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Target Audience: Middle and senior managers who have been practicing in management for at least 5 years. Managers should have attended foundation management training courses or have foundation knowledge of management principles and practices prior to attending this course.

Key Learning Outcomes

• Understand how to think strategically, implement tactically and drive performance operationally.Build up a toolbox of approaches for business planning and performance management.
• Discover new leadership concepts and understand your own leadership style.
• Discover your Emotional Intelligence strengths and opportunities for improvement.
• Enhance your own personal effectiveness as a leader.
• Remain current with best practice and innovative thinking on strategy and leadership.

Course Delivery Includes:

• Theory: Latest best practice
• Team discussions
• Self assessment
• Individual and group exercises
• Case studies
• Film clips
• Business Problem Solving
• Personal action planning

Course Outline: Strategic Leadership Skills for Practicing Managers

DAY 1

Strategic Management Principles
Strategic Management Definitions
The Strategic Management Process
10 Key Principles

Making Strategy Everyone’s Job
Creating a Strategy-Focused Organisation
Organisation Culture - By Default or Design ?

Tools for Business Planning and Performance Management
7 Essential Tools for Business Planning
3 Essential Tools for People Performance Management
2 Essential Tools for Performance Coaching

Theory Into Practice
Case Studies
Business Problem Solving

DAY 2

The Leader Within
Leadership Styles
Purposeful Leadership
New Leadership Concepts

Leading with Emotional Intelligence
The Business Case for EI
Your Personal EI Profile
How to Improve Your EI

Personal Leadership Effectiveness
Setting Well-Formed Outcomes
Techniques to Stay Focused and Energised
Influencing Tactics

Keys to Success
In Search of Excellence
Building Relationships
7 Habits of Highly Effective Strategic Leaders