Ivey Emerging

Leaders Program
Develop your personal approach to
effective teamwork as a new leader

LEADERSHIP SUITE
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Build a Foundation for

Success
Professionals entering new
management roles should take the
time to find their leadership identity.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Leaders are the foundation of an organization’s to help you build a foundation for success in your
day-to-day success; managers make on-the-ground
decisions, navigate conflicting interests, and drive
longterm leadership journey through a combination
of self-assessment, peer learning, simulations, role-
WHAT YOU LEARN

change. Leaders new to these roles often face the
same challenge: learning to inspire, collaborate with,
and rely on a team – instead of their own technical
expertise.
Facing new responsibilities and increasingly broad
roles, rising leaders need to deeply examine the
impact they have on their teams and organizations.
The Ivey Emerging Leaders program is designed
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play and faculty-led case discussions.
Mindfully explore your personal approach to
leadership and start to construct your future path.
Network with other leaders from across industries,
learning best-practices and finding actionable
takeaways for your own organization. Leap into your
leadership potential with the Ivey Emerging Leaders
Program.
2 Lead a collaborative high-performance team.
Explore and develop your unique leadership style.
Gauge your readiness against key leadership competencies, integrating your background
and lived experiences into your leadership approach. Grow awareness of your leadership
style and gain data-driven insights through leadership self-assessment tools. Assess how
your style is likely to impact those you are responsible for leading.
Unpack the key drivers of individual performance and test various methods of motivating
engagement from your team and direct reports. Practice leading collaboratively and
overcoming common barriers to successful teamwork. Recognize–and encourage–the
right conditions for team success through psychological safety

3 Navigate conflict effectively to create value.

Navigate high-stress conditions, building your decision-making confidence in challenging
circumstances. Find consistent tactics to create value out of conflict. Develop a deeper
understanding of perceptual biases and how they influence your interactions with others.
WHO WILL BENEFIT Enhance and maintain trust in collaborative relationships.

The Ivey Emerging Leaders program is designed for early-career

leaders to build a strong foundation of people management skills
and self-awareness. Participants are often preparing for a future
4 Find constructive ways to influence change in your organization.
Build helpful habits as you prepare to lead change initiatives for your team and organization.
Practice tactics to influence and drive change upwards in your organization.
leadership role or may already oversee small teams of direct reports.

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You have demonstrated success as an individual contributor, and your Manage your relationships upward.
organization has identified you as a candidate for advancement into Define and manage your relationship with your boss, creating a reciprocal learning dynamic
positions requiring more responsibility and enhanced interpersonal on both sides of the equation. Position yourself for leadership and career growth.
collaboration. By learning the fundamentals of team leadership, you’ll
start your management career on the right track.
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Put Your Learning

into Practice
Our approach is integrated, interactive,
grounded in real-world case research,
and facilitated by top Ivey faculty.

HOW YOU LEARN

Experience the hands-on, integrated, and interactive
approach that sets Ivey apart. Our Case Method of
learning is not about textbooks and lectures – it’s
about learning by doing.
SCENARIOS,
ROLE-PLAY, AND
Cases are based on real organizations facing real
challenges and opportunities. Featuring interviews
with experienced executives, a case provides a
deeply-researched look at the inner-workings and
39,000 Real- ASSESSMENTS
outcomes of tough decisions in leading organizations.
Throughout the experience, participants in the Ivey
World Cases In the Ivey Emerging Leaders Program you will
Emerging Leaders Program use cases to identify face realistic simulated challenges, role-play real-
specific, practical takeaways for their own context, Ivey Publishing is the second- world situations, and complete valuable personal
developing an implementation plan through largest producer of business cases assessments.
discussion with other leaders. You’ll finish the program in the world. Our faculty draw on
thousands of original products in By working through case materials and scenarios,
with new skills, crowdsourced wisdom, and a clear
the Ivey collection, with more than participants play out complex situations on
strategy to tackle specific challenges back at work.
300 classroom-tested case studies accelerated timelines, choosing to follow or ignore

Ivey Case Method
Your Ivey faculty team guides the class through real-
world case learning, drawing out key takeaways along
with new ideas and perspectives. Every individual is
encouraged to actively engage with both peers and
faculty, bringing diverse viewpoints to the learning
experience.
Participants then break out into smaller groups,
sharing experiences, exchanging ideas, and
collaborating to solve challenges together with other
leaders before bringing shared insights back to the
classroom.
added each year.
Case learning at Ivey is often
facilitated by the faculty member
who authored the case – and
regularly features live interactions
with real-life case protagonists.
timely infusions of information, data, and advice.
Following each case discussion, join Ivey faculty for
a synthesis and debrief, collaborating with other
leaders to find actionable takeaways for yourself
and your organization.
Our assessment tools also enable you to unlock
deeper self-awareness – encouraging reflection
throughout your learning journey. Gain data-
driven insights and apply valuable new personal
discoveries to your constantly evolving identity as
a leader.
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Rated #1 for Executive Education

across Canada by Financial Times.

ALUMNI CREDENTIALS
Donald K. Johnson Centre
TORONTO, ONTARIO CANADA Upon completion of the Ivey Emerging Leaders
Program, you will receive a powerful digital credential
and printed certificate from Ivey — Canada’s top-
ranked business school.
Your digital badge connects to a unique URL, allowing
personalized program certificate and a comprehensive
account of the skills you have earned through your
program experience.
Stay connected with Ivey and enjoy exclusive thought
leadership content, event invites, and opportunities

Lifelong Returns on
you to showcase your commitment to professional to network with your fellow alumni. All graduates of
development on social media, websites, portfolios, and The Ivey Academy also receive a 25-per-cent discount
professional networks. When someone in your network towards future enrolment in select programs.

Investment
views your certification online, they will see your

Experience Ivey
Join the Ivey Business School community: At The Ivey Academy, participants explore new
perspectives while taking time for mindfulness,
an exclusive, connected, international reflection, and practice away from the demands of
work. Logistical details are fully accommodated by
group of top-tier leaders. the Program Manager – a high-level concierge who
ensures that the learning experience is distraction-
our virtual learning management system. Discuss
ideas with your peers via a private forum and
complete guided self-reflections assigned by the
faculty to help apply key takeaways from the learning
experience,

You will also build connections with The Ivey Academy

“The case method helps you connect deeply with people in the room. It’s a
diverse group of individuals from all walks, careers, geographies, and industries,
so you hear different perspectives and see so many ways of approaching the
same challenge. This program has offered so many tangible takeaways and
free.
The Ivey Emerging Leaders Program is delivered
virtually and at our facilities in both Toronto and
London. In virtual sessions, you’ll connect to faculty
through live online sessions using any computer,
tablet, or mobile device. With the help of a live virtual
IT assistant and co-pilot, we use polling, chat, and
video conferencing to call on the group in real time.
Our residential locations similarly offer a refined and
unique learning experience catering to the needs of
diverse professionals.
faculty, chosen from a diverse pool of experienced
executives, acclaimed academic researchers, and
industry experts. Drawing on original research and
thought leadership from nine internal Ivey centres and
institutes, they are global leaders in cutting-edge fields.
Choose Ivey and learn in a fun, warm, and supportive
environment with a curated group of like-minded
professionals. Return to your role with an open
mind and increased confidence, ready to face any
opportunity.

helped me prepare for the next step in my career.” Between sessions, prepare using videos, readings,
and case-studies delivered at a flexible pace through
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4.6/5 Participant Rating

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