Serving Engineers and Technical Talent across Sectors to support Career Mobility
At ISTEP, we’re redefining what it means to lead in technical industries. Designed for today’s fast-paced, innovation-driven world, ISTEP empowers engineering and technical professionals to evolve into visionary, transformative leaders.
By bridging the University of Toronto’s world-class research with customized, industry-relevant training, our approach delivers both technical depth and strategic insight.
Whether you're seeking remote, in-person or hybrid delivery, our tailored training partnerships are built to meet your team’s unique leadership development goals.
Soon you’ll have access to even more flexibility—ISTEP’s upcoming self-paced online modules will offer asynchronous learning opportunities focused on communication, leadership and team-building skills.
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Foundations of Technical Leadership
Technical expertise alone is not enough for engineers to lead effectively in today’s collaborative and global work environments.
This short course introduces early-career engineers to the foundational practices of technical leadership: the ability to influence, communicate, and contribute to high-performing teams while applying engineering ways of thinking.
Who's this course for?
This course is recommended for early to mid-career engineers and technical professionals with five (5) to ten (10) years of experience who may be preparing to take on larger cross-functional projects and/or teams.
What you'll learn
- Leadership identity and self-awareness
- Team dynamics and psychological safety
- Equity, diversity and inclusion
- Communication for technical and non-technical audiences
- Feedback practices
- Influence without formal authority
What you'll do
Learners will apply course concepts through reflective and practical assignments, including a technical leadership self-assessment, a case scenario analysis and a final leadership project in which they design a 90-day action plan to address a real or potential challenge in an engineering environment.
Format: Asynchronous Online
Total time: 36 hours
Access period: 90 days
Price: $895
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