Professional development courses
Don’t miss the opportunity to take FREE short online workshops
Grow your professional skills and apply them in the workplace right away! McMaster University employees can take McMaster Continuing Education’s highly concentrated Essentials Workshops to gain career insights in areas of leadership, communication, productivity, teamwork, and innovation at no cost. Check out our featured Essentials Program courses below.
If this is your first time enrolling, please submit an Employee Tuition Assistance application to HR to confirm your eligibility. Once approved, you can enrol online at continuing.mcmaster.ca (make sure that you are logged out of Mosaic).
Once you select your Essentials Program courses and check out, you will log in with your MacID and password and the fees will be adjusted. Limited university-funded spots are available. If fees are not adjusted or if you have any questions about eligibility, please email HR at hr.mcmaster@mcmaster.ca.
Featured Workshops for November:
Conflict Resolution In The Workplace
Conflict at work is inevitable; it’s not a matter of if it will happen, but when. Left unresolved, conflict can severely impact employee performance, morale, productivity, and motivation. The good news is that most conflicts can be managed and even managed well. Conflict can be an opportunity for creativity and renewed energy – this is your course to find out how.
- Date: November 23-24, 2022
- Time: 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. EST
- Course Code: ESS 899
- Instructor: Lesley Calvin
Best Practices for Sustainable Living
Are you a sustainable leader? Do you believe that you live a sustainable lifestyle? Encouraging sustainable lifestyles and making responsible choices are vitally important to helping our planet. Sustainable living is about citizens minimizing the use of global resources and reducing the damage of human interaction with the environment.
- Date: November 24, 2022
- Time: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. EST
- Course Code: ESS 910
- Instructor: Saied Nejatian
Strategic Planning Fundamentals
Strategic planning helps staff prepare for change, even in evolving circumstances. This introduction to strategic planning shows department, unit or team leaders how to structure and develop a plan by involving staff and stakeholders.
- Date: November 29-30, 2022
- Time: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. EST
- Course Code: ESS 804
- Instructor: Lesley Calvin
What is a Microcredential?
Upon successfully completing one of the Essentials Programs streams, you will receive a microcredential recognizing your learning achievement.
What Our Students and Instructors Are Saying
“My experience with McMaster Continuing Education was nothing short of excellent. I took a course titled, ESS 813 Personal Leadership: Building from Our Strengths led by Lesley Calvin. Lesley provides great knowledge and dialogue that makes the group of students constantly think about ourselves and about how we interact with others. The course is designed to help us grow as leaders in the professional world, but I feel that it also helped me grow as a leader in my personal world. Right from the time the class started on day one, up to the end of class on day two, Lesley held the class’s attention and not only did she teach, but she took time to stop and listen and answer every question as the class progressed along. That is a rare quality in people nowadays. I was able to take some many excellent points away from this course and incorporate them into my everyday business life and personal life.”
– Richard Cupido, President, Burlington Paving Company Limited, Ancaster Court Services Incorporated
Learn more about the Personal Leadership: Building From Our Strength course
“The students show a willingness to dig deep, be vulnerable, reflect on their strengths, identify their blind spots, and develop their leadership strengths. I am so inspired by them all. Thank you to the encouraging, motivational, and uber professional McMaster Continuing Education team for allowing me to serve as an instructor in the leadership essentials programming. I am truly grateful and honoured to be a part of the McMaster family.”
– Lesley Calvin, McMaster Continuing Education Essentials Programs Instructor
Learn more about the Strategic Planning Fundamental course
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