COACHING & LEADERSHIP PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION
Coaching & Leadership Professional
Designation
The Coaching and Leadership Professional Designation (CLPD) is a qualification in leadership and coaching that is jointly awarded by eLeadership Academy® and Royal Roads University to leaders meeting application requirements. Designation holders have developed competencies in leadership and coaching and demonstrated the application of these skills, along with an understanding of their significance leading others.
Eligibility
- Completion of a Certificate in Applied Leadership (CAL) through eLeadership Academy®, representing over 75 hours of focused leadership and coaching training
- A minimum of two years working and managing others, or equivalent experience leading by influence operationally (preference given to those with longer tenure)
- Completion of the 12-Week CLP Designation Program
- Demonstration of continuous learning, including 10 logged continuing education hours completed within the last year
FOR CREDIT UNION PROFESSIONALS
FLEXIBLE
ONLINE LEARNING
COHORT BASED PROGRAM
BRAIN-BASED TRAINING
Application and Renewal
Application
CLPD applications can be submitted after completing the 12-week Designation Program. These designations are valid for a period of three years.
CLPD Accreditation
Successful applicants receive a Coaching & Leadership Professional Designation (CLPD) jointly awarded by eLeadership Academy and Royal Roads University. This includes a CLPD certificate and digital credential and equivalency credit for the graduate course LEAD 580 Leadership, Community, and Collaboration, (which is one of three courses in the Graduate Certificate in Management and Leadership at Royal Roads University).
Program Fee: $3500 CAD / $2600 USD per person
The Designation Program Fee includes two 1:1 mentor coach session, one leadership coaching session, five cohort webinars, team application and project evaluation, and access to eight weekly office hours with faculty for coaching or discussion.
Renewal
Coaching & Leadership Professional Designations are valid for a period of three years, and recipients may renew after that time. A renewal must include a coaching endorsement letter from a workplace coachee, an overview of continued coaching practice and leadership learning, a mentor coach session, and a log of 10 continuing education hours over three years.
CLP Designation Program
This online 12-week, cohort-based program is offered January–March of each year and is exclusively for those pursuing a Coaching & Leadership Professional Designation.
Application deadline for the 2027 cohort will be November 30, 2026.
The CLP Designation Program Fee includes two sessions with a mentor coach, one leadership coaching session, five webinars, team application and project evaluation, CLPD application fee, and access to weekly office hours with faculty for coaching or discussion during the program.
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