MG84
Course Contents
Module 1: Strategic Leadership and Organisational Direction
Key Topics
- Management, leadership and strategic leadership in practice
- Strategic mindset, systems thinking and value creation
- Corporate purpose, vision, values and ethical leadership
- External environmental analysis using PESTLE and market signals
- Stakeholder mapping and balancing competing expectations
- SWOT/TOWS analysis and strategic priority setting
- Building leadership credibility, trust and positive role modelling
Module 2: Strategy Execution and Performance Alignment
Key Topics
- Translating strategy into actionable objectives, OKRs and KPIs
- Aligning resources, organizational capabilities and team priorities
- Scenario planning, risk awareness and strategic contingency options
- Data-informed decisions and responsible AI use in management
- Execution rhythms, strategic review meetings and action tracking
- Performance dashboards and daily accountability routines
- Removing operational barriers and maintaining strategic focus
Module 3: High-Performing and Inclusive Teams
Key Topics
- Defining team purpose, roles and operating agreements
- Stages of team development and appropriate leadership responses
- Building psychological safety to foster open dialogue
- Establishing trust, dependability and constructive challenge
- Inclusive leadership and leveraging diverse ways of thinking
- Leading hybrid, virtual and cross-functional teams
- Shared performance standards, team norms and execution discipline
Module 4: People Leadership, Coaching and Influence
Key Topics
- Situational leadership: adapting style to employee readiness levels
- Motivation, employee engagement and meaningful recognition
- Effective delegation, empowerment and decision ownership
- Constructive coaching conversations and performance improvement
- Giving clear, actionable feedback using evidence and impact models
- Managing conflict and navigating difficult workplace conversations
- Influencing key stakeholders without relying on formal authority
Module 5: Change Leadership and Sustainable Results
Key Topics
- Diagnosing change readiness and assessing stakeholder impact
- Creating a compelling business case and shared vision for change
- Addressing resistance, emotional responses and uncertainty
- Mobilising change champions and removing systemic barriers
- Agile experimentation, feedback loops and continuous improvement
- Maintaining personal resilience, wellbeing and team performance
- Developing a structured, measurable personal leadership action plan
