Project leadership

Certificate of advanced studies (CAS)

The technical and methodological skills that project managers apply on a daily basis are no longer sufficient in today's socio-economic environment. It is now essential to acquire the new key skills and mindset needed to successfully assume the role of project leader.

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Diploma
Certificate of advanced studies (CAS)
Duration
15 days spread over 6 months
Schedule
From 09h00 to 17h00
Language
French
Format
Onsite
Price
9 500 CHF
Credits
12.5 ECTS credits
Project leadership

Sessions

Discover the next sessions of our open program in project leadership below. Click on the session you are interested in to obtain its full calendar.

March
Open
Start
06 March 2025
End
14 June 2025
Registration
Before 31 January 2025
Early bird
Before 31 October 2024

About

This certificate (CAS) aims to help project managers move to the next level of project management, not by mastering more technical and methodological skills, but by acquiring the key competencies and mindset needed to become a project leader.

Indeed, the times we live in today show that methodological project management skills remain essential, but are no longer sufficient for successful project completion. If agility, adaptation, resilience and diversity were important in the past, they are now essential and vital. Project managers now need to know how to guide diverse teams towards a goal that makes sense to them in an agile and resilient way, while adapting to the organization's strategy. We offer a holistic, cross-functional vision of project management, emphasizing the human and relational dimension.

The role of project manager is above all a sum of skills rather than a title. It's a set of skills, a sum of actions and a state of mind. As a project player, we'll help you guide your teams in an inclusive, agile and resilient way, in line with organizational strategies.

This CAS therefore does not go back over the basic fundamental and methodological principles of project management (traditional or agile), but takes an in-depth look at the key skills needed to increase personal contribution as a project leader and thus improve the chances of success.

Learning objectives

  1. Identify how to lead your team in an agile, adaptive and resilient way, and engage your stakeholders.
  2. Develop the right mindset and leadership style for modern project management.
  3. Promote and manage diversity in your teams to ensure respect for individuals and the success of your projects.

Target audience

  1. Project, portfolio or program managers or stakeholders wishing to improve their skills.
  2. Managers or professionals seeking to explore a human and inclusive approach to project management.
  3. Anyone wishing to explore new ways of organizing, managing or piloting a project.

Program

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The open program in project leadership is a cas designed for professionals wishing to develop new skills in parallel with their professional activity. This open program incorporates a strong participatory dimension. .

The project leadership program consists of 5 blocks . This represents 15 days spread over 6 months. That represents a total of 105 hours of teaching and about as many hours of personal work .

Program's blocks

Each module can be followed individually

Human project management

Project management is based on two dimensions: technical and human skills. This short program lays the foundations of project leadership by focusing on the human aspects: the leader and his/her leadership style, the project team that guides collaboration and ensures alignment, and the stakeholders.

Human project management

Inclusive leadership

Diversity affects every project team. This short program is designed to help you understand diversity - what differences exist between project participants, and what is at stake in these differences? - and develop inclusive habits of collaboration and interaction to best manage this diversity.

Inclusive leadership

Design thinking

Discover how to integrate design thinking into your project management to create innovative solutions right from the ideation phase. Thanks to this approach, you'll be able to put the user at the center of your thinking, to promote internal team alignment and, above all, facilitate exchanges between the various stakeholders.

Design thinking

Agile leadership

Discover the transformative potential of agility, connected to the reality of your organization. You'll learn not only how to run a project or product according to agile principles, but also how to create a truly sustainable culture of commitment within the projects and teams you lead.

Agile leadership

Project resilience

Discover how to anticipate and manage uncertainty in your projects with the help of strategic design tools. In an increasingly complex business context, this innovative approach goes beyond traditional risk management approaches to increase overall project and organizational resilience.

Project resilience

Testimonials

Ingrid Crisinel
Ingrid Crisinel
March 2024
15 days of enriching training, interaction and questioning about our practice and how to improve it! This course gives us the keys to strengthening our leadership in a caring way.
Joakim Auf der Mauer
Joakim Auf der Mauer
March 2024
The discussions with the participants and the speakers showed me that the strength of a team lies in its diversity and that, as a project manager, I have to create an environment where everyone feels valued and listened to if we are to succeed together.
María Elena Crausaz
María Elena Crausaz
March 2023
This open program provided me with tools that can be quickly applied in daily practice. It is truly an open program that shakes things up in the best possible way.

Modalities

admission criteria

The steering committee reserves the right to accept applications from people who do not meet the conditions below on the basis of their motivation and professional experience .

Professional experience

A minimum of 3 years of professional experience..

Academic curriculum

Hold a university degree or any type of diploma deemed equivalent by the program management .

Payment terms

Price: 9 500 CHF

All expenses related to continuing education are, except in exceptional cases, tax deductible .

Down payment : 1 500 CHF

To be paid within 7 days upon receipt of the confirmation letter of your registration .

Discount (10%): -950 CHF

A discount is offered to Alumni HEC or early bird registrations (non cumulative offer).

Payment terms

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