PROGRAM FOR CHIEFS/GRAND CHIEFS AND BOARD
BECOMING AN AGILE AND INNOVATIVE LEADER
Create and consolidate promising links between leaders
Co-leads : Manon Jeannotte and Louis Hébert
Duration: 12 days (maximum 3 consecutive days)
72.5 hours of training
Bilingual (simultaneous translation)
NEXT COHORTS
Workshop dates:
- November 16-17-18, 2023 @ HEC Montréal
- January 25-26, 2024 @ online
- February 22-23, 2024 @ online
- April 18-19-20, 2024 @ First Nation community
- May 2, 2024 @ online
- May 31, 2024 @ HEC Montréal
More details soon…
PROGRAM CONTENT
PROGRAM FOR COUNCILLORS/CHIEFS AND BOARD MEMBERS
BECOMING A TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER
Increase your influence within your community/organization
Co-leads : Ian Picard and Stephane Rousseau
Duration: 12 days (maximum 3 consecutive days)
72.5 hours of training
Bilingual (simultaneous translation)
NEXT COHORTS
Workshop dates:
- May 25-26-25, 2023 @ HEC Montréal
- June 29-30, 2023 @ online
- August 24-25, 2023 @ online
- September 14-15-16, 2023 @ Uashat mak Mani-Utenam
- September 29, 2023 @ online
- October 20, 2023 @ HEC Montréal
PROGRAM CONTENT
CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION – PROGRAMS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND ADMINISTRATORS
- Hold a leadership position in a First Nations community/organization in Quebec or elsewhere in Canada:
- Chief/grand chief
- Vice chief
- Councillor
- Board chair
- Board member
- Aspiring leader
- Have an open mind and commit to actively participating in the program from beginning to end.
- Thanks to the generous support of our partners, this program is offered to you free of charge. Participants must pay for transportation and accommodation.
A UNIQUE TRAINING EXPERIENCE BASED ON A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH
Our high-level programs aim to enhance the skills of current and future First Nations leaders. In so doing, this forward-looking approach will boost and enrich First Nations’ economic successes.
FNEE will offer participants an immersive experience that is true to First Nations’ traditional values of sustainability and the circular economy.
OBJECTIVES
Our programs will give you the tools to:
- Embrace and utilize a collaboration-based leadership mindset.
- Focus on sustainable development within your communities.
- Adopt an open, innovation-oriented and future-focused leadership practice, rooted in your values.
A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE
The immersive experience in our programs features a range of activities, including:
- Receptions
- Dinner conferences
- Inspiring testimonials
- Discussion panels
- Visits to organizations
- Traditional ceremonies
- Sharing circles
- Participant feedback
- Leadership challenges
- And more!
Our programs for elected officials and administrators
Our programs focus on leaders and their levers of development.
They are designed to help hone three aspects:
- GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
- HARD SKILLS
- SOFT SKILLS
OUR PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO:
FOSTER
Better management and business practices within communities.
CULTIVATE
Leadership based on a collaborative mindset.
EMPOWER
Participants with tools to stimulate and enhance business success and management of services.
SPECIAL FEATURES
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Trainers from the academic and business worlds
- Training delivered by HEC Montréal teachers in tandem with First Nations trainers
- Learning methods based on real-life cases that are directly transferable to an organizational setting
- Unique content developed collaboratively by HEC Montréal and First Nations, inspired by existing high-level programs
- Programs jointly developed and taught in line with your values
- Eligibility for university-level certification
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