The programme is designed to give executives a leadership and strategic perspective on their businesses, with particular attention given to leading strategically in today’s environment of rapid change and growing global opportunities.
The Leadership and Strategic Management aims to develop individuals to lead and manage successfully and ethically at a strategic level across a range of organisations, and to formulate, implement and critically evaluate decisions.
The programme will focus equally on becoming an effective strategic leader and developing breakthrough competitive response for your organisation in a world rich with opportunities and new possibilities. Special emphasis will be ascribed to creating a sustained winning edge using values as a business advantage.
It enable managers to develop leadership and analytical skills to support and influence strategic, tactical and operational aspects of a business
Leadership:
- Introduction to Leadership and Leadership Effectiveness
- Understand behaviours exhibited by successful Leaders
- Provide tools and techniques to improve your Leadership skills
- Understand that Leadership is a complex and sometimes messy subject
- Learn that Leadership qualities tend to be behavioural in nature, are difficult (but not impossible) to learn, and are difficult to measure
- Basic Leadership Skills
- Understand why experience is the best teacher
- Recognize how to listen & communicate effectively
- Understand how to be assertive
- Understand the importance of feedback
- Recognize the importance of, and know techniques for, developing relationships with peers and superiors
- Have an improved understanding of goal setting
- Advanced Leadership Skills
- Understand various aspects of delegation
- Learn conflict resolution strategies
- Improve understanding related to negotiation
- Learn problem-solving skills
- Learn team building techniques related to peer teams and executive teams
- Learn about the importance of credibility in leading teams
- Increase understanding related to empowerment and its effect on team performance
Strategic Management:
- Strategic Leadership
- Define strategic leadership
- Integrate leadership and the strategic process
- Link personal and organizational missions and visions
- Become a better strategic leader
- Strategic Planning and Strategic Management
- Strategic Intent: Vision, Mission and Objectives
- Environmental Analysis / Industry Analysis
- Competitive Analysis /Internal Analysis of the Firm
- Corporate-Level/Business-Level/Global Strategy
- Acquisition, Restructuring and Cooperative Strategies
- Strategic Analysis and Choice
- Strategy Implementation: Structural Issues
- Behavioural Issues in Strategy Implementation
- Operational, Marketing, Financial and Human Resource Strategies
From the course:
- Learn to lead with a set of core values and convictions
- Become familiar with core concepts and frameworks that will contribute to strategy making
- Explore concepts and skills associated with successful business endurance
- Evaluate new business models and new opportunities
- Share strategic perspectives from one another’s firms
- Develop key leadership dimensions
- Produce innovative ideas and think strategically
- Communicate to persuade and influence others
- Initiate action, give direction, and take responsibility
- Implement plans to achieving goals
This program is targeted to professionals who want to become effective leaders and change agents in their organizations through essential leadership competencies.
Professionals such as senior executives involved in development of business strategy like heads of business units, functions, strategic planning, and CEOs of single business organisations.
On successful completion of the course and course requisites, candidate will receive Strategic Leadership development certification.