Take advantage of FREE online workshops for McMaster employees!
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.
Featured Workshops:
Change is a constant reality in today’s organizations, yet the vast majority of change initiatives fail. Learn why change efforts typically fail; and how to focus on enhancing their own ability to provide change leadership that instead drives success. Develop individual action plans to provide change leadership for a current or upcoming change initiative in which they must lead the way.
- Date: May 18-19, 2023
- Time: 1 – 4 p.m. ET
- Course Code: ESS 812
- Instructor: Laura Cole
Change is a reality in both business and personal life. Establish a new vision for the way they wish to approach change and strategies will be presented to enable participants to more effectively navigate change for success, resulting in a healthier, more balanced and productive attitude that can be applied in both work and personal situations.
- Date: May 25-26, 2023
- Time: 1 – 4 p.m. ET
- Course Code: ESS 810
- Instructor: Nitin Deckha
Change is a reality in both business and personal life. Establish a new vision for the way they wish to approach change and strategies will be presented to enable participants to more effectively navigate change for success, resulting in a healthier, more balanced and productive attitude that can be applied in both work and personal situations.
- Date: May 25-26, 2023
- Time: 1 – 4 p.m. ET
- Course Code: ESS 810
- Instructor: Nitin Deckha
Employee Learning and Funding Options
If this is your first time enrolling, please submit an Employee Tuition Assistance application to HR to confirm your eligibility BEFORE registering for the course. 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
Watch this presentation to learn more about the professional development opportunities available for McMaster staff and faculty including Professional Development Essentials, Strategic Leaders, Personal Leaders, and Knowledge Leaders.
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Complete one of the Essentials Programs streams and earn a Microcredential
Get practical knowledge and skills in an efficient and timely manner that you can apply immediately. Upon successfully completing one of the Essentials Programs streams, you will receive a microcredential recognizing your learning achievement.
Featured Event
Essentials Programs: In-Demand Skills You Need For Success Webinar
Dates: Thursday, May 25
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET
Join us as we discuss what in-demand skills are sought by employers and employees seeking to upskill or reskill. We will provide an overview of the six programming streams of the Essentials program and gain insight into some of the popular courses within each stream.
