IT Leadership

Programme Outline

The programme is made up of the following 5 modules:

1. IT Leadership (1 day)
2. Strategic leadership (1 day)
3. Peer leadership - building influence (1 day)
4. Innovation, change management & crisis leadership (1 day)
5. Managing IT teams, governance (1 day)

The course covers a broad range of subjects of relevance to anyone in a senior IT management position. It is a holistic and structured approach based on years of practical experience. It is designed to develop the management skills and techniques needed to improve the performance of IT professionals.

Benefits

A wide range of skills and tools are taught in this course. Application of the techniques will yield the following major business and personal benefits:

1. Leadership and motivational skills to deliver better results and retain top talent
2. Robust strategy development processes to better meet corporate objectives
3. Improved return on investment from better business cases
4. Tighter cost management from enhanced vendor negotiations and contract management
5. Improved performance measures and a framework to deliver them
6. Techniques to harness innovation and new technologies
7. Closer links with the business to deliver the right projects on time
8. Improved change management for better program outcomes
9. Better protection for your organisation against major outages and disasters
10. Development of an external network of contacts to develop new ideas and benchmarks
11. An action matrix and knowledge framework to keep abreast of new management techniques and technical advances