CMI Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management & Leadership
Course
In Keswick and London
Description
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Type
Workshop
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Level
Advanced
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Class hours
7h
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Duration
9 Days
This ‘tools’ based leadership development programme focuses on the practicalities of leadership from a delivery perspective and, through a series of competency based leadership skills assessments and experiential leadership development exercises, develops confidence within the leader.
This programme is delivered over 9 days as a residential course in the Lake District (module one - 4 day residential block and module 2 - 5 day residential block) or as a 9 day open course with module 1 - 4 days in London delivered over 6 weeks and module 2 as a 5-day residential block in the Lake District.
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About this course
The programme is both blended and experiential in its
nature with a range of online activities undertaken pre
and post course through our CMI online learning and
development portal Management Direct
Experienced or aspiring senior managers/directors/future
leaders in your organisation
There are no specific entry requirements however, delegates will likely be working or have experience of working at a senior leadership level.
CMI Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management & Leadershp
This programme is delivered over 9 days as a residential course in the Lake District (one 4 day residential block and
then another 5 day residential block) or as a 9 day open course with the first 4 days in London at 1 day per month
and module 2 as a 5-day residential course in the Lake District
One of our account managers will contact you within 2 working days.
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Subjects
- Strategic Management
- Organisational Change
- Leadership
- Team Performance
- Communcation skills
- Leadership Styles
- Leadership planning
- Strategic Leadership
- Strategic Planning
- Leadership Skills
Teachers and trainers (1)
Chris Goodwin
Trainer
Course programme
The CMI Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership consists of five assignments which are as follows:
1. Strategic leadership, which involves delegates developing the skills of the strategic leader
2. Implementing organisational change strategies, results in you in driving through change in your respective organisation
3. Strategic planning, enables the delegate to consider the purpose, direction and implementation of strategic plans on their organisation, and how to assess priorities and justify alternative strategic options and the impact on stakeholders
4. Conducting a strategic management project, you will develop a company-based investigative project, drawing together all your skills learnt during the course and applying them to a specific issue or problem.
5.Developing performance management strategies, you will examine the links and how to manage the performance of a team to ensure their contribution to the overall strategic objectives and the tools and techniques available to set targets and measure future
team performance
‘On completion of this course you will be entitled to use the designatory letters MCM'
Programme content
Module one – Strategic leadership
This module is about understanding strategic leadership skills and strategies and the understanding of ethical and cultural issues within your organisation.
• Develop the ability to be able to analyse the impact of the organisation’s culture and values on strategic leadership
• Debate how organisational specific, legal, regulatory and ethical requirements impact on strategic leadership demands
• Learn how to evaluate current and emerging social concerns and expectations impacting on strategic leadership in your organisation
• Discuss the relationship between strategic management and leadership in your organisation
• Learn how to evaluate leadership styles and their impact on strategic decisions
• Discuss why leadership styles need to be adapted in different situations
• Learn how to evaluate the impact of leadership styles on your organisation
• Learn how to evaluate two differing leadership strategies
• Determine situational variables which could cause a change in leadership strategy
• Analyse a leadership strategy to support your organisational direction
Module two – Implementing organisational change strategies
This module is about identifying, developing and implementing change strategies to meet organisational objectives, using a range of management models, tools and techniques.
• Learn how to use a range of organisational change models or frameworks
• Apply a range of creative problem solving techniques to address change challenges
• Identify and justify change solutions that link to organisational strategic plans
• Learn how to evaluate a range of change implementation models
• Identify the criteria to select a change implementation model that supports
organisational change
• Learn how to demonstrate the use of analytical tools to monitor the progress and
the effect of change
• Assess monitoring and measurement techniques to change within your organisation
• Learn how to analyse strategies to minimize adverse effects of change
• Identify the processes to review the impact of the change
• Learn how to present the findings of the impact review
Module three – Strategic planning
This module is about the process of creating and implementing strategic plans
• Identify the organisational strategic aims and objectives
• Assess the impact of stakeholder expectations on a strategic plan
• Determine the alternative strategic options available
• Assess the feasibility of alternative options
• Conduct a risk assessment of preferred alternatives
• Identify the selected strategic directions
• Produce a strategic plan to achieve the selected strategic directions
• Assess the factors to be considered in the implementation of the strategic plan
• Implement the strategic plan
• Determine the processes required to monitor and review the strategic plan
• Evaluate the impact of the strategic plan
Module four – Conducting a strategic management project
This module is about undertaking projects of strategic organisational importance: determining project objectives, undertaking research and analysis to produce recommendations, and evaluating the impact of the project
• Determine a topic of investigation that has a strategic implication
• Discuss the aim, scope and objectives of the project
• Justify the topic of investigation and its aim, scope and objectives
• Evaluate the project research methodology, including the project structure and research base
• Identify sources of data and information that will support the aim of the project
• Synthesise the data and information for options or alternatives that support the project aims
• Determine an option or alternative that supports the project aims
• Evaluate the research analysis to enable conclusions to be made
• Recommend a course of action that achieves the project aim
• Analyse the impact of the recommendations
• Evaluate the medium to be used to present the result of the project
• Produce the results of the investigative project
• Evaluate the impact of the investigative project
Module five – Developing performance management strategies
This module is about ensuring that the performance of the team contributes to meeting strategic objectives
• Assess the links between team performance and strategic objectives
• Evaluate tools and techniques available to set team performance targets
• Assess the value of team performance tools to measure team performance
• Determine required performance targets within teams against current performance
• Discuss the need to encourage individual commitment to team performance in achievement of organisational objectives
• Relate the application of delegation, mentoring and coaching to the achievement of the organisational objectives
• Evaluate a team performance plan to meet organisational objectives
• Evaluate team performance against agreed objectives of the plan
• Evaluate the impact of the team performance in contributing to meeting strategic objectives
• Determine influencing and persuading methodologies to gain the commitment of individuals to a course of action
• Discuss the impact of individual dynamics, interests and organisational politics on securing the commitment of individuals to a course of action
CMI Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management & Leadership