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I WANT TO DEVELOP MYSELF

Welcome to Queen's University.

You are an organizational leader with a key role to play in managing change, aligning people with strategy, building crackerjack teams, and facilitating a learning environment. You desperately want to resolve conflicts and encourage more productive labour management relations.

Most important of all, you want to develop yourself as a high performing people management professional.

If that is the case, then Queen's IRC has a key role to play in your career development. Established in 1937, the IRC trail-blazed people management development in North America, and it remains firmly positioned as a bridge between the academic and practitioner worlds.

We invite you to learn more about our open programs in organization development, organization effectiveness, and labour relations. Take programs individually or group them to earn career-building Queen's Certificates. Visit our Knowledge Centre and review discussion papers and articles designed with you, the practitioner, in mind. Learn more about our Blueprint for Organizational Effectiveness. Download sample templates.

And consider these high-value benefits of Queen's IRC that go beyond the curriculum.

  • Be assured of the most relevant programs that address the real-world skills you need.

    As a result of extensive continuous research and more than 70 years of experience, we have identified the core competencies every organization development, human resources, and labour relations practitioner needs to be successful. Each of our programs focuses on one of these essential skills.
     
  • Experience utterly engaging education

    Imagine the excitement of presenting a mock arbitration case before an experienced arbitrator or assessing a company's readiness for change using a leading-edge multimedia simulation. At Queen's IRC, we believe in learning by doing. Boasting an impressive level of on-site coaching support, our programs are designed to put you at the centre of the action, where real learning takes place and take-away lessons take root.
     
  • Learn from knowledgeable and talented faculty

    The people leading our programs are carefully chosen for their professional experience and their ability to engage adult learners. They are drawn from the faculty ranks at Queen's, from the offices of top labour lawyer firms, from consultants working on the front line with organizations going through changes, from union leaders and captains of industry. These are people at the top of their game, eager to help you gain an edge.
     
  • Broaden your network of like-minded practitioners

    IRC programs are intense, demanding learning experiences; we make no apology. You will be learning as much from fellow participants as from faculty. From such intense shared experiences are born friendships that you will turn to for years to come.
     
  • Enjoy value-added benefits as a Queen's IRC alum

    Once you complete your first program, you enter the ranks of Queen's IRC alumni, which entitles you to access to a password-protected website where you can download tools and templates and ongoing access to faculty for quick consults.

I WANT TO DEVELOP OTHERS

Choose the Queen's edge.

As someone who is responsible for the skills development of your managers and directors, you sit in a pivotal position. You want to ensure that your high-potential talent is given opportunities to grow while ensuring that your organization receives value and a significant return for the investment in training and development. By turning to Queen's University IRC, you are assured of the highest quality training, based on more than 70 years of experience working with people management professionals.

We are not satisfied by merely sharing information; Queen's IRC open programs are designed to engage adult learners in immersive environments that build and embed skills. Your colleagues will return to work invigorated, with practical skills and tools that are applied immediately. And as Queen's alumni, your colleagues will benefit form ongoing support via a password protected website and access to faculty for quick consults. As their sponsor, you receive the same benefits.

We invite you to learn more about our open programs in organization development, organization effectiveness, and labour relations. Take programs individually or group them to earn career-building Queen's Certificates. Visit our Knowledge Centre and review discussion papers and articles designed with you, the practitioner, in mind. Learn more about our Blueprint for Organizational Effectiveness. Download sample templates.

DOWNLOAD DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

Pre-program Planning Worksheet to help frame your thinking and your pre-program discussion with your employee
Debriefing Worksheet to frame discussions with your employee within a week of his or her return from a program
Knowledge-Transfer Worksheet to help frame your thinking and discussions with your employee

CONSIDER A CUSTOM SOLUTION

To speak to a representative about bringing an IRC program in-house for a custom-training solution, please contact Stephanie Noel at sln@queensu.ca or 613 533 6000 ext. 77088