This comprehensive two-week training course is suitable for strategic leaders and first line professionals. It addresses how strategies are developed in a complex, dynamic environment and how they are then communicated and implemented to achieve business results. Week one focuses on innovating and planning while week two drills deeper into human and organizational factors needed for effective problem solving and team work leading to sound strategy implementation. Business sustainability and success require clear decision making and strong leadership. The training course includes linear and creative approaches to strategy development and allows delegates opportunities to enhance key leadership skills. The two-week training course gives delegates a sound understanding of strategy and planning principles. It is strongly suggested that strategic leaders attend both weeks.
Quais são os objectivos?
Attending the intensive 10-day training course will give delegates an opportunity to:
Develop the Three Key Strategic Agendas for Leaders - Intellectual, Managerial and Behavioural
Identify the Most Effective Balance of Operational Excellence and Breakthrough Strategic Performance
Identify Critical Strategic Issues and Opportunities
Practice and Encourage Your People to Think Differently and Workout New Initiatives and Innovate
Change your Environment to Support Your New Strategic Initiatives
A quem se destina este curso de formação?
This Coventry Academy training course is designed for individuals who either currently hold or aspire to hold middle and senior management positions, who are responsible for contributing to the development of strategies and plans as well as their implementation. These include:
Directors and Senior Managers
Team Leaders
Corporate Strategy, HR and Other Functional Managers
Heads of Division
Heads of Department
Descrição do curso
Module 1: Strategic Planning, Development & Implementation
Day One: Understanding the Strategic Environment
Understanding the strategic leadership competencies – intellect, management and behaviors
Recognizing and interpreting forces in the strategic environment
Understanding strategic inflection points and strategic scenarios
Formulating strategic vision and expressing strategic intent
Analyzing and prioritizing strategic issues
Day Two: Understanding Strategic Models and Paradigms
The strategic journey – common models and frameworks for strategic thinking
Developing a strategic roadmap
Recognizing and developing the characteristics of strategic agility
Understanding and leveraging strategic competences and skills
Defining the outcomes
Day Three: Effective Strategic Implementation
Strategic implementation tools and frameworks
Structures and systems for strategic agility and performance
Identifying strategic horizons and using the 7S framework
Analyzing the key elements for implementation
Measurement, analysis and knowledge management
Day Four: Strategic Leadership
Preparing for the future
Effective styles and practices for strategic leadership
Recognizing, analyzing and developing the strategic leadership styles used by you and others
Developing inspiration and motivation
Communicating the road map and gathering support
Day Five: Driving Strategic Performance & Success
Transforming the organization to enable strategic success
Monitoring and adjustment
Balancing the focus on performance and strategy
Spreading leadership capabilities throughout the organization
Maximizing organizational learning and knowledge transfer to embed strategic success
Day Six: Encouraging a Creative Climate at Work
Innovative leadership for excellent performance
The Critical mass for change and innovation
Innovation VS Constant Improvement
How a Leader Creates a Culture of Innovation
Case Study on Most Innovative Companies
Innovation and current business breakthroughs
Day Seven: Gaining the Participation of the Workforce
The G.E. “Workout” Strategy for engaging Employees
Gaining the “Buy-In” from the workforce
Developing Creative Solutions for problems and new Strategies
Overcoming old Paradigms
Dealing with Organizational “Drift”
Case Study on Gaining Empowerment
Day Eight: Leading with the Creative Edge
Developing Creative Potential in People and Teams
Managing Creative People
Learning new Thinking Skills
Learn New Brainstorming Techniques
How to Incubate New Ideas
Gaining Collaboration in the Workforce
Creative Group Exercise: Identifying new business processes
Module 2: Smart Leadership
Day Nine: Creating a Motivating Climate for Higher Productivity
The Ten Key Elements to Setting up New Missions
Setting Goals and Targets Creatively
Creating a “Sense of Significance”
Using Emotional Intelligence to Motivate people
Rewarding Performance
The Four Step “Pygmalion” theory
Group and Team Motivators
Day Ten: Driving Strategic Change
Managing the Change Process
Kotter’s Change Management Techniques
Successful techniques for Changing People
How a Leader Communicates a Sense of Urgency
How to Overcome the Pitfalls of Change
Creating an Attitude of Constant Change
Course Review
O certificado
Coventry Academy Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course