The Art of Strategic Leadership

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Course Details

Sector:Leadership
Title:The Art of Strategic Leadership
Synopsis:How Leaders at All Levels Prepare Themselves, Their Teams, and Organizations for the Future.
Description:

Today’s organizations face two daunting challenges:

1. How to create new sources of competitive advantage to sustain long-term growth, and,

2. How to engage leaders at every level of the organization so that they are more proactive and forward-looking in their area of responsibility. 

The Art of Strategic Leadership uses a unique approach to examine what it means to be a strategic leader. Instead of focusing on the skills, behaviours, and tools found in typical books on strategic leadership, the program sheds light on the attributes and qualities necessary to lead strategic change and help transform a business.

Strategic leadership is what modern leadership is all about. Organizations expect leaders to anticipate and be proactive more than ever before. 

Objective:

For the participant to assess and reflect on their strategic leadership qualities – identify those that are strengths and those that need to be developed.

The program will act as a guide to incorporate values and qualities into the participants own leadership style to become a more effective catalyst for change. 

Key learning:

This program will help in the following ways:

  • Develop a more proactive, forward-thinking approach to leadership
  • Approach strategy from both short- and long-term perspectives
  • Adopt the core values and principles of a strategic leader
  • Model the qualities exhibited by powerful leaders 
Target audience:Managers at all levels of an organization.
Duration:Two days