The Executive Leadership Management Program explores leadership skills for the complex and dynamic modern workplace. In today’s evolving business landscape, there’s a growing need for highly skilled leaders who can navigate through complex challenges and empower their teams to succeed. Over eight weeks, you’ll learn techniques to lead high-performance teams to add value and purpose to your organization through effective leadership strategies.
Investigate how to maximize your influence using practical tools and frameworks, and gain a deeper understanding of your leadership style to align it with your organization’s goals.
Gain the insights to devise and implement an effective strategy in your organization
Develop the confidence to operate outside your comfort zone
Increase your ability to engage, inspire and influence
Prepare for a more senior management role or professional challenge
Develop effective, motivated, and innovative leaders
Gain insights into the latest thinking on strategic business topics
Build a strong leadership framework
See a return on investment through Henley's collaboration with a learning partner in your organization. This person will understand and support the needs of the organization and the participant, benefitting both
The Executive Leadership Management Program is for managers at all levels who want to enhance role performance and organizational success.
Day1
Effective leadership: Leading for high performance
Reflect on the relationship between effective leadership and performance in organizations.
Define performance in the context of an organization
Discuss the impact that leaders can have on performance
Outline the different traits, styles, and contexts of leadership
Describe the evolution of leadership
Interpret your own leadership style, or potential style, and that of those around you
Identify effective and ineffective leadership in your context
Review your strengths and weaknesses as a leader
The job of the leader: Envisioning and engaging
Learn about vision and engagement as two core activities of leaders.
Recall the primary activities of leaders in the Oxford Leadership Framework
Recognize the link between vision and strategy
Interpret the interplay between authentic behaviors and trust in leadership
Indicate how the relationship between leaders and followers acts as a key factor in engagement
Identify the different types of motivators for team members in your context
Articulate your vision as a leader
Day2
The job of the leader: Choosing and connecting
Recognize the impact of personal biases in making decisions
Interpret theoretical models and frameworks related to decision-making
Outline the different types of connections leaders use to lead effectively
Explain how leaders mobilize networks for effective leadership
Review how important decisions are made in organizations
Apply the power of doubt in making decisions
Leading with power and influence
Explore the significance of power and influence within leadership.
Articulate the relationship between leadership and power
Distinguish between different forms of power
Investigate influence as a form of soft power
Deduce how to exercise influence in your organization
Analyze the importance of difficult conversations
Day 3
Leading teams for effective performance
Explore the functions and dynamics of high-performance leadership.
Describe the role of teams in organizations
Identify some of the challenges and limitations of building and harnessing teams
Articulate what leaders need in order to build a high-performance team
Deduce the role of the leader in high-performance teams
Analyze the challenges and opportunities of optimizing team performance in your context
Day 4
Strategies and models for leading change
Consider the role of the leader in driving change.
Discuss how leaders can drive change in organizations through change management models
Articulate which change management model is most suitable for your organizational context
Compare different strategies for managing change
Deduce the challenges facing leaders tasked with driving change
Distinguish the role of the leader in managing change
Analyze the extent to which change is being effectively managed in your organization
Day 5
Mastering complexity and a plurality
Explore strategies to manage the complexity inherent in leadership.
Differentiate between plurality and complexity within organizations
Assess the ways in which organizations manage multiple corporate and social goals
Analyze the challenges and tensions in leading for the present and the future
Evaluate how your organization plans for the future
Assess how alignment reinforces the purpose and strategy of organizations
Reflect on the role of alignment in your organization