Critical Skills for Senior Managers
"If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if his orders are clear, and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, then it is the fault of their officers." - Sun Tzu
Leadership Development for Senior Managers
This dynamic leadership development program goes beyond Performance Management, builds on the principles of Leadership for Managers and challenges Senior Managers to review and revisit how they manage and lead High Performing Teams in today's turbulent environment.
Using stimulating discussion, facilitation, role play and case studies, this advanced leadership program is an opportunity for senior managers to step back from the way they currently doing things and consider the critical skills, mindsets and actions that are required to successfully lead and manage a diverse workforce in a global marketplace. The trainer will help the senior managers to connect management theory with practical strategies to get outstanding results.
Critical Skills for Senior Managers Content
This program is run as a public program for Singapore but when delivered to an organisation the content is customised to the learning and development needs of the particular group of senior managers. What follows is the typical content for a 3-day program:
Transformational Leadership in the 21st Century Organisation
- Key distinctions in leadership, management and coaching
- The domains of self-leadership, people-leadership, team-leadership and strategic-leadership
- Leadership and management styles
Self Leadership and Personal Mastery
- What is self leadership?
- The ladder of inference – how beliefs drive behaviour
- Getting intentional, how to elicit and apply core values
- Personal and Leadership values in action
People Leadership
- The choices – training, performance management, coaching or mentoring
- What to when, why, where and with whom
- Understanding how personality factors impact performance
- Getting the best from people
Coaching and Mentoring for Talent Management
- Advanced communication to provide structured and developmental feedback
- Effective strategies to reinforce positive behaviour and change derailing actions
- Coaching and mentoring as a leadership methodology
- Mentoring and coaching skill sets
The Leaders as Culture Creator
- The theory and practice of culture
- Identifying the key characteristics of a vision and mission
- Operationalising organisational values
- Creating performance benchmarks
- Establishing and execution culture
Creating, Developing and Achieving High Performance Teams
- Understanding team dynamics
- Critical factors in high performing teams
- Team roles and working styles
Leadership as Influence
- Permission to influence – the identity of a leader
- Influence styles from carrot and stick to group identity
- Persuasive presentations
Dealing with Conflict – A Positive Approach
- Recognising and embracing conflict
- Needs first solution later – a win/win approach
- Developing assertive communication
Effectively Managing Organisational Politics
- Understanding the political climate of your company
- Effectively managing strategic relationships
- How to manage upwards
Being Strategic
- From tactical to strategic leader
- Keys to formulating an effective strategy
- Systems thinking and strategy models
- How to use strategy as a framework for change initiatives
- Strategy for competitive advantage
Benefit of Critical Skills
This leadership development program leverages the talent of senior managers and re-focuses them on the critical 'soft skill' activities that deliver solid results in terms of competitive advantage. International clients who have benefitted the program include: Boehringer, Petronas, Tata, Merck and Dell.
Contact us now to learn about in-house and public Critical Skills for Senior Managers programs.
We are based in Singapore but conduct programmes for our clients in Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, India and the Middle East.