Course Description
In today's world of rapid change, success requires firms to have both leadership and strategy. In this course, you will learn pragmatic and actionable steps towards developing leaders that embodies both.
The Strategic Leader course aims to transform participants into strategic leaders who can navigate complexity, inspire their teams, and drive their organizations toward long-term success. Through a combination of theoretical insights and practical exercises, participants will gain the skills and knowledge needed to excel in strategic leadership roles.
Objectives
In The Strategic Leader course, you will learn how to:
• Create ownership and responsibility to lead by considering individual performance needs.
• Improve sensitivity to a wider range of effective leadership actions.
• Learn individual tendencies in a variety of management situations.
• Learn to make the strategic decision preceding virtually every supervisory action to influence performance by emphasizing the “task” or the “people”.
• Recognize the strengths and weaknesses of your dominant style.
Learn to flex your style appropriately to the needs of the direct report.
• Effectively use the Instruct, Relate, Coach, and Delegate styles.
• View performance situations in terms of how capable the employee is and how strongly they desire to perform well.
• Master 3 simple steps that can be applied in all performance management situations.
• Plan your use of strategic leadership back on the job.
• Integrate an employee development strategy into the use of strategic leadership styles.
Agenda
Module One: Defining Strategic Leadership
Part 1. Defining Strategic Leadership: Beyond Management and Leadership
Strategic Leadership Self-Assessment
Part 2. Leadership Styles and Their Impact
Part 3. The External Environment and Internal Capabilities in Strategic Leadership
Understand the External Environment
Leverage Internal Capabilities
Part 4. Ethical Decision-Making Role-Play
Module Two: Leadership Evolution; Traditional Management vs. Modern Leadership
Part 1. Traditional Management
Part 2. Modern Leadership (21st Century)
Role-Play Scenario: Fostering Innovation at Your Company
Module Three: The Importance and Impact of Leadership on Organizational Success
Part 1. Organizational Success Characteristics of Strategic Leaders
Activity - Defining Your Why and Adopting an Infinite Mindset
Key Concepts of “Execution” and “Leadership Pipeline”
Case Study 1
Module Four: Contemporary Perspectives from Leading Institutions
Part 1. Insights from Leading Institutions
Case Study 2
Module Five: People-Centered Leadership
Part 1. Key Principles of People-Centered Leadership
Part 2: Characteristics of People-Centered Leaders
Part 3. Practical Applications of People-Centered Leadership
Part 4. Systems Thinking for People-Centered Leadership
Activity for Strategic Leaders: People-Centered Leadership
Module Six: Visionary Thinking in Strategic Leadership
Part 1. Craft a Compelling Vision
Part 2. Storytelling
Part 3. Inspiring and Aligning Efforts
Part 4. Activity: Strategic Leadership Legacy - Vision Board Creation
Audience
Business professionals, including team leaders, managers, directors and others who want to enhance their leadership skills.