Course Contents
Module 1 -Leadership and Personal Effectiveness
Key Topics
- Leadership and its context
- Self-perception and self-awareness
- Personality, values & behavior
- Personal transformation
- Path dependency
- The personal style & style flexibility
Module 2 - Core Leadership Competencies
Key Topics
- Leader or manager?
- Influence, authority and power – and how they differ
- Emotions, mood & disposition
- Rapport-building
- Communication and its part in leadership
- Goal congruence and alignment
Module 3 -The Leadership Role in Innovation and Change
Key Topics
- The strategic imperative of change
- Leading and managing change
- Limiting beliefs and how to overcome them
- Divergent approaches to problem-solving
- Left- and right-brain thinking
- Overcoming organizational and cultural barriers to innovation and change
Module 4 -The Leader’s Role in Team Development
Key Topics
- Coaching and mentoring: the fundamentals
- Motivation & learning
- Using feedback for development
- Empowering individuals & teams
- Developing by personal example
Module 5 - Cultural Difference & Leadership
Key Topics
- Definitions of culture
- Corporate, team and national culture
- Norms, rules, and cultures
- When cultures clash: leadership responses
- Harnessing cultural differences for innovation
- Learning from different cultures

