Key details
Mode of delivery: Classroom-based
Course code: LCM18C
Duration: 8 days
Fee: £6,945.00 + VAT
CPD Hours: 48
Course Overview
This course is designed to enhance leadership capabilities in decision-making, productivity, motivation, and innovation. Participants will learn to apply decision-making models suited for complex and urgent situations, develop skills to prioritise tasks, manage workload, and align team efforts with strategic goals. The programme also explores ways to sustain motivation within senior teams, create an environment conducive to innovation, and embed new ideas into daily operations.
This course also covers building a strong foundation in strategic thinking, change leadership, and organisational culture. Participants will learn about the strategic cycle, developing effective business models, and using analysis tools to evaluate options. The programme also focuses on applying change leadership frameworks, diagnosing readiness and resistance, and guiding teams through transitions. Additionally, it explores assessing organisational culture, leadership behaviours that influence cultural norms, and mechanisms for shaping and strengthening a positive workplace environment.
Agenda
Day — 1 Effective decision making
- Decision-making models for complex, time-sensitive environments
- Extracting meaningful insights for effective decision making
- Tools for identifying and correcting cognitive biases
Day — 2 Productivity and Operational Focus
- Techniques for prioritisation, time allocation, and managing competing demands
- Systems for reducing overload and increasing execution efficiency
- Structures for aligning team output to strategic objectives
Day — 3 Motivating for High Performance
- Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of sustained motivation in senior teams
- Strategies for energising and re-energising teams
- Leadership behaviours that promote ownership without micromanagement
Day — 4 Leading Innovation for Practical Impact
- Psychological, structural, and cultural enablers of innovation
- Tools for generating and testing ideas within operational constraints
- Leadership strategies to integrate innovation into business-as-usual
Day — 5 Course Review
- Summary and recap of key learning objectives
- Action Planning
Day — 6 Strategic Thinking and Business Model Leadership ·
- The Strategic cycle
- Strategic business model architecture
- Analysis tools for evaluating strategic options and decisions
Day — 7 Leading organisational Change
- Application of change leadership frameworks
- Change process diagnostics: readiness, resistance, momentum
- Leader communication strategies for guiding teams through transitions
Day — 8 Culture and organisational Climate
- Assessing organisational culture
- Leadership behaviours that reinforce or challenge cultural norms
- Culture-shaping mechanisms
Course Review
- Summary and recap of key learning objectives
- Action Planning
Post-Course
- Five (5) x hour-long Executive Coaching sessions at monthly intervals following Course Completion
Target Audience
This course is suitable for:
- Senior Executives and C-level Leaders
- HR Directors and Organisational Development Managers
- Leadership Coaches and Mentors
- Change Management Specialists
- Managers and Department Heads
- Business Unit Leaders
- Talent Development and Leadership Development Professionals
- Employee Engagement and Culture Managers
- Strategic Planners and Decision Makers
- HR Business Partners
- Team Leaders and Supervisors involved in change initiatives
- Organisational Psychologists and behavioural Experts
- Business Advisors
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to implement a successful strategy that enables you to:
- Understand decision-making models suitable for complex, time-sensitive situations.
- Develop skills to extract and utilise meaningful insights for effective decision-making.
- Apply tools to identify and correct cognitive biases that impact judgment.
- Use prioritisation, time management, and demand management techniques to enhance productivity.
- Implement systems to reduce overload and improve efficiency in execution.
- Design structures that align team output with strategic objectives.
- Recognise intrinsic and extrinsic motivators that sustain leadership motivation.
- Develop strategies to energise and re-energise teams for sustained performance.
- Identify leadership behaviours that foster ownership and commitment without micromanagement.
- Understand the psychological, structural, and cultural factors that enable innovation.
- Utilise tools for generating, testing, and refining ideas within operational constraints.
- Apply leadership strategies to embed and sustain innovation as part of regular business operations.
- Understand the components of the strategic cycle and how to effectively manage it.
- Develop knowledge of strategic business model architecture to support informed decision-making.
- Use analysis tools to evaluate and compare strategic options and decisions.
- Apply change leadership frameworks to lead organisational transitions effectively.
- Conduct change process diagnostics by assessing readiness, resistance, and momentum.
- Design and implement communication strategies to guide and support teams through change.
- Assess and understand organisational culture to align strategies and leadership styles.
- Recognise leadership behaviours that reinforce or challenge cultural norms.
- Utilise culture-shaping mechanisms to influence and develop desired organisational values.
Course dates
Mar 16, 2026 - Mar 25, 2026
Jul 27, 2026 - Aug 5, 2026
Nov 16, 2026 - Nov 25, 2026
