Why Choose this Training Course?
This practical training course focuses on Sustainable Leadership, a response to the need for leaders who prioritize long-term sustainability and social responsibility. Sustainable Leadership involves creating value for all stakeholders, including future generations and the broader community. It embodies behaviors, practices, and systems that envision and shape a future that benefits everyone.
Over five dynamic days, the course will explore key topics such as Stakeholder Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, effective communication strategies, decision-making and problem-solving techniques, and fostering critical thinking and creativity. By the end, you will be equipped with the skills to lead sustainably and drive positive change within your organization and beyond.
What are the Goals?
By the end of this COPEX training course, you will be able to:
- List the key competencies of sustainable leaders
- Describe ways of engaging with and identifying stakeholders
- Understand the importance of creativity and innovation
- Describe communication barriers and ways to overcome them
- List ways to accurately solve problems and make decisions
Who is this Training Course for?
This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Professionals who wants to learn techniques to work with other colleagues
- Team leaders, supervisors, section heads and managers
- Professionals who have an interest in a management position
- Anyone who wants to become a leader in their work role
- Project, purchasing, finance & production officers and personnel
- Technical professionals including those in Maintenance, Engineering & Production
- Secretaries, clerks, administrative and support staff
- Anyone who juggles multiple tasks and deadlines
Course Outline
Day One: Sustainable Leadership & the Triple Bottom Line
- What is a sustainable leader?
- Key competencies of sustainable leaders
- PPP - the triple bottom line: people, planet, profit
- Behaviours of sustainable leaders
- Engaging with and identifying stakeholders
Day Two: Responsibility & the New Normal
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
- Cultural Differences with CSR
- Leading by example
- Employer-supported volunteering (ESV)
- Leadership following Covid-19
Day Three: Communication Skills for Sustainable Leaders
- Identifying and removing the main barriers to communication
- Developing your Emotional Intelligence (EI)
- Active listening skills and asking the right questions
- SOLER Technique for interviewing and meetings
- Future Leaders – Generational Differences
Day Four: Mastering Problem-Solving & Decision Making
- Identify the cause(s) of a problem (CATWOE, repetitive why)
- Using cause-and-effect analysis
- Organise, analyse, and prioritise ideas (affinity diagram & PMI)
- The science of making the decision (Vroom-Jago Decision Model)
- Using force-field analysis to implement decisions
Day Five: Creativity, Innovation and Your Career
- Understanding creativity
- The science of innovation
- Disruptive innovation
- Your career – using the B-SWOT tool
- Your personal development plan
The Certificate
- COPEX Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course
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Duration:5 days
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Format:Classroom
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Language: English
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Certificate:Yes
