Leadership Assessment

You will complete a leadership competency assessment to help you identify your leadership strengths and opportunities for improvement.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

Learn about your personality type and others through the MBTI Step I, which describes your personality as a collection of preferences.

Change Leadership Simulation

You will learn about change by leading, “GlobalTech”, through an innovative, interactive and webified simulation.

Innovative Learning Approach

Based on contemporary principles of interactive and experiential learning, LDP builds knowledge and skills through group participation, practice, self-assessments, reflection, and up-to-date materials.

Brent Pederson, MEd, CPHR

Brent Pederson is a trusted talent advisor with 15 years of experience in 2 global consulting firms, has worked in 8 countries, is consistently a top-rated consultant, workshop facilitator, conference presenter, and regularly publishes articles. He previously spent 15 years in the energy sector with 10 of those years in a direct leadership role. Brent primarily consults in the sectors of mining, oil & gas, financial services, and the public sector, specializing in the areas of leadership assessment & development, coaching, performance management, succession planning, organization design, leading change, and innovation.

Brent holds a Master’s of Education degree (University of Regina) and Certificates in Power Engineering (SAIT), Organization Design (USC), Adult Education (St. Francis Xavier), and HR Management (Queens).

His certifications/designations include: Executive Coaching, Change Management, the MBTI™, the Six Thinking Hats™, and CPHR.

Brooke Klassen, BComm, MBA, CMgr 

Brooke Klassen is an Assistant Professor at the Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan. With more than fifteen years of post-secondary experience, her teaching specializations include marketing, business strategy, decision making and entrepreneurship. Prior to her role as a professor, she was a senior administrator in the Edwards School of Business and led a team of student services staff for almost eight years.

Brooke has been a management consultant for almost eight years and has completed more than 70 projects in the areas of strategy, governance, organizational change and communications. Her client list includes private, public, government and Indigenous organizations from a variety of industries. She is also an accomplished author and her work has been published in several well-respected peer reviewed journals.

Leah Reid, BBA, CPHR

Leah is currently Director, Total Reward & Job Evaluation for SGI. With a diverse HR background, Leah is passionate about supporting leaders to drive high performance team.

A life-long experiencer of food and wine, Leah started her career in the wine industry working in sales for a national boutique wine agency in Vancouver. She would later transition to head up the HR department for the same company. Returning home to Regina after 10 years in Vancouver, Leah took on a new challenge with Korn Ferry Hay Group where she worked as Leadership and Reward consultant for several years. Following that, she was the Vice President of Human Resources and Community Engagement for GMS overseeing all things culture, employee experience, and leadership.

Leah completed a degree in Business Administration with honours at the University of Regina. A Chartered Professional in Human Resources (CPHR), a Certificate in Coaching, and certified in multiple leadership and learning assessment tools, she is always looking for her next opportunity to support leaders through their learning journey.

Penelope (Penny) Popp, P.Eng., MBA, PMP

Chief Executive Officer of Pyvot Consulting Inc., Penny Popp is a professional engineer that has practiced leadership for over 25 years. Penny’s experience includes a successful history of directing technical professionals in delivering multi-million-dollar infrastructure projects in the public sector. She is known for solving complex issues facing teams and organizations through her ability to navigate complex technical and behavioural strategies.

Penny is passionate about inspiring other leaders to step into their own personal leadership vision. She is a certified coach and practitioner of EQ-i 2.0 and EQ-i 360, a Professional Engineer, Project Management Professional, and an MBA graduate. She is proud to be a past graduate of the Edwards Leadership Development Program and the Master’s Certificate in Project Management.

Susan Bens, PhD

Susan currently works as a specialist in program design and instruction, supporting faculty at the University of Saskatchewan who want to improve in these areas.  She facilitates change at the group level and is a “thinking partner” to leaders who pursue strategic directions and make requests of others that are both innovative and manageable.   Susan has lead teams herself, including as a Director of a diverse set of student service units comprised of more than 60 professional staff.  Susan regularly teaches graduate courses in organizational theory and educational leadership as a sessional instructor.

With interconnected leadership and integrity interests, a current passion for Susan is discovering what it takes to develop and sustain the relationships that allow for effective coaching and for the giving and receiving of meaningful feedback in our organizations. 

Rick Reid, PME, BComm, CPHR 

Rick Reid is a human resources professional with over twenty years of experience in a variety of strategic advisory and leadership positions in both public and private sector organizations. The Corporate Learning Consultant and a program facilitator and coach with Executive Education at the Edwards School of Business, Rick has a Bachelor of Commerce from Edwards, a Professional Master of Education from Queen’s University, holds a CPHR designation, and is a Certified Leadership Coach. Rick has worked in a number of industries including education, health care, local government and energy services, and in his work with Executive Education, engages with participants and organizations across all industries. his career has primarily focused in the areas of employee and labour relations, and employee learning and development. He has extensive experience in conducting workplace investigations, conflict engagement, leadership development, performance management, and leading organizational HR change initiatives.

Rick values opportunities to connect with leaders and teams through facilitating training and development activities that support their work towards individual professional development goals, and in building cohesive, high performing teams. 

Chris Antonopoulos is a human resources professional with 17 years of experience across a number of strategic Human Resources and Organizational Development roles in both the Co-operative and Post-Secondary sectors. Currently a member of the Human Resources-Organizational Development team at the University of Saskatchewan, Chris holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the Edwards School of Business.

Chris’s career has primarily focused on the areas of Employee Learning, Organizational Development, Leadership Development and Talent Management design and delivery. Chris has extensive experience in adult learning and learning facilitation has also had extensive experience in helping to support organizational-change initiatives and in supporting strategic business planning processes. Chris is also certified in both the Everything DiSC^® Workplace and the LPI 360 ^® assessment tools.

Chris is very passionate about supporting new and aspiring leaders to further their development goals and aspirations while helping them to build and sustain effective teams and promoting healthy work cultures.