Leadership Institute

Leadership development for every stage of a healthcare career.

From your first leadership role to shaping the profession — practical development, peers who understand the work, and mentors a few steps ahead.

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Our approach

Leadership is learned in practice.

The Leadership Institute is being built with members. The journey and tracks below describe its structure; programs, cohorts and resources are introduced as they are ready, and announced to members first.

Practical

Built around the real decisions leaders make in pharmacies, clinics and health systems.

Peer-based

Leaders learn fastest from one another — through circles, mentorship and honest conversation.

Patient-centred

Better leadership exists to make care safer, more accessible and more humane.

Principled

Grounded in professional ethics, transparency and our Membership Standards.

The leadership journey

Six stages. One continuous path.

STAGE 01
Emerging Professional
Building professional identity, clinical confidence and first leadership habits.
STAGE 02
Practice Leader
Leading shifts, services and projects; precepting and influencing without authority.
STAGE 03
Manager
Leading teams, operations and performance; developing people.
STAGE 04
Director
Leading departments and multiple services; strategy, finance and quality.
STAGE 05
Executive
Setting direction for organizations; governance, partnerships and culture.
STAGE 06
System & Industry Leader
Shaping practice, policy and the profession beyond a single organization.