LDSH 047 - Using Stories to Lead
Course Description
Storytelling has long been a cornerstone of effective leadership. Want to learn how to craft and deliver compelling stories that resonate with your team?
This two-day, in-person course builds on your learnings from LDSH 041 - Leading Self and subsequent courses in our new Emerging Leaders Certificate of Completion. In this final course, you'll discover how to harness the timeless power of storytelling to inspire, connect, and lead with purpose.
Led by an expert instructor at our conveniently located SAIT Calgary campus, this dynamic course will explore how storytelling can enhance leadership and workplace dynamics. You’ll dive into story structure, key storytelling considerations, and how to tailor your stories to meet workplace constraints and requirements. Additionally, you’ll learn to evaluate different workplace mediums for delivering your message effectively. Through engaging discussions and practical exercises, you'll craft and deliver your own workplace stories and offer targeted feedback to help others refine theirs. Beyond the classroom, you’ll also gain access to supplementary materials through your online portal to further enrich your learning experience.
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to craft and deliver impactful stories that resonate with your team, shape your vision, and enhance your leadership influence.
Note: Registration for this course closes two days before the course start date.
This course is ideal if you:
- are an emerging leader looking to enhance your ability to inspire, motivate, and influence your team
- want to learn how to craft and deliver purposeful stories that resonate in the workplace
- seek to understand the power of storytelling and its impact on leadership and team dynamics
- want to adapt storytelling techniques to different workplace mediums, requirements, and constraints.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, you’ll be able to:
- explain the power of story, its workplace impacts, and its considerations
- apply story structures, elements, and components to tell an engaging and purposeful story
- create different types of stories for the workplace while adhering to requirements and constraints
- deliver your engaging stories authentically.
To request a course outline, contact ConEdAdvising@sait.ca.
Funding Opportunities
Learn more about how to pay for or reduce your education/training costs with available awards, bursaries, loan options and grants, including the Canada Alberta Job Grant.
There are no specific admission requirements (academic and/or work experience) to take this course. Any industry-related experience you already have will be beneficial.
Delivery formats: For your convenience, we offer delivery of this workshop in an in-person classroom format. Learn more about our delivery formats.
Course completion: Upon successful completion of this non-credit course, you’ll receive an electronic copy of your official transcript. You’ll also be able to self-print a proof of completion document from your Continuing Education student account. Complete all courses required for the Emerging Leaders Certificate of Completion to receive your SAIT certificate credential.
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Prerequisites
For an optimal learning experience, we highly recommend completing the following courses first:
Applies Towards the Following Certificates
- Emerging Leaders Certificate of Completion : Required