Strategic Management And Leadership

Course Units/Overview for Strategic Management And Leadership

MODULE 1: STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP

• Understanding the concept of strategic leadership

• The importance of strategic leadership in organisations

• Navigating today’s complex and dynamic business landscape

• Key roles and responsibilities of a strategic leader

MODULE 2: LEADERSHIP AND PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS

• Leadership within organisational and situational contexts

• Self-awareness, self-image, and perception

• The influence of personality, values, and behaviour

• Personal growth and transformation

• Understanding path dependency in leadership

• Leadership style and adaptive style flexibility

MODULE 3: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

• Defining leadership development

• The value and impact of developing leaders

• Organisational enablers and barriers to leadership growth

• Leadership competencies and capability frameworks

• Methods and approaches to developing leaders

MODULE 4: THE EVOLUTION OF STRATEGIC PLANNING AND STRATEGIC THINKING

• Strategic thinking and decision-making in organisations

• Models and frameworks for strategic thinking

• Shared principles across strategy formulation and execution approaches

• Clarifying and articulating one’s strategic thinking framework

MODULE 5: CORE LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

• Distinguishing leadership from management

• Power, authority, and influence in leadership

• Emotional intelligence: managing emotions, mood, and mindset

• Building rapport and strong working relationships

• The role of communication in effective leadership

• Strategic alignment and goal integration

MODULE 6: LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE

• The evolution and nature of organisational change

• Vision as a driver of change

• Approaches and philosophies to managing change

• Change management models and processes

• Individual responses and resistance to change

• Power dynamics and politics in change initiatives

MODULE 7: TEAM AND ROLE-BASED LEADERSHIP APPROACHES

• Team role theory and the Margerison-McCann framework

• Phase-based and time-oriented leadership models

• Developing shared team mental models

• Principles and practice of distributed leadership

MODULE 8: CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AND LEADERSHIP

• Understanding culture and its dimensions

• Corporate, team, and national cultural influences

• Norms, rules, and behavioural expectations

• Leadership responses to cultural conflict

• Leveraging cultural diversity for innovation

• Learning and leading across cultures

MODULE 9: STRATEGIES FOR GROWTH, PROFITABILITY, AND VALUE CREATION

• Balancing growth and profitability in public and private organisations

• Determinants of strategic success and failure

• Translating strategy into action plans and performance measures

• Delivering strategic initiatives in changing environments

• Internal and external drivers of strategic change

• Applying lessons from experience to guide future strategy

MODULE 10: ENGAGING THE ORGANISATION IN STRATEGIC THINKING

• Asking critical strategic questions

• Aligning individual and team work with organisational strategy

• Developing and testing strategic assumptions

• Facilitating forward-looking and future-focused strategic dialogue

MODULE 11: BUILDING TRUST AND FOLLOWERSHIP

• The value of trust in organisational performance

• Trust as a source of sustainable competitive advantage

• Empowerment through coaching and effective delegation

• Developing people while managing time and outcomes

• Case Study: Negotiation and agreement-building principles

MODULE 12: USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD INFLUENCE

• Crafting a leadership narrative and personal presence

• Understanding the psychology and science of influence

• Advanced communication, language, and rapport skills

• Influencing peers, seniors, and stakeholders

• Case Study: Stakeholder engagement and influence

MODULE 13: MOTIVATING AND INSPIRING OTHERS

• Leading and motivating a modern and multigenerational workforce

• Motivation theories applied to leadership practice

• Expectancy theory and enabling self-motivation

• Creating a personal leadership development roadmap

MODULE 14: DEFINING EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN TODAY’S WORLD

• Leadership challenges in contemporary organisations

• Insights and lessons from successful modern leaders

• Leadership styles relevant to today’s workplace

• Case Study: Leaders Eat Last

• Self-assessment of leadership behaviours and effectiveness