The Schulich Executive Education Centre (SEEC) provides Custom Programs to more than 100 organizations and 10,000 employees, from Canada and around the world, every year. SEEC Custom Programs offer highly focused training designed specifically to give your particular employee group the skills and tools necessary to drive organizational success. Participants learn through application, interaction and reflection as they take part in role-play activities, real-work simulations and/or intensive action learning projects.

Each approach reflects the Schulich Executive Education Centre’s (SEEC) unique blend of theory and practice, combining the academic rigour of our faculty with the real-world experience of expert industry practitioners. Depending on the scope, training is conveniently broken down into one or multi-day sessions or events, in residential or non-residential formats, which can be delivered immediately or spread out over several months to minimize workplace disruptions.SEEC’S superior approach to Custom Programs has been developed specifically to address the needs of the individual organization, demands of your industry and your market.

Immediate Solutions  

 If you are looking to develop a specific behavioural, management or operational function of your employee group, and have a limited amount of time to devote to the process, this option is for you.

Benefits

1. Enhanced interest and retention - Content is presented and discussed against the culture, practices and experiences of your company, making it specific to the needs and interests of the  audience.
2. Cost effective - Standardized per day costs mean that your organization saves money against sending 10-25 people to an Open Enrolment course.
3. Immediate impact - When your employees learn as a team, networks are strengthened and expertise can be shared across the organization
4. Concrete relevant examples - Proprietary information can be leveraged as actionable case studies.
5. Time sensitive - Courses are delivered based on your timetable, and at the location of your choosing.

Methodology

SEEC’s approach to Immediate Solutions allows you to train a group of ten or more employees in a subject area which fits a specific, and immediate, business need. Upon contacting SEEC you will have access to the following:

Tailored Solutions

 SEEC’s Tailored Solutions are highly interactive, utilizing cutting-edge experiential learning techniques. Participants actively learn through experience, action and reflection as they take part in role-play activities, real-work simulations, and competitive learning strategies.

The SEEC Experience

SEEC is uniquely prepared to provide a cutting-edge Tailored Solution to your organization. Our client-centric approach provides you with a dedicated facilitation, management and support team, and ensures that the training solution and resulting intervention are practical, high-impact and ROI driven.

What sets us apart from other Executive Education providers is how SEEC contributes to a powerful and practical learning experience which reflects five cornerstones of our operations:

1. Experienced - SEEC has extensive experience developing hi-potential employees and senior executives throughout the world.
2. Collaborative - We take the time to understand your organization, industry and market, and our training solutions and recommendations reflect this unique consultative approach.
3. Experiential - SEEC is a recognized leader in developing innovative Action Learning Projects and training solutions which emphasize ROI to both the organization and individual.
4. Global - Offices are partnerships around the globe and relationships with over 50 of the world’s leading business schools means SEEC can draw the right faculty to meet your distinct learning needs.
5. Diverse - Our faculty and program content reflect the wide net we cast when gathering resources in the development and delivery of Tailored Solutions.

Benefits

Partnering with SEEC to develop a Tailored Solution will enable your organization to:

1. Retain and grow the hi-potential employees of today and identify those of tomorrow
2. Link key business drivers with professional growth plans
3. Encourage self-responsibility for learning
4. Build a culture of mentorship and support
5. Improve critical thinking skills
6. Gain a greater understanding of strategy and planning knowledge
7. Create common processes and language among team leaders and team members

International Solutions

As part of the Schulich School of Business (Canada’s Transnational Business School), SEEC is uniquely poised to meet clients’ demands for training reflecting current market and industry drivers worldwide. Our diverse international experience reflects unparalleled expertise in delivering management training which prepares global leaders to take their organizations to the next level on the world stage.

Benefits

When you partner with SEEC to develop an international training solution, you get the opportunity to:

1. Ensure cultural relativity through an approach which demonstrates our  international mindset and operations.
2. Tap into the global knowledge and faculty base of our worldwide University partners, such as the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University.
3. Leverage a flexible delivery model – in Canada, or the country of your choice.
4. Receive immediate local support from our offices and business partnerships in Beijing, Shanghai, Mumbai, Moscow and Seoul.
5. Utilize innovative action-learning approaches and virtual options which cross borders and markets to create an unmatched end-to-end experience.
6. Develop a global work force who will learn to draw upon a diverse prism of references, tools and skill sets in order to lead your organization.

Methodology

We approach International Solutions through customized training programs which speak to the particular needs of a local audience, yet examine the issues at hand through a global lens.

• Needs analysis
• Global, tailored content
• Action learning projects
• Experiential cases
• Follow-up

Clients

SEEC has delivered customized programs for such international clients as:

• Academy of National Economy (Russia)
• American Express – Compass 35 Global program
• Bank of China
• Banking Sector Training Authority of South Africa
• Beijing Personnel Bureau
• Beijing Television
• China Aviation (AVIC 1)
• China CINDA Asset Management Corporation
• China Great Wall Asset Management Corporation
• China Life Insurance
• China Orient Asset Management Corporation (COAMC)
• China Ministry of Finance
• Chongqing Broadcasting and Daily News Groups (China)
• Citigroup India
• Commonwealth of Nations, London
• Indian Hotels Group
• Lomonosov Moscow State University
• Sichuan Provincial Civil Servants Training Association
• Sichuan Provincial Tobacco Corporation
• Tata Group (India)

Examples of recent international training interventions include:

China

Client Need: Chinese asset managers require a detailed overview of investment banking and risk management systems in North America.

Solution: A comprehensive two-week residential program is crafted by industry and academic experts, enhanced with targeted site visits.

South Africa

Client Need: South Africa’s national skills development strategy seeks to develop skills in the banking and micro-finance sectors.

Solution: The broad strategy of transforming the banking sector is addressed through topics in values, ethics, strategy and innovation.

Russia

Client Need: Russian science and technology experts need to enhance their entrepreneurial and business acumen to sell their unique ideas.

Solution: A ten-day residential program is developed to address the “how-tos” of commercializing innovation and managing venture growth.

India

Client Need: The Mumbai arm of a global financial services corporation wants senior managers to be able to deliver on the world stage.

Solution: A blended learning solution, with face-to-face events and a virtual module, is designed to enhance global management skills.

Commonwealth

Client Need: Global government leaders from Commonwealth countries need an annual program on leadership and management skills.

Solution: A two-week residential leadership program tailored to the global public sector is designed, augmented by visits with senior government officials in Toronto.