Course objectives

After finalizing this course, you:

• Will be equipped with the managerial skills and capabilities to lead organisational change processes.
• Will have the insight to take the decisions on the directions of change.
• Will emerge from the program with the skills and confidence to guide your organisation successfully through challenging transitions.
• Have a conceptual and practical understanding of strategic leadership
• Have acquired and improve the necessary skills for achieving impact
• Acquired deeper insight underlying concepts, mechanisms and dynamics, as well as in your own personal leadership style, and its effectiveness in typical situations
• Learned how strategic leadership works out in the practice of day-to-day organisational performance, in the organizations culture
• Learned how your own personal leadership behavior has impact on others, and how to use advanced influence techniques effectively

Course topics

Following topics will be part of the course:

• Perspectives on change management
• Diagnostic tools
• Change strategies
• Resistance to change and how to handle
• The role of leadership in organizational change
• Change and organizational culture
• Introduction to strategic thinking
• Analysis of external developments and internal organisation characteristics and capabilities
• Mission, vision and strategic goals as part of the strategic framework
• Strategy as the ‘grand plan’ to realize objectives
• Strategy implementation and monitoring
• The role of leadership in strategy planning and implementation

Teaching methods

This course involves an interactive learning approach, in which the participant is stimulated to move beyond his/her own organisation or industry sector. Learning takes place through:

• Classroom interactive lecturing
• Self-study
• In-class group assignments to reflect on the learning
• Individual assignment, presentation and discussion

Your profile

The Strategic Leadership & Change Management programme is designed for:

• Executives with responsibility for strategic planning and/or change management
• HR professionals
• Consultants and lecturers working in areas related to strategic planning and/or change management

Certificate

Each participant receives a certificate of participation.
This certificate is being awarded as evidence of participation in a post-graduate training at indicative level 6 or 7 of the EQF[2]. The minimum study load is 14 hours and an attendance level of 80% is required. This certificate is being awarded in the form of a soft copy when the training is online or a hard copy during a face-to-face training. The certificate will mention your full name, training title, training date and comprising core topics. . Click here for more information about the MSM certification policy.