Introduction

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.

Objectives

At the end of this course the participants will be able to:

• 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

Targeted Audience

• Senior Executives and C-suite Leaders
  • CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and other C-suite executives responsible for setting organizational strategy and vision.
• General Managers and Department Heads
  • Managers overseeing major departments or divisions within large organizations, aiming to improve their leadership capabilities and strategic vision.
• Directors and Senior Managers
  • Senior managers in charge of leading teams, making critical business decisions, and executing strategies to achieve organizational goals.
• Leaders Transitioning into Executive Roles
  • Mid-level managers or professionals preparing for higher leadership roles, seeking to enhance their executive leadership skills.
• Entrepreneurs and Business Owners
  • Individuals leading startups or scaling their businesses who want to refine their leadership abilities and drive organizational success.
• Team Leaders Aspiring for Executive Leadership
  • Emerging leaders who wish to elevate their leadership styles and take on larger responsibilities within an organization.
• HR and Talent Development Professionals
  • Professionals responsible for developing leadership within the organization, focusing on leadership training and talent management strategies.

Outlines

Day 1

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

Day 2

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