Lay the Foundation for Exceptional Leadership

July 6, 2026

Building Leaders – Edmonton 

ECAA is collaborating with ECA and MCA to provide this unique blended learning opportunity by Results Business Consultants– Building Leaders! 

3 Full Days In-Person: October 28, November 18, December 9, 2026 @ 8:00 am – 4:00 pm MDT

** This course is worth 6 Gold Seal Credits and 21 APD points for PEC’s. 

Early Bird pricing until September 4, 2026 **** $4,495.00 

With engineering and construction talent in high demand, investing in the growth of your emerging leaders is no longer optional—it’s essential. Technical expertise alone won’t cut it in today’s competitive construction market. Developing leadership, management, and business acumen in your team ensures your company’s future is built on a solid foundation of skilled, capable leaders. 

Virtual:

  • Kick off/Orientation – TBD 
  •  Accountability Check-in 1 – TBD 
  •  Accountability Check-in 2 – TBD 
  •  Accountability Check-in 3 – TBD, 

  **Time commitment is typically 30 minutes – 1 hour per week. There is generally a bit of pre-work as well (1.5 hours of reading) 

Program Features

  •  Understand personal behavior styles and their impact on leadership through personality profiling. 
  •  Develop personal accountability and productivity habits to lead by example. 
  •  Master the art of giving and receiving feedback to foster growth and collaboration. 
  •  Build skills to manage conflict and conduct critical conversations effectively. 
  •  Identify and develop top talent while addressing cultural alignment within teams. 
  •  Strengthen trust, psychological safety, and teamwork using proven frameworks.
  •  Empower and encourage teams to innovate and embrace change. 
  •  Apply leadership strategies in real-world scenarios to drive team success. 

Who Should Attend 

  • Emerging Leaders Institute is designed for new managers or those identified as having supervisory responsibilities in the future. 
  •  New or potential managers 
  •  Departmental managers 
  •  Project managers 
  •  Assistant project managers 
  • Project engineers 
  •  Estimators 
  •  Field leaders/foremen/superintendents 

Benefits 

  •   Develop the next generation of leaders and create paths to career advancement. 
  •   Build business management skills to strengthen your overall project delivery. 
  •   Participants can earn continuing education credit. 
  •   Course is designed with industry needs and challenges first and taught by consultants with decades of real-world experience. 

Facilitator – Christy Benoit Demuth 

Christy works with entrepreneurs & business leaders to help them unlock their full potential and realize greatness. She has over 15 years of experience in business leadership having founded, built and led several business ventures, including an innovative engineering firm that delivered industry changing products to some of the largest oil and gas companies in North America. Through her focus on developing healthy corporate cultures that foster continuous improvement mentality, she’s demonstrated that is it possible to do good while doing well in business.

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