Course Overview

The Communication and Languarge in the Boardroom Certificate Program provides learning opportunities for nurses who desire to learn more about to how to use linguistic strategies in the boardroom. While the focus in the introduction is on nursing, the learning modules are designed for an interprofessional audience.

What you will learn

Each participant will have the opportunity to: 

1. Define and understand linguistics, communities of practice, and framing.

2. Reframe language as a technology.

3. Understand the linguistic concept of jargon.

4. Explore the unique language patterns that characterize boardroom conversations.

5. Apply the two functions of language to miscommunications.

6. Examine the linguistic structure of assumptions and stereotypes.

7. Explore how individuals in the boardroom approach advocacy, both for themselves and others.

8. Learn specific language patterns that create inclusive environments to support advocates and dismantle biased systems.

9. Explore types of board governance models and board roles.

10. Observe, examine, and integrate the three functions of Leadership Language in the boardroom.