Certificate in Administrative Excellence

Overview

This certificate helps executive and administrative assistants to enhance their personal influence, promote productive relationships with their boss and peers, and take action to achieve powerful results.

Certificate structure

Participants must complete two core programs and four elective programs.

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Core programs

Leadership Excellence for Administrative Professionals

This program develops key administration management competencies, with a specific focus on communication skills, problem solving, decision making, and working within a dispersed work environment. The goal is to help you become an effective resource for peak performance within your organization.

Project Management for Administrative Professionals

Feeling overwhelmed by multiple tasks and deadlines? This program shows how to use project management techniques to change the way you approach projects and large tasks. Learn how to plan, prioritize and manage multiple projects and deadlines in fast-paced work environments, with less stress and better results.

Elective programs

Select four from our full range of programs

Most programs qualify as electives for this certificate*. Immerse yourself in a learning environment that allows you to participate in thought-provoking discussions with our award-winning faculty and leading industry instructors. Connect and collaborate with your peers. Build communities of practice by accessing the best UBC Sauder Professional Growth has to offer.

_{*Programs must be at least two full days in length to qualify as a certificate elective.} 

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