Certificate of Indigenous Leadership, Governance, and Management Excellence

Banff Centre offers a flexible leadership certificate designed to enhance leadership skills with new strategies, tools, and ideas, focused on building capacity to support community and organizational growth in the era of self-determination and economic development.

Participants earn the Certificate of Indigenous Leadership, Governance, and Management Excellence by successfully completing seven Indigenous Leadership programs, selecting one from each of the seven Wise Practices Elements.

Identity and Culture

• Wise Practices in Indigenous Leadership
• Indigenous Women in Leadership

Leadership

• Inherent Right to Indigenous Governance 

Strategic Vision and Planning

• Braiding Strands: Related-world Strategic Planning

Good Governance and Management

• Establishing Institutions of Good Governance

Accountability and Stewardship

• Leading Teams: Good Governance for Councils and Boards

Performance Evaluation

• Project Management for Indigenous Organizations
• Indigenous Evaluation Frameworks

Collaborations, Partnerships, and External Relationships

• Negotiation Skills Training
• Indigenous Business and Economic Development