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From The Globe and Mail, November 6:

The class of Halifax Port Authority employees is concentrating intensely on the issues that affect responsible leadership. Before they wilt, they take a break. But instead of checking e-mail or grabbing a coffee, they start dancing.

The dance break is a component of the program Dalhousie University's faculty of management offers executives and is intended to enhance the students’ performance, according to JoAnne Akerboom, executive director for the faculty. This kind of creativity in what business schools offer in corporate training is increasingly what companies are looking for.

Flexibility, brevity and customized training are the new watchwords.

Last year, Dalhousie’s advanced management centre introduced a new executive leadership education certificate program, with up to 20 modules on managerial issues such as service quality and enterprise risk management. “Employers, whether in the public sector or business, are being much more strategic in their selection of the kind of continuing education options they choose,” centre director Martine Durier-Copp says. “They want more options.”

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