Directors and Senior Management – Extended Programme – 12 Month Duration

This programme is intended for individuals who are in or transitioning into senior or strategic management roles to lead effectively and drive organisational success.

This training focuses on enhancing leadership capabilities, strategic thinking, and decision-making processes. Participants learn to align organisational culture with strategic goals, manage and implement change, and leverage tools like PESTLE and SWOT for strategic planning.

The programme covers essential topics such as time management, employee engagement, performance improvement, and continuous improvement methodologies.

The training emphasises personal development areas such as mental toughness, resilience, and stress management. It includes practical components like coaching sessions and work-based assignments to reinforce learning through real-world applications.

By the end of the programme, participants are better prepared to handle complex leadership challenges, foster a positive organisational culture, and drive sustainable growth and innovation within their organisations.

Training Day 1
The role, responsibilities and duties of a director.
 Understanding organisational culture and the link to strategy. (R)
 Strategic planning and implementation: the vision, the mission, the values.
 Understanding cumulative and competitive advantage and the link to strategy.
 The strategic framework and planning.
 Using PESTLE and SWOT to identify direction.
 A review of strategic options.
 Envisioning, predicting resistance using the Gleicher Formula.

Coaching Session – Virtual Half Day
 Working on and sharing live examples that have been experienced since the last workshop

Training Day 2
 From strategy to change: stress testing.
 Managing and implementing change. (R)

Coaching Session Virtual Half Day
 Review a case study for Change

Training Day 3
 Leadership and management – the difference
 Leadership theory (Blanchard, Hersey, Adair) and leadership styles (Tannebaum and Schmidt).
 Motivation theory and practice.
 Motivation and the link to delegation.

Coaching Session Virtual Half Day
 Work Based Assignment for Leadership

Training Day 4
 Time-management and personal organisation.
 Employee engagement.
 Managing and improving performance.
 Coaching and mentoring strategy.

Coaching Session Virtual Half Day
 Working on and sharing ideas for improving performance and employment engagement.

Training Day
 Continuous improvement methodologies.
 Effective communication across the organisation.
 Training and development for self and others.
 Well-being strategy and implementation.

Coaching Session Virtual Half Day
 Development of improvement methodologies to apply to the business

Training Day 6
 Mental toughness, resilience, assertiveness.
 Handling difficult conversations – the PRO Challenge.
 Stress management, dealing with conflict.
 ED+I and unconscious bias and overview of ACAS guidelines.

Coaching Session Virtual Half Day
 Action Learning Set – working on a live issue

Training Day 7
Decision making and problem-solving.
Lean production methodology (the link to Six Sigma). (R)

Coaching Session Virtual Half Day
Per delegate – Discuss the key learnings from the programme – Publish top tips for three subjects from the programme on your LMS/intranet