COURSE OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this course the participants will be able to:
- Gain the insights to devise and implement an effective strategy in your organisation.
- Develop the confidence to operate outside your comfort zone.
- Increase your ability to engage, inspire and influence.
- Prepare for a more senior management role or professional challenge.
- Develop effective, motivated, and innovative leaders.
- Gain insights into the latest thinking on strategic business topics.
- Build a strong leadership framework.
- See a return on investment through Henley's collaboration with a learning partner in your organisation.
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Directors and senior managers aspiring :
- have mastered business fundamentals and now need to ‘lead leaders’;
- are required to enhance their managing upwards capability;
- need to develop broader responsibility across a number of teams.
The Executive Leadership Management Program is for managers at all levels who want to enhance role performance and organizational success.
COURSE OUTLINE:
DAY 1: Effective leadership: Leading for high performance
- Outline the different traits, styles, and contexts of leadership.
- Describe the evolution of leadership.
- Interpret your own leadership style, or potential style, and that of those around you.
- Identify effective and ineffective leadership in your context.
- Review your strengths and weaknesses as a leader.
DAY 2: The job of the leader: Envisioning and engaging
- Recognise the link between vision and strategy.
- Interpret the interplay between authentic behaviors and trust in leadership.
- Indicate how the relationship between leaders and followers acts as a key factor in engagement.
- Identify the different types of motivators for team members in your context.
- Articulate your vision as a leader.
DAY 3: The job of the leader: Choosing and connecting
- Interpret theoretical models and frameworks related to decision-making.
- Outline the different types of connections leaders use to lead effectively.
- Explain how leaders mobilize networks for effective leadership.
- Review how important decisions are made in organisations.
- Apply the power of doubt in making decisions.
DAY 4: Leading with power and influence
- Articulate the relationship between leadership and power.
- Distinguish between different forms of power.
- Investigate influence as a form of soft power.
- Deduce how to exercise influence in your organisation.
- Analyse the importance of difficult conversations.
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DAY 5: Leading teams for effective performance
- Describe the role of teams in organisations.
- Identify some of the challenges and limitations of building and harnessing teams.
- Articulate what leaders need in order to build a high-performance team.
- Deduce the role of the leader in high-performance teams.
- Analyse the challenges and opportunities of optimizing team performance in your context.
