Strategic Leadership Mastery

Overview:

Introduction:

This training program is designed to empower participants with advanced strategic leadership skills. Through a combination of theoretical learning and practical exercises, participants will learn to formulate and execute high-impact strategies.

Program Objectives:

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

• Improve leadership and strategic management techniques.

• Improve the ability to respond to change and uncertainty with resilience and adaptation.

• Recognize and handle leadership chances and obstacles more skillfully.

• Recognize and put into practice leadership techniques from some of the most recognized firms in the world.

• Change the business to accept possibilities and challenges.

• Develop team to deliver continual improvement that adds value.

Targeted Audience:

• General Managers and Heads of Department.

• Project, Programme, or Portfolio, Managers who need a more strategic view.

• Front-line Managers under pressure to do more with less.

• Senior Managers charged with transforming their department or division.

• Human Resource Professionals who need to be up to date on good leadership practice.

Program Outline:

Unit 1:

The Current Context of Leadership:

• Definitions of Leadership.

• Double Loop Learning.

• Rational and Non-rational Approaches.

• Leadership of Groups and Organisations.

• Transformational Change.

Unit 2:

Analysing and Solving Complex Problems:

• The Difference between Simple and Complex Problems.

• Understanding Complexity.

• Solving Complex Problems with Systems Thinking.

• Creative Thinking Techniques.

• Analysing, Preparing and Winning Arguments.

Unit 3:

Powering Your Team to High Performance:

• New Approaches to Teamwork.

• Elements of Effective Teams.

• Decision-Making: Choosing the Best Strategy to Suit Your Circumstances.

• Achieving Alignment with The Corporate Vision and Mission.

• Changing Your Measurement System to Build Commitment and Enthusiasm.

• Identifying a “balanced” Set of Key Performance Indicators.

• Recognition and Rewards .

Unit 4:

Leading the Charge:

• Becoming an Agent of Change.

• Alternative Strategies to Deal with Conflict.

• Choosing The Best Approach for Your Situation.

• Building A Model for Influencing Change: Lessons from The Eagle.

• Understanding and Leveraging Your Power Base.

• The Power of Humility.

• Getting into The Head and Heart of those who are Intransigent.

• Producing Win-Win Outcomes.

Unit 5:

Alignment: Linking Strategy to Operations:

• Overview of a Strategic Management System.

• Measuring Results.

• Foundations for Success: Strategic Leadership.

• Business Process Management Concepts.

• Describing and Realizing improvements using Process Models.