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Duration 35 hours
Course Outline
Day 1 – Strategic Insight & Strategic Thinking
- Exploring strategic insight and its critical value
- Distinguishing strategic thinking from operational thinking
- Identifying key organisational priorities and strategic challenges
- Conducting environmental and stakeholder analysis
- Utilising SWOT and PESTLE analysis frameworks
- Recognising trends, risks, opportunities, and emerging issues
- Aligning organisational objectives with broader business priorities
- Applying strategic problem-solving and decision-making methods
- Cultivating a strategic mindset
- Practical Activity: Strategic analysis of a workplace case
Day 2 – Turning Insight into Strategic Action
- Transitioning from analysis to strategic choices
- Identifying viable strategic options and alternatives
- Evaluating associated risks, opportunities, and business impact
- Prioritising initiatives and allocating resources effectively
- Engaging in scenario planning and forward-thinking
- Exercising critical thinking in complex situations
- Making sound decisions with incomplete information
- Developing robust strategic recommendations
- Communicating strategic insights to senior stakeholders
- Workshop: Developing a strategic action plan
Day 3 – Coaching & Mentoring for Performance
- Understanding the principles of coaching and mentoring
- Differentiating coaching, mentoring, training, and management
- The role of leaders as effective coaches and mentors
- Building trust and fostering psychological safety
- Mastering active listening and powerful questioning
- Setting goals and facilitating development conversations
- Providing and receiving constructive feedback
- Applying established coaching models and frameworks
- Addressing performance and behavioural challenges
- Creating individual development plans
- Practical Activity: Coaching and mentoring role plays
Day 4 – Impact & Influence
- Understanding personal impact and professional credibility
- Identifying sources of influence and power
- Influencing outcomes without formal authority
- Performing stakeholder mapping and analysis
- Understanding the distinct needs and motivations of stakeholders
- Employing persuasive communication techniques
- Building compelling business arguments
- Projecting executive presence and confident communication
- Managing resistance and engaging difficult stakeholders
- Applying negotiation and influencing techniques
- Workshop: Stakeholder influence simulation
Day 5 – Strategic Influence & Leadership Application
- Integrating strategic insight, coaching, and influence
- Influencing high-level strategic decisions
- Leading effectively through change and uncertainty
- Managing difficult and high-stakes conversations
- Building alignment across teams and stakeholders
- Fostering commitment and accountability
- Coaching others to achieve strategic objectives
- Measuring the impact of leadership interventions
- Creating a personal leadership and influence action plan
- Final Exercise: Integrated strategic leadership case study
- Individual action planning and course review
Requirements
- A foundational to intermediate grasp of leadership and management principles.
- Relevant professional experience in supervisory, managerial, or specialist roles is recommended.
- No specific formal certifications or technical prerequisites are required.
Testimonials (1)
Very practical. Trainer was very flexible in ensuring we meet our needs.
