Leading Strategically

Overview

Are you a manager who wants to know what it takes to be a successful senior manager? Or do you want to go one extra step up to the senior management team? You’re in good hands, then, because this Short Course will take you there! You’ll discover that what it takes is way beyond “gut feel.” Instead, there are concrete, specific strategies—12 top practices to be exact.

As a result of the recent collapse of so many once-profitable organizations, executives in record numbers are now questioning the effectiveness of their leadership. And they probably should as 40 CEOs within Fortune 500’s top 200 organizations were either fired or forced to resign in the year 2000 alone!

You have also probably read about many previously successful executives who have appeared on the covers of prominent international magazines—Fortune, Forbes, Time, Newsweek, Business Week, etc. Executives are discovering that it is no longer enough to lead with their gut or to manage based upon what has worked for them in the past. The stakes are much too high for leadership based on gut or the past. This is a new century calling for leaders at the helm to consider the most current ways to lead at the top. All of these new perspectives are based upon the science and art of executive leadership, as well as Dr. Mitch Kusy’s work as a renowned international consultant, professor, best-selling business author, and former leader of a major Fortune 500 organisation.

Topics Covered

Now for the top 12 practices successful senior managers use every day:

1. What it takes to build an executive team.
2. The art—and science—of strategic thinking.
3. Concrete strategies for working with boards.
4. Recovering from critical mistakes that can derail any executive’s career.
5. How executives lead, not just manage.
6. The phases of effective change management.
7. How to create consensus that really works.
8. Building visions that make a practical difference.
9. The 3 components needed in every change effort.
10. The ways your organizational “stars” need to be managed differently from your mediocre or poor performers.
11. Involving others in large-scale, sweeping change.
12. Strategic planning made simple and effective.

Who should attend

This Short Course will be highly beneficial for mid-level managers through to senior managers

Outcomes

At the end of these two days, you will have the knowledge and tools to:

1. Lead teams with such success due to your management and leadership abilities.
2. Manage change with long-term strategic intent and day-to-day operational excellence.
3. Recover from any one of 7 critical mistakes that are likely to significantly derail a leader’s career.
4. Manage your organisational stars with the same intensity of focus as those problem performers.
5. Build your organisation’s or business unit’s vision by engaging others in intentional and pragmatic ways.