Course description
Strategic leadership refers to a manager's potential to express a strategic vision for the organization, or a part of the organization, and to motivate and persuade others to acquire that vision. Strategic leadership can also be defined as utilizing strategy in the management of employees.
The Strategic Leadership Programme gives participants the practical tools, techniques and insight to be a strategic and resilient leader who is able to work effectively in a complex environment within a senior team, working collaboratively across and outside of their organisation.
Upcoming start dates
Upcoming start dates
Suitability - Who should attend?
This The Strategic Leadership Programme has been specifically designed for:
- Senior managers and those middle managers who are on the fast track to senior positions.
- Both public and private sector individuals and all senior managers, executives and directors who understand the benefits both personally and professionally of developing strategic leadership skills.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Attending The Strategic Leadership Programme will help you to:
- Develop an effective strategy to achieve your business goals
- Understand the role of emotional intelligence in leadership
- Take away a practical leadership tool-kit
- Develop a more dynamic approach through enhanced strategic creativity
- Broaden your understanding of the corporate culture to increase your influence within it
- Improve your persuasion and influencing skills to achieve your strategic goals
- Learn the key functions of strategic leadership
- Make strategic decisions in complicated environments
- Adapt their leadership style to the needs of their organisation and teams
- Know how to create an empowering culture
- Use cutting-edge strategic tools to create a successful impact
- Lead change within your team and organisation
- Tackle both transformational and incremental change
- Communicate messages to make an impact.
Training Course Content
Day 1
Leadership VS management
- Understand the competencies of leadership and management.
- When should we ‘lead’ and when should we ‘manage’
- Influential leadership.
- Introducing the link between leadership and the climate it creates.
Day 2
The power of a compelling vision.
- Vision, mission, strategy and tactics.
- Communicating with passion – bringing your people with you.
- Techniques of upward and downward communication.
- The use of logic and emotion.
- Developing an organisational influencing strategy.
Day 3
Ethically using a political ‘tour de force’ to influence positively across your organisation.
- Techniques for countering unethical and self-serving behaviour.
- Defining politics within our organisations.
- Practising offensive and defensive techniques.
- Manage upwards, sideways and across.
- Identify and map your inner circle.
- Apply offensive and defensive political strategic
Day 4
Identify and deal with the politics players affecting you such as the sponsor- the opponent – the terrorist – the leech.
- Understand the psychology of change.
- Dealing with resistance to change.
- Case study of major change story.
- Applying the process to your own situation.
Day 5
Planning and formulating a strategy.
- Strategic Influences – what should you consider?
- Communicating a strategy to ensure success.
- Change management: What works – and what doesn’t.
- Exploiting strategy as a framework for change initiatives.
- Identifying the right change strategies for your company.
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