Strategic Leadership

Sample Programme - Day 1

The programme-Day one

Introduction and objectives

The need for strategic leadership

• The roots of leadership
• How thought on leadership has developed
• Current perceptions on strategic leadership

The leadership/management debate

• People and process issues
• The integrated approach to deliver results

Levels of leadership

• The capabilities required at the strategic level
• The difference between strategic leadership and strategy

Qualities and capabilities of strategic leaders

• Illustration through case studies
• Review of strategic capability

Developing specific leadership qualities

• A review of strategic capability using case study examples
• Developing an approach to leadership
• Reviewing the traditional and current approaches to leadership

CASE STUDY 1: Developing a leadership strategy

Understanding leadership processes at all levels

• Applying the leadership hierarchy
• Analysing the process

PRACTICAL EXERCISE
Demonstrating the theory of leadership processes in practice

Leadership and emotional intelligence

• The relationship between leadership and emotion
• The essence of organisational climate

PRACTICAL EXERCISE
Participants will work on an exercise to illustrate the theory of emotional intelligence in practice

A strategic leadership toolkit

• Practical methods for developing strategic leadership ability
• Core strategic leadership competencies – thinking skills and people skills
• Preparation for day two

Sample Programme - Day 2

The programme-Day two

Review of day one

Understanding strategic creativity

• Examining the psychological aspects of strategic thinking
• Mind mapping and other approaches to creative thinking
• Developing a creativity toolkit

CASE STUDY 2: A strategic leadership challenge
Developing a new vision and plan to transform an organisation to face future challenges based on a real-life scenario

Developing strategic leadership capability

• A review of current approaches
• Understanding the behavioural approaches
• Developing a contingency approach

Understanding corporate culture

• The structural aspects
• The behavioural aspects
• The human aspects

How leaders can change corporate culture

• Developing a toolkit for change
• Understanding the cultural web
• The link with emotional intelligence

CASE STUDY 3: Analysing leadership techniques
This practical case study illustrates how the strategic approach and the application of appropriate leadership techniques including ‘split screen ability’ work in a real-life scenario

Performace aspects at the strategic level

• Developing vision, goals and objectives
• Creating corporate identity and alignment
• Working with individual influencers

Effective strategic influencing skills

• The characteristics of effective persuasive leaders
• Understanding methods of persuasion
• Profiling others

Building the top team

• The nature of the top team
• Accepting diversity and challenge

The key functions of strategic leadership

• Putting these into action
• Personal leadership planning

Identifying tomorrow’s leaders

• Practical approaches
• The challenges for the future.