Upcoming sessions
Fall session
| Date(s) | November 10-14, 2025 and December 1-5, 2025 |
| Time | 8:30am - 4:30 pm |
| Format | In-Person |
| Location | James W. Burns Executive Education Centre |
| Cost | $7,750 +GST |
Overview and impact
The Advanced Program in Management, Leadership and Strategy is an immersive 10-day program that enables you to expand your business acumen, explore new business insights, and focus on your leadership growth away from the demands of your daily work. Along the way you will have plenty of opportunities to build connections and explore new perspectives with like-minded professionals.
This program offers a dynamic learning experience. As a participant, you will be engaged in a supportive learning environment led by top faculty and industry leaders utilizing lectures, case studies, reflective thinking, and group work to elevate knowledge and skills for your leadership practice.
As part of the program you will complete a confidential Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI 360®). The LPI 360® draws on your own feedback as well as observations from those who engage with you as a leader most frequently. This exercise creates a powerful assessment that enables you to evaluate your leadership competencies and gain a complete picture of your leadership behaviours. During the program you will be taken through a guided exercise to use these valuable insights to create your personal leadership development plan and further your growth as a leader.
A final project and presentation brings together the program’s key learnings as you work in small groups to collaborate on a unique business challenge. This essential portion of the program provides the space for you to practice your new skills, bring together the knowledge and concepts learned throughout the program, and share insights and ideas within your group.
Upon completion of the program, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion and will have earned 4.5 credits toward an I.H. Asper School of Business MBA.
Learning outcomes
Through this program, you will:
- Become a more effective strategic leader
You will explore strategic management at all levels in order for you to contribute to your organization's strategic direction through enhanced strategic thinking. - Learn to lead through influence
You will enhance your ability to lead change, overcome conflict, and build consensus. - Explore and elevate your leadership behaviours
Through a powerful 360 degree assessment tool, you will evaluate your leadership competencies and map out strategies to further your growth. - Expand your business acumen
You will develop an understanding of core concepts of finance and accounting, negotiation and consensus building, corporate branding, and innovation culture. - Build connections with like-minded professionals
Throughout the program you will have opportunities to network and garner best practices from your new network of colleagues. - Earn credit towards an Asper MBA
By completing this program you will earn 4.5 credit hours towards an MBA degree through an automatic exemption from the Leadership module of the Asper MBA program core.
Participant profile
This program is ideal for:
- Senior leaders and executives seeking to refine their strategic thinking and leadership skills.
- High-potential managers looking to advance into senior leadership roles.
- Business owners and entrepreneurs who want to expand their leadership capabilities.
- Leaders tasked with driving organizational growth and transformation.
What to expect
Graduation requirements
Participants must complete each of the program’s 10 days and meet the following criteria to receive the University of Manitoba certificate of completion for this program and the qualifying credits towards an Asper MBA.
- 100% attendance*.
- Active group participation throughout the program.
- Individual contribution in the final group project as well as an active participant in the final group project presentations.
*In emergency situations, a participant may be excused from class and still be eligible for their certificate. However, prior approval must be received from the Executive Director and the absence cannot exceed the equivalent of 1 training day. Requests to miss class will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Time commitment outside of classroom
To ensure participants are able to maximize their in-class experience, the following time commitment outside of the classroom can be expected:
- Four to six hours to review a pre-read package that is provided to participants approximately two to four weeks prior to the start of the program.
- One hour to complete a Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI 360®).
- Additional time as needed in between the program's two modules to collaborate on your final group project/presentation.
Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI-360)
As part of the program, participants are asked to complete a Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI 360®). The LPI 360® draws on your own feedback as well as observations from those who engage with you as a leader most frequently. This exercise creates a powerful assessment that enables you to evaluate your leadership competencies and gain a complete picture of your leadership behaviours. During the program you will be taken through a guided exercise to use these valuable insights to create your personal leadership development plan and further your growth as a leader.
In order to receive a comprehensive feedback report, the confidential Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI 360®) requires participants to complete a questionnaire and have at least six individuals, including your manager, direct reports, coworkers, and others within your organization complete it as well.
Earn MBA credits
The Asper MBA is a life-changing experience that helps you think differently, increase your earning power, grow as a leader, and realize your career goals. By completing the Advanced Program in Management, Leadership and Strategy you will earn an automatic exemption from the Leadership module of the Asper MBA program core when you register for the Asper MBA. That’s 4.5 credit hours toward your MBA degree, before you even start the program!
This exemption applies retroactively to any offering of the Advanced Program in Management, Leadership and Strategy within the last five years.
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The Advanced Program in Management, Leadership and Strategy offers great value. Every bit of this program is directly applicable to my day-to-day work... All of the Instructors were excellent, extremely professional and knowledgeable, and created positive learning environments. The teaching approach was collaborative, helpful and interactive. It’s nice to spend time developing myself and my skills.
Elizabeth Ajibola
Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation
The Value of Executive Education
Learn more about the James W. Burns Executive Education Centre from Ken Borce [MBA/18] past Division Head, Winnipeg Police Service. Borce is now the Chief Clinical Operating Officer at CancerCare Manitoba.
Manitoba Hydro always has the future in sight. Since 2009, we have sent over 250 employees to the Advanced Program in Management, Leadership and Strategy to prepare them to take on new leadership roles and responsibilities. Graduates of the program have gained a richer perspective on the vision and decisions that drive our business, a comprehensive understanding of high-level strategic planning, and tools that have helped them become more effective leaders immediately.
Lianne Lagasse
Manager, Employee Learning and Development (Retired) | Manitoba Hydro
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