Who Should Attend?

* Chief executives and other members of the board, corporate senior managers working in all disciplines, corporate management, especially those in HR, those involved in financial & strategic planning, and those responsible for developing marketing strategies. This course builds on the foundations laid by Spearhead's Developing Management Skills course and delegates should have attended this course, or a similar offering by another company in the past 3-5 years, in order to be able to fully benefit from the topics covered in this training programme.

*This course builds on the foundations laid by Spearhead's Developing Management Skills course, and delegates should have attended this course, or a similar offering by another company in the past 3-5 years, in order to be able to fully benefit from the topics covered in this training programme.

About the Programme

Over time the world of the corporate senior manager has grown more complex. Competitive strategy has now become increasingly global in context. As well as this, cultural sensitivity and motivational management of people has become a vital component of day-to-day business activity. Above all, senior managers are now expected to be leaders, team builders, coaches, and an inspiration to their staff, in addition to being decision makers and risk takers.

In parallel with these developments, the business environment has become increasingly judgemental of the corporate manager. He / she is held to account for company growth, identification of strategic risk, weakness and opportunity, creativity and innovation, and the strength of communication, both internally, and with the company's external customer base. Indeed, customers, customer satisfaction, and intelligent analysis of customer trends, have now become one of the central operational concerns of all modern businesses. The task of modern senior management is complex, challenging, and multi-faceted. Indeed, some thinkers are even beginning to argue that the era of 'the manager as super hero' has arrived. What resources should the manager turn to in the quest to build, maintain, and develop this 'super hero' status? This is the subject of this five-day programme, focused specifically on the senior corporate manager. The course is designed to allow managers to absorb, in a concentrated manner, the key issues and principles which will help them build their capabilities and strengths. Each module will allow a significant time for analysis, self-assessment, and debate of the issues, both in group and individual activities.

Course Objectives

• To understand leadership & vision in an entrepreneurial society
• To gain skills in leading your team for the future
• How to maximise performance and minimise conflict
• To consider strategic thinking and planning in a global context
• Understanding planning and management of strategic change projects
• To learn how to gather information and use it productively

What You Will Gain

• A clear understanding of the role of a senior manager in a modern company
• Your current leadership level and the steps you need to take to reach Level Five
• How to build a successful team and get it performing
• Motivating and managing your talent pool to get the best results possible
• The opportunity to clarify your understanding of strategy and how it can work for you
• Identification of the key strategic issues confronting your organization
• The opportunity to practise using different strategic tools to analyse your own strategic environment
• How to design, plan, and implement effective strategic change projects
• Identification of your own information needs and how you best absorb and use information

Programme Contents

DAY ONE

• An Overview Of The Senior Manager Role
• Understanding Your Impact On Others
• From Good To Great (Collins)
• Leadership Characteristics Of An Effective Leader
  > Theories On Leadership Styles
  > Being A Proactive Leader
  > Time Management Matrix
• The Concept Of Level Five Leadership:
  > Leadership & Power
  > Unlocking Your Own Leadership Potential
  > The Four Keystones Based On The Work Of Dr Robert Cooper

DAY TWO

• Team Leadership
  > Defining Effective Teamwork
  > What A Team Needs To Succeed
  > Team Dynamics
  > Building An Effective Team
  > Keeping Teams Motivated
  > Working With Cross-Cultural Teams
  
• Achieving Better Results Through Others
  > Appraisal & Performance Review
  > The Leader As Coach & Mentor
  > A Place For Executive Coaching

DAY THREE

• Influencing Others & Managing Conflict
  > Types Of Conflict
  > Thomas Killman Conflict Model
  > Dealing With Conflict
  > 10 Steps To Joint Victory
  
• Strategic Thinking
  > What Is Strategic Thinking?
  > The Strategic Thinking Pyramid
  > The Strategic Thinking Process
  > Identifying Your Strategic Issues
  > Using Your Company's Strategic Vision
  > Integrating Your New Strategy Into Your Organization's Overall Strategy

DAY FOUR

• Strategic Analysis
  > Map Of The Strategic Context
  > External Analysis Tools: PESTLE, Porter's 5 Forces, Competitive Advantage, etc.,
  > Internal Analysis Tools: SWOT, Gap Analysis, GE Grid, etc.,
  
• Strategic Change
  > Managing Strategic Change
• The Five Stages Of Planning & Implementing A Strategy
  > Initiation, Planning, Motivating, Monitoring, Closing
• Strategic Option Analysis
  > Analysis Tools: Force-Field Analysis, Ishikawa Diagrams, Attractiveness-Implementation Difficulty, Stakeholder Analysis, etc.,

DAY FIVE

• Integrating Your New Strategy Into Your Organization's Overall Strategy
  > Building A Business Case & Communicating Your New Strategy
  
• Managing Information
  > Understanding Data Uses
  > Control Vs Productivity
  > Performance Measures
  > Prediction & Forecasting
  > Identifying Your Management Information Style
  > How To Collect & Analyse Good Data
  > Using A Business Dashboard
  > Exercise: Business Expansion Into A New Region
• Putting What Has Been Learnt Over The Past Five Days Into Practice.

5 Days - Non-Residential

Location:

Delegate spaces available on the following course dates: