HR-funded Professional & Continuing Studies courses | Royal Roads University

Exempt and CUPE staff may take two PCS courses each fiscal year (from April 1 to March 31).

View the approved topics and course selections in the tables below.

PCS courses available to staff

Course title	RRU values-based competencies
Achieving Your Leadership Potential with Mental Toughness – Online	Leadership, Developing self & others
Agile Project Management	Leadership, Developing self & others, Communication, Teamwork, Thinking/Innovation (Problem Solving & Creativity) , Flexibility
Art of Facilitation – Online Art of Facilitation - Synchronous	Student/Client focus, Coaching & Feedback, Developing self & others, Communication, Relationship management, Teamwork
Coaching for Performance: Creating Inspired Workplaces – Online	Leadership, Honesty, Respect, Openness, Quality, Coaching & feedback, Developing self & others, Results focus, Business awareness, Flexibility, Facilitating change, Communication, Relationship management
Communicating with Clarity and Impact: Professional Writing, Public Speaking and Presentation Skills – Online	Honesty, Respect, Openness, Quality, Developing self & others, Flexibility, Facilitating change, Communication
Creative Problem-Solving for Innovation: Getting Everyone Out of the Box – Online Creative Problem-Solving for Innovation: Getting Everyone Out of the Box – Synchronous	Leadership, Quality, Developing self & others, Results focus, Business awareness, Flexibility, Facilitating change, Communication, Future thinking/Innovation (Problem Solving & Creativity), Teamwork
Design Thinking for Organizations-Synchronous	Client focus, Leadership, Social, economic & environmental responsibility, Quality, Results focus, Business awareness, Communication, Future thinking/Innovation (Problem Solving & Creativity), Teamwork
Difficult Conversations – Online	Leadership, Honesty, Respect, Openness, Coaching & feedback, Developing self & others, Flexibility, Facilitating change, Communication, Relationship management, Teamwork
Facilitating Learning Online – Synchronous	Leadership, Client/Student focus, Flexibility, Facilitating change, Communication, Coaching & feedback, Developing self & others
Facilitating Learning with Liberating Structures – Online	Business awareness, Flexibility, Facilitating change, Leadership, Student/Client focus
Indigenous Ways of Being and Knowing: Integrating Indigenous Values into the Work Environment	Leadership, Social, economic & environmental responsibility, Honesty, Respect, Openness, Flexibility, Facilitating change, Communication, Relationship management
Introduction to the Cultural Diversity within Indigenous Territories throughout BC – Synchronous	Leadership, Social, economic & environmental responsibility, Honesty, Respect, Openness, Flexibility, Facilitating change, Communication, Relationship management
Influencing Through Effective Communication – Synchronous	Student/client focus, Honesty respect openness, Developing self and others, Communication, Relationship management
Introduction to Project Management – Online	Leadership, Results focus, Communication, Coaching & feedback, Business awareness, Relationship management, Future thinking/Innovation (Problem Solving & Creativity)
Labour and Employment Law for BC – Synchronous	Leadership, Quality, Result focus, Business awareness, Relationship management
Leadership Strengths and Styles – Online	Leadership, Quality, Developing self & others, Results Focus, Flexibility, Facilitating change, Communication, Future thinking/Innovation (Problem Solving & Creativity), Teamwork
Leading with Emotional Intelligence – Online	Leadership, Honesty, Respect, Openness, Quality, Coaching & feedback, Developing self & others, Business awareness, Flexibility, Facilitating change, Communication, Relationship management
Leading with the Brain in Mind – Online	Leadership, Developing self & others, Flexibility/facilitating change, Relationship management
Level Up Your Leadership – Online	Leadership, Quality, Developing self & others, Flexibility, Facilitating change, Communication, Future thinking/Innovation (Problem Solving & Creativity), Relationship management
Managing People and Performance – Online	Leadership, Developing self & others, Facilitating change, Communication, Relationship management

Mindful Communication and Listening – Synchronous	Client focus, Leadership, Honesty, Respect, Openness, Quality, Coaching & feedback, Developing self &others, Flexibility, Facilitating change, Communication, Teamwork
Mindful Resilience in the Workplace: Making People More Resilient, Agile and Productive – Online	Developing self & others, Honesty, Respect, Openness, Flexibility, Communication, Facilitating change, Teamwork, Relationship management
Optimizing Change in Organizations – Online	Leadership, Quality, Developing self & others, Results Focus, Business awareness, Flexibility, Facilitating change, Communication, Teamwork
Project Management Essentials – Synchronous	Leadership, Quality, Results focus, Business awareness, Communication, Teamwork, Future thinking/Innovation (Problem Solving & Creativity), Client focus
Psychological Safety in the Workplace – Synchronous	Honesty, respect openness, Developing self & others, Flexibility/facilitating change, Communication, Relationship management
Resilience and Change: Building Personal, Team, and Cultural Resilience – Synchronous	Communication, Developing self & others, Future thinking/Innovation (Problem Solving & Creativity), Results focus, Honesty, Respect, Openness, Quality, Facilitating change, Flexibility, Relationship Management, Teamwork
Servant Leadership: Bringing Authenticity, Compassion and Trust to Your Work – Synchronous	Client Focus, Leadership, Social, economic & environmental responsibility, Honesty, Respect, Openness, Quality, Developing self & others, Flexibility, Facilitating change, Communication, Relationship management, Teamwork
Strategic Systems Thinking: The Big Picture – Online Strategic Systems Thinking – Synchronous	Leadership, Social, economic & environmental responsibility, Quality, Results focus, Business awareness, Flexibility, Facilitating change, Communication, Future thinking/Innovation (Problem Solving & , Creativity), Relationship management, Teamwork
Sustaining and Building Community: Beyond Resilience in Times of Crisis – Online	Leadership, Social, economic and environmental responsibility, Developing self and others, Relationship management
Time and Priority Management- Synchronous	Quality, Developing self & others, Results focus, Flexibility/facilitating change, Future thinking/Innovation (Problem Solving & Creativity)
Writing for Business: Level I - Online	Quality, Results Focus, Communication
Writing for Business: Level II - Online	Quality, Results Focus, Communication
Climate Change Adaptation Fundamentals – Online	Leadership, Social, economic & environmental responsibility, Business awareness, Flexibility/facilitating change, Future thinking/Innovation (Problem Solving & Creativity)

PCS course topics for staff

business awareness	teamwork or coaching and feedback	quality or communication
developing self and others	flexibility/facilitating change	future thinking and innovation
honesty, respect, openness	leadership or relationship management	problem solving and creativity
results or student/client focus	social, economic and environmental responsibility