Course Code: MGLD 118
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Business Planning and Strategic Leadership
Course Sector:
Management and Leadership
Course Dates and Locations
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Date
Days
Location
Fees
Enrollment
01
08 - 12 Jul 2024
5 Days
Rome, Italy
$4,950
02
11 - 15 Nov 2024
5 Days
Abu Dhabi, UAE
$4,250
Introduction
Training course introducion / brief

You cannot have strategy without leadership. The role of leadership is a key element in an organization as it influences thoughts, beliefs, attitudes and behaviours of others. It visualizes what is to be achieved within required time frame. Organizations invested in leadership for increased performers. Strategic leadership capability ensures that organizations have corporate culture that values collaboration and trust as a foundation for improved performance. Real strategic Leadership requires that managers and leaders at all levels create the mindsets and behaviours that are needed to transform the organization from its existing paradigm to the new strategic paradigm that the vision sets forth.

Strategic thinking and leadership

In this course, we will focus on the strategic thinking and leadership behaviours that a high-performance organization needs for a successful long-term future. As well as will usher delegates in more strategic visionary leadership that focuses to deliver real value to their constituents and customers. This will enable organizations to strive to improve every aspect of the business, as delegates will understand the process of creating value and the execution to bring that value into reality. Participants will discover how to move from transactional management to transformational leadership, understand the global context in relation to their business, as well as develop skills and confidence to boost performance and enable them to develop and sustain their organization's performance for the future. 

Course Objectives
At the end of the training course, participants will be able to
  • Develop good Vision and Mission statements in support of strategy formulation
  • Develop & follow a strategic roadmap through a clear vision & statement of strategic intent
  • Identify the competencies and capabilities of strategically agile and effective organizations
  • Recognize your own strategic leadership style, and the styles of others.
  • Interpret the internal and external forces shaping the future
  • Carry out stakeholder analyses to enable management of diverse interests 
  • Relate leadership qualities to culture and strategy development
  • Develop a system thinking view of organizations
  • Turn strategy into business and operational plans.
  • Effectively prepare, motivate and guide your organization, unit or team towards the vision 
Course Audience
Who is this course for, and can benefit the most
  •  Executive Secretaries
  •  Executive Personal Secretaries
  •  Personal Secretaries
  •  Executive Assistants
  •  Personal Assistants
  •  Office Managers
  •  Administration Managers
  •  Management Secretaries
  •  Senior Assistants
Course Outline
The course aims and learning outcomes
THE STRATEGIZING PROCESS 
  • Why strategize: 21st century changes and challenges 
  • Psychological aspects of decision making
  • Strategic thinking – who, how, when & why 
  • The Difference between strategic Planning & strategic Thinking
  • Examples of strategy success and failure
  • The functions and capabilities of a strategic manager
  • Culture and strategic choices
UNDERSTANDING STRATEGIC MODELS AND PARADIGMS 
  • The strategic journey – common models and frameworks for strategic thinking
  • Developing a strategic roadmap
  • Strategy formulation – choices and risks
  • Define strategic objectives, measures and targets 
  • Strategy Maps – behaviors and outputs
  • Recognizing and developing the characteristics of strategic agility
  • Understanding and leveraging strategic competences and skills 
  • The problems of strategic planning
  •  Defining the outcomes 
THE STRATEGIC PROCESS 
  • Impact of external change: competitive positioning, technology, regulation
  • Innovation: Blue v Red Ocean strategies 
  • The strategy hierarchy 
  • Realizing the strategies: making them happen 
  • Recognizing & reacting to disruptive competition
  • Competitive positioning
STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE & SUCCESS 
  • Transforming the organization to enable strategic success
  • Balancing the focus on performance and strategy
  • Spreading leadership capabilities throughout the organization 
  • Maximizing organizational learning and knowledge transfer to embed strategic success 

EFFECTIVE STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION 
  • Strategic implementation tools and frameworks 
  • Structures and systems for strategic agility and performance 
  • Identifying strategic horizons and using the 7S framework
  • Analyzing the key elements for implementation 
  • Measurement, analysis and knowledge management
THE STRATEGIZE LEADERSHIP: STRATEGIC LEADER ON BOARD 
  • Leadership theories & styles
  • Attributes of successful leaders
  • Preparing for the future 
  • Strategic skills: traits or contextual
  • Visioning, communicating & framing 
THE STRATEGIZE LEADERSHIP: STRATEGIC LEADER ON BOARD (CONTINUATION)
  • Team and organization perspectives on implementing strategies 
  • Leading others through the strategic process
  • Effective styles and practices for strategic leadership 
  • Recognizing, analyzing and developing the strategic leadership styles used by you and others
  • Developing inspiration and motivation
  • Communicating the roadmap and gathering support
MANAGING THE CULTURE 
  • The significance of corporate culture
  • Facets of culture: the cultural web 
  • The Leaders role in establishing the culture 
  • Managing in a multi-cultural corporation 
  • Impact of culture on strategy roll out 
  • Challenges of mergers & acquisition
Providers and Associations
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Boost certificate of completion
BOOST's Professional Attendance Certificate “BPAC” is always given to the delegates after completing the training course, and depends on their attendance of the program at a rate of no less than 80%, besides their active participation and engagement during the program sessions.
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Flexible deadlines
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Shareable Certificate
Earn certificate upon completion
COURSE METHODOLOGY

Our Training programs are implemented by combining the participants' academic knowledge and practical practice (30% theoretical / 70% practical activities).

At The end of the training program, Participants are involved in practical workshop to show their skills in applying what they were trained for. A detailed report is submitted to each participant and the training department in the organization on the results of the participant's performance and the return on training. Our programs focus on exercises, case studies, and individual and group presentations.

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