Advanced Management & Leadership

Equipping Leaders for Organizational Transformation

COURSE OVERVIEW
The global business environment has evolved dramatically, prompting organizations to move beyond traditional “top-down” management and embrace a more integrative, transparent leadership culture. Today’s leaders and managers must act as facilitators of change, understanding and responding effectively to both organizational and individual performance needs. This program equips leaders to drive transformation, cultivate high-performing teams, and foster a culture aligned with modern business demands.

KEY FEATURES

  • Self-Assessment: Evaluate your current knowledge, strengths, and areas for growth.
  • Organizational Assessment: Analyze how leadership and management are currently approached within your organization.
  • Practical Application: Learn to translate course principles into your work environment to become a more effective leader and manager while guiding organizational culture in the right direction.
  • Collaborative Learning: Engage in group discussions to gain insights from peers.
  • Feedback & PIP Exercises: Reinforce learning through in-class Principles Into Practice exercises.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
This course focuses on the essential elements of modern management and leadership:

Knowledge Enhancement:

  • Values-Based Leadership & Coaching Competencies: Understand the role of virtue, ethical behavior, and values in effective leadership.
  • Competence Management: Identify the knowledge, skills, behaviors, and personal attributes linked to superior performance.
  • Knowledge Management: Learn to systematically capture, create, share, and apply organizational knowledge in alignment with mission, goals, and strategies.
  • Performance Measurement: Establish benchmarks to evaluate training, investments, and business outcomes.
  • Succession Planning: Develop systems to identify, prepare, and track high-potential employees for future leadership roles.

Skill Development:

  • Managing change and cultural challenges in a competitive global environment.
  • Conducting environmental scans to inform strategy.
  • Differentiating strategic thinking from operational decision-making.
  • Making effective, data-driven decisions.
  • Practicing transformational leadership approaches.
  • Communicating purpose, vision, mission, and values clearly.
  • Engaging in authentic coaching and mentoring.
  • Driving continuous improvement and aligning competencies with organizational needs.
  • Maximizing achievement and impact through purposeful leadership.

TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is ideal for:

  • Professionals and leaders from any industry seeking advanced knowledge in management and leadership best practices.
  • Individuals aiming to enhance their capacity as strategic leaders or coaches.
  • Anyone responsible for translating vision into actionable plans, ensuring workforce understanding, and achieving organizational goals.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY
The program employs a highly practical, experiential learning approach. It combines interactive lectures, structured lessons, multimedia presentations, case studies, and group exercises. Participants actively engage in discussions, action planning, and hands-on activities to reinforce key concepts. Pre- and post-course assessments measure learning outcomes and effectiveness.

COURSE CONTENT

Module 1 – Values-Based Leadership & Coaching Competencies
Key Topics:

  • Introduction and current challenges
  • Self-assessment and organizational assessment
  • The importance of values-based leadership
  • Leading in diverse environments
  • Developing critical team leadership competencies
  • Evaluating personal beliefs and leadership intelligence
  • Raising standards and optimizing personal performance
  • Determining organizational and personal destiny
  • Integrating leadership competencies into organizational practice
  • Practical Exercise #1

Module 2 – Competence Management
Key Topics:

  • Competency model framework
  • Employee core competencies
  • Managerial competencies: human, conceptual
  • Technical/functional competencies
  • Leadership competencies and personal attributes
  • Coaching and mentoring skills
  • Practical Exercise #2

Module 3 – Knowledge Management
Key Topics:

  • Data, information, and knowledge fundamentals
  • Importance of knowledge management
  • Setting knowledge management objectives
  • Measuring knowledge intensity and relevance
  • Inputs and outputs for effective knowledge use
  • Implementing a knowledge management system
  • Practical Exercise #3

Module 4 – Performance Measurement
Key Topics:

  • Evaluating, controlling, and budgeting
  • Motivating and celebrating achievements
  • Promoting continuous learning and improvement
  • Practical Exercise #4

Module 5 – Succession Planning
Key Topics:

  • Understanding and developing emerging talent
  • Preparing for future leadership needs
  • Building a leadership pipeline and talent pool
  • Developing successors according to strengths
  • Identifying the best candidates for key roles
  • Optimizing talent development for maximum ROI
  • Practical Exercise #5