Business Management Development for Senior Leaders

Programme content

The use of action learning as a strategic leadership development medium

Using ROI in the decision making process at a strategic level

Engaging with stakeholders at a strategic level either internal or external to the organisation, getting buy in to change

Organisational mapping, dealing with barriers that enhance strategic productivity

The development of a personal brand which inspires confidence at a strategic level

The creation of added value at a strategic level

A range of contrasting traditional and contemporary models of leadership are considered, their research methodologies discussed and critical assessments made of them

Ethics, values, power and authority, responsibility and accountability in leadership

Knowledge, skills, behaviours and other characteristics of effective leaders

Organisation type, purpose, values and culture and their interaction and their impact on the leadership role

Characteristics of the sector in which the organisation operates and their impact on expectations of leaders; comparisons with other sectors

The nature of the external environment and its impact on the organisation; the demands and expectations this places on leaders

The criteria used to judge effective leadership in different types of organisation

The behaviours associated with effective leadership in different types of organisation

The leadership knowledge and skills that underpin effective leadership behaviour

The effect of personal characteristics (e.g. personality, intelligence, emotional literacy, personal integrity and honesty, values and beliefs, on leadership behaviour

Skills and techniques for evaluation of personal behaviour and performance

The use of feedback and awareness of others' responses such as emotional literacy to own behaviour

Techniques and skills in seeking and objectively evaluating feedback

Models of reflective learning (eg deep and surface learning, ACT, learning transfer, double loop learning, Activity Theory - NB learners must have an insight into process of learning and the role of structured reflection to enable learning)

Techniques for developing leadership in others (e.g. through coaching or mentoring, delegation, etc)

Techniques of reflective learning (learners must be enabled to use practical techniques to enable a structured approach to reflection to enable learning)

Results Driven Group Certification

Each delegate will receive a Results Driven Group personalised certificate at the end of the programme.