Sustainable Leadership for Organizational Performance

Overview:

Introduction:

This training program focuses on sustainable leadership principles aimed at enhancing organizational performance. Through a combination of theoretical concepts and practical applications, participants learn to implement sustainable leadership practices that promote long-term success.

Program Objectives:

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• List the key competencies of sustainable leaders.

• Describe ways of engaging with and identifying stakeholders.

• Understand the importance of creativity and innovation.

• Describe communication barriers and ways to overcome them.

• List ways to accurately solve problems and make decisions.

Targeted Audience:

• Managers.

• Team Leaders.

• Senior Executives.

• Professionals who need to understand and adjust their style and approach toward managing and leading others.

Program Outlines:

Unit 1:

Sustainable Leadership & the Triple Bottom Line:

• What is a sustainable leader?

• Key Competencies of sustainable leaders.

• PPP - the triple bottom line: people, planet, profit.

• Behaviors of sustainable leaders.

• Engaging with and identifying stakeholders.

Unit 2:

Responsibility & the New Normal:

• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

• Cultural Differences with CSR.

• Leading by example.

• Employer-supported volunteering (ESV).

• Leadership following Covid-19.

Unit 3:

Communication Skills for Sustainable Leaders:

• Identifying and removing the main barriers to communication.

• Developing your Emotional Intelligence (EI).

• Active listening skills and asking the right questions.

• SOLER Technique for interviewing and meetings.

• Future Leaders – Generational Differences.

Unit 4:

Mastering Problem-Solving & Decision Making:

• Identify the cause(s) of a problem (CATWOE, repetitive why).

• Using cause-and-effect analysis.

• Organise, analyze and prioritize ideas (affinity diagram & PMI).

• The science of making the decision (Vroom-Jago Decision Model).

• Using force-field analysis to implement decisions.

Unit 5:

Creativity, Innovation, and Your Career:

• Understanding creativity.

• The Science of Innovation.

• Disruptive innovation.

• Your career – using the B-SWOT tool.

• Your personal development plan.