and reinforce the learning.

Past participants have communicated that when time is invested, valuable development is gained.

Please review the Program Dates table for specific dates and times

(*Please note, all in-person events are subject to change in response to a change in government regulations, Public Health Guidelines and/or University policy.) 

Supervisors/managers are expected to attend and participate in the Supporting Manager sessions. Further, each month, Supporting Manager will meet with their participant to discuss the content and insights gained.

Ideally, Supporting Managers will fully engage with their participant by making time for the program. This may include taking items from the participant’s ‘plate’ to make time for learning, coaching, reinforcing the content, etc.

Ideally, yes. However, in some units/departments, we recognize that may not be possible. Please reach out to the OHD contact per program to continue this conversation.

A member of the OHD team will meet individually with each participant in the program. Time will be scheduled in between the learning pathways. Coaching conversations will be guided by the goals the participant identifies throughout the program.

Yes. Attendance at all online synchronous and asynchronous sessions and in-person (face-to-face) events is mandatory.

Please review the Program Dates table for specific dates and times

(*Please note, all in-person events are subject to change in response to a change in government regulations, Public Health Guidelines and/or University policy.) 

Yes, it is strongly recommended to complete the Core Development workshops. 

If that is not possible, participants will be encouraged to enroll and participate in the core development workshops in tandem with the leadership development program.

For University of Waterloo staff, as defined in Policy 54, there is no cost to attend OHD programming.

Please reach out to the OHD contact per program to continue this conversation.