invest in yourself IN MY SMALL GROUP COURSES, WHICH INCLUDE q&a TIME.
EACH COURSE INCLUDES A “SUCCESS PLANNER” workbook to help you progress from theory to implementation.
you’ll ALSO have on demand access FOLLOWING EACH LIVE COURSE.
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… or choose from Shelagh’s on demand courses.
SEE BELOW FOR LIVE SUMMER 2026 COURSES (more coming)
MINUTES, COMMUNICATIONS, GOVERNANCE, RISK MANAGEMENT, STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MORE
DROP SHELAGH A NOTE TO ORGANISE GROUP RATES FOR YOUR TEAM OR PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
Click here to send me a note describing the type of training you’d like for your group. You’ll find a sampling of my courses at the base of this page, and I customise presentations to meet clients’ needs and goals.
looking for something specific you don’t see above?
If you or you and your team are interested in any of the following courses and don’t see an upcoming course covering the topic, please contact Shelagh by clicking here.
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FOR assistants of all position titles
MEETINGS, MINUTES, WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
- Less is More: Elevating Your Minutes – Parts One and Two (core courses)
- Business Writing: Skills for Positive Reputational Impacts
- Systems and Strategies for Effective, Efficient and Strategically Focused Meetings
FACING AND ADDRESSING CHALLENGES TO PERFORMANCE AND OUTCOMES
- Elevate Your Performance and Wellbeing By Managing Time, Self and Expectations
- Empathy and Clarity for Difficult People and Situations
- How to Move Forward from a Career Setback with Clarity and Resilience
- Strategies and Language for Professionally Asserting and Promoting Yourself
- Cyber Savvy: Insights and Tips to Mitigate Risks in Your Career and Personal Life
ASPIRATIONS: PRESENCE, VISIBILITY, INFLUENCE, IMPACT
- Professional Presence: Influence, Confidence and Credibility
- Plan and Build Your Career, Rather than Watching It Unfold
- Personal Branding, Image and Visibility
- Leadership Begins With Managing Ourselves
- Communication and Public Speaking Strategies: Develop Earned Confidence
- Interview Prep: Plan to Make a Compelling Case for Your Candidacy
- New in Your Role: A Roadmap for Your First 90 Days
- From Peer to Team Leader: Strategies for Success
- Onboarding New Colleagues, Including Your Executive, for Success
PERSONAL and CAREER RESILIENCE; THRIVE
- Prioritizing Resilience Over Perfectionism for High Performance
- Thriving Within the C-Suite or Boardroom: Relationship Management
- Position and Prepare Yourself for Your Best Possible Performance Review
- Negotiation Skills and Strategies
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of special interest for those in board and/or c-level support roles
PRINCIPLES OF GOOD GOVERNANCE
- An Introduction to Governance and Core Functions of Your Role (core course)
RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT and SUCCESS IN YOUR ROLE
- Great Expectations: Board Management and Relations (core course)
- Thriving Within the C-Suite or Boardroom: Relationship Management
- Professional Presence: Influence, Confidence and Credibility
- Adding Value Through Connections, Networks and Relationship Management
- Empathy and Clarity for Difficult People and Sensitive Situations
- Negotiation Skills and Strategies
- Personal Branding, Image and Visibility
- When an Organisational Crisis Hits: What You Need to Know
- Navigating Leadership Changes
BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS
- Preparing Board Level Minutes With Confidence: Parts One and Two (core courses)
- Systems and Strategies for More Effective, Efficient and Strategically Focused Meetings
BOARD CULTURE and SUCCESS
- Onboarding New Board Members and Building a Board Mentorship Program
- Board Composition, Competency Matrix and Succession Planning
- Board Evaluations
ACUMEN: GAINING INSIGHTS ON BOARD LEVEL PRIORITIES
- Introduction to Risk Management
- Cybersecurity, Cyber Awareness and Board Communications
- Introduction to Strategic Planning
- Introduction to Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG)
Courses include PDF workbooks to help you implement what you learn.
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whatever your career stage
Rather than basing your professional development choices on your current position/job title or stage of career, make choices based on a combination of factors.
- your own aspirations
- career currency and resilience
- capacity to add value in the face of organizational, sectoral challenges, opportunities and priorities
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Shelagh earned Advanced Good Governance certification through Colleges Ontario, and benefitted from additional governance education through Canada’s Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) and the USA’s Association of Governing Boards (AGB).
She is a proud member of Governance Professionals of Canada (GPC), and has written multiple governance and business articles published by Diligent Corporation: A Modern Governance Company.
Shelagh’s presentations reflect her own ongoing education and all that comes with a decade’s experience as a governance/board professional with responsibility for board operations. She has also chaired a national board herself.
““Shelagh is the number one world trainer when it comes to quality governance training for EAs.” – Jacqueline M. Leib, USA