Key details
Mode of delivery: Classroom-based
Course code: LCM18D
Duration: 8 days
Fee: £6,945.00 + VAT
CPD Hours: 48
Course Overview
This course provides a comprehensive overview of strategic leadership, focusing on building a strong foundation in business model architecture, change management, and organisational culture. Participants will learn to evaluate strategic options, lead and manage transitions effectively, and assess and shape organisational culture to support strategic goals. The programme also covers understanding informal power and influence networks, navigating organisational politics with integrity, and strategies for building trust and visibility within the organisation. The first week concludes with a review session to reinforce learning and practical application.
This three-day course provides a comprehensive overview of change management, starting with understanding its core principles, identifying root causes and triggers for change through data analysis and stakeholder insights, and learning how to focus change efforts effectively. It then covers the entire change process, from design to execution, including role and responsibility mapping, and translating strategic objectives into actionable initiatives. Finally, the programme explores the traits of effective change leaders, recognising resistance patterns, and understanding how crises can serve as catalysts for leadership and organisational transformation.
Agenda
Day — 1 Strategic Thinking and Business Model Leadership
- The Strategic cycle
- Strategic business model architecture
- Analysis tools for evaluating strategic options and decisions
Day — 2 Leading organisational Change
- Application of change leadership frameworks
- Change process diagnostics: readiness, resistance, momentum
- Leader communication strategies for guiding teams through transitions
Day — 3 Culture and organisational Climate
- Assessing organisational culture
- Leadership behaviours that reinforce or challenge cultural norms
- Culture-shaping mechanisms
Day — 4 Power, Politics and organisational Influence
- Understanding informal power structures and influence networks
- Navigating organisational politics with integrity and intent
- Strategies for building trust and visibility across the organisation
Day — 5 Weekly Review
- Summary and recap of key learning objectives
- Action Planning
Day — 6 Understanding and Diagnosing the Need for Change
- Definition of change management
- Root causes and triggers for change through data and stakeholder insight
- Focus change efforts
Day — 7 Managing the Change Management Process
- Lifecycle of the change process from design to execution
- Roles and responsibilities mapping
- Translate strategy into action
Day — 8 Being an Agent of Change
- Traits and behaviours of effective change leaders
- Change resistance patterns and adaptation cycles
- Crisis as a catalyst for leadership and change
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
- 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 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.
- Identify and analyse informal power structures and influence networks within the organisation.
- Navigate organisational politics with integrity and clear intent.
- Develop strategies to build trust, credibility, and visibility across the organisation.
- Understand the definition of change management and its importance.
- Identify root causes and triggers for change using data analysis and stakeholder insights.
- Focus change efforts on areas with the greatest impact and feasibility.
- Understand the lifecycle of change, from designing to implementing and sustaining.
- Map roles and responsibilities to facilitate smooth change processes.
- Translate strategic goals into actionable change initiatives.
- Recognise traits and behaviours of effective change leaders.
- Identify patterns of resistance and understand the cycles of organisational adaptation.
- View crisis situations as opportunities to lead and drive change.
Course dates
Mar 23, 2026 - Apr 1, 2026
Aug 3, 2026 - Aug 12, 2026
Nov 23, 2026 - Dec 2, 2026
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