Leading & Managing Through Strategic Planning & Innovation

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Course Introduction

The Leading & Managing Through Strategic Planning & Innovation training course is designed to equip leaders and professionals with the skills to develop, communicate, and implement strategies in today’s fast-paced business environments. This training course emphasizes both analytical and creative approaches, allowing participants to navigate complex challenges while driving organizational growth. Over two intensive weeks, delegates gain practical tools to enhance strategic thinking, problem-solving, and leadership capabilities.

Week One focuses on strategic planning and innovation, guiding participants through the processes of crafting actionable strategies. Week Two explores human and organizational factors essential for effective implementation, including teamwork, communication, and decision-making. By combining theory with hands-on exercises, this course ensures that delegates can apply learning directly to real-world challenges, enhancing both personal leadership skills and organizational outcomes.

Key takeaways from this training course include:

  • Understanding and applying effective strategic planning frameworks
  • Developing leadership skills to drive innovation and change
  • Enhancing decision-making in complex business environments
  • Improving organizational performance through practical strategy implementation
  • Cultivating creativity and agility in teams to support business growth

Modules

This training course is split into the following modules:

Module I - Certificate in Smart Leadership

Module II - Strategic Planning, Development & Implementation

Objectives

This training course empowers delegates to strengthen their leadership and strategic capabilities, providing tools for effective strategy development and execution. Participants will gain actionable insights to lead teams, innovate processes, and ensure long-term business sustainability.

Key objectives of the course include:

  • Mastering the three essential strategic agendas for leaders: intellectual, managerial, and behavioral
  • Identifying the right balance between operational excellence and breakthrough strategic initiatives
  • Recognizing critical opportunities and challenges that impact organizational success
  • Encouraging creative thinking and innovative solutions within teams
  • Transforming organizational environments to support new strategies and initiatives
  • Building confidence in leading strategic change across departments and functions

Training Methodology

This training course combines interactive lectures, case studies, and group exercises to create an engaging learning experience. Participants explore real-world business scenarios and practice applying strategic frameworks, ensuring knowledge is immediately actionable. Each session blends theory with practical application, allowing delegates to reflect on personal leadership styles and organizational effectiveness.

Participants are encouraged to collaborate, problem-solve, and innovate throughout the course. Structured exercises, discussions, and simulations foster critical thinking, while practical tools like the 7S model and Kotter’s change management techniques enable participants to implement strategies effectively. By the end of the two weeks, delegates leave with both conceptual knowledge and hands-on experience to lead strategic initiatives successfully.

Who Should Attend?

This training course is ideal for professionals seeking to enhance their leadership and strategic planning capabilities. It is particularly suited for individuals responsible for driving organizational change, innovation, and performance. Delegates benefit most when applying the learning to real-world business challenges.

Recommended participants include:

  • Directors and senior managers responsible for strategic decision-making
  • Team leaders overseeing projects and operational teams
  • Corporate strategy, HR, and functional managers
  • Heads of divisions and departments
  • Professionals aspiring to strengthen their leadership and strategic skills
  • Individuals leading initiatives that require creativity, innovation, and workforce engagement

Course Outline

Module I: Certificate in Smart Leadership

Day 1: Leading Creativity and Innovation at Work

  • Understanding Strategy and Leadership in the 21st century
  • Innovation vs. Constant Improvement
  • Innovative Leadership as a Transformative Force for Success
  • The critical mass for change and innovation
  • Case Study of Innovative Companies
  • Applying Leadership to Achieve Creativity and Innovation

Day 2: Achieving Workforce Engagement

  • How the G.E. Workout Model Engaged Employees
  • Achieving Buy-In from Your Workforce
  • Developing Creative Solutions for Problems and New Strategies
  • Overcoming Old Paradigms
  • The Characteristics of Organizational Drift
  • Achieving Results by Leading an Empowered Workforce

Day 3: Leadership with a Creative Edge

  • Developing Creative Potential in People and Teams
  • How Profiling may Reveal the Creativity in People
  • Thinking Skills and Multiple Intelligences
  • Learning New Brainstorming Techniques
  • How to Incubate New Ideas
  • Interacting with ‘Creatives’ using Influence and Persuasion
  • Creative Group Exercise: Identifying Business Processes

Day 4: Creating a Motivating Climate for Higher Productivity

  • Key Elements in Creating New Missions
  • Establishing Goals and Targets with Creative Flair
  • Building a Sense of Significance and Purpose
  • Emotional Intelligence as a Motivator
  • Rewarding and Encouraging High Performance
  • Pygmalion and Galatea Theories Behind Individual Performance
  • Group and Team Motivation

Day 5: Driving Strategic Change

  • Managing the Change Process
  • Kotter’s Change Management Techniques
  • Successful Techniques for Leading Effective Change
  • How a Leader Communicates a ‘Sense of Urgency’
  • Overcome the Challenges of Change in Organisations
  • Creating an Attitude of Perpetual Change and Improvement
  • Course Review and Personal Goals

Module II: Strategic Planning, Development & Implementation

Day 6: Understanding the Strategic Environment

  • Understanding the impact of leadership competencies on company strategy
  • Recognizing and interpreting forces in the strategic environment
  • Understanding the importance of planned and creative approaches to strategy development
  • Recognizing organizational change readiness and strategic inflection points
  • Recognizing the impact of perceptions on strategic choices

Day 7: Understanding Strategic Models and Paradigms

  • The strategic journey – common models and frameworks to enable strategic choices
  • Developing a strategic roadmap
  • Understanding and leveraging strategic competences and skills
  • Case Study: managing well in an unpredictable environment
  • Recognizing and developing the characteristics of strategic agility

Day 8: Effective Strategic Implementation

  • Recognising the key challenges of strategy implementation
  • Understanding the impact of structures on organisational effectiveness
  • Using the 7S model to analyse organisational competence
  • Turning measurement into information to track performance and inform future strategy
  • Building learning organisations to support agility

Day 9: Strategic Leadership

  • Effective styles and practices of strategic leaders
  • Recognizing, analysing and developing the strategic leadership styles used by you and others
  • Great leaders inspire and motivate – do carrots and sticks work?
  • Develop your leadership toolkit by understanding motivation theories
  • Case Study: Practice your negotiation skills in complex circumstances

Day 10: Driving Strategic Performance & Success

  • More leadership styles: servant leadership and dispersed leadership
  • Understanding the human impact of change
  • Understanding employee engagement
  • Using communication media effectively
  • Achieving success through a dynamic equilibrium between compliance and innovation

Providers and Associations

Anderson
Aztech Training
Coventry

Certificate

  • COPEX Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course

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