High Impact Leadership Programme

Objective:

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

• Enhance Self-Awareness: Recognize their leadership strengths and areas for growth, enabling more authentic and impactful leadership.
• Lead High-Performing Teams: Build, motivate, and sustain high-performing teams by applying effective team dynamics, trust-building, and communication strategies.
• Make Strategic Decisions: Use proven decision-making frameworks to make confident, data-driven decisions that align with organizational goals.
• Communicate with Influence: Master the art of persuasive communication, delivering clear, impactful messages that inspire and align others.
• Drive Change and Innovation: Lead teams through organizational change, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Evaluate and Measure Leadership Impact: Set and track leadership goals using performance metrics, ensuring continuous growth and tangible impact within their organization.

Content:

Introduction to High Impact Leadership

• The modern leadership challenge
• Understanding leadership vs. management
• Towards Servant Leadership – Authentic and Adaptive Leaders
• The Emotionally Intelligent Leader (EI)
• Identifying your personal leadership values
• Understanding your leadership style and behavior
• Leading by example – managing yourself and personal effectiveness

Understanding Communication, Persuasion and Influence

• Why is communication so difficult?
• Active listening and conversation skills
• Understanding the psychology of personal influence
• Building powerful messages and storytelling
• Presenting with confidence and meeting management
• Successful relationship and stakeholder management
• Understanding the principles of negotiation

Improving Individual and Team Performance

• Managing personal roles and competencies, reviews and performance
• Understanding personal motivation and work satisfaction
• Feedback techniques and managing difficult development conversations
• Using coaching and mentoring techniques to raise personal performance
• Team dynamics, roles and team development
• Why high-performance teams need and use conflict
• Using Agile methods and high performance teams

Building Better Critical Analysis and Creative Thinking

• Overview of classic strategic planning tools
• Understanding the business model
• Responding to change and managing innovation
• Understanding critical thinking and analysis
• Overcoming biases and fallacies in decision-making
• Understanding creative thinking and ideation techniques

Leading Positive Change

• Dealing with pressure and managing stress
• Encouraging work-life balance and personal effectiveness
• Professional and personal development
• Influencing positively across the organization
• Next steps and making a difference