Strategies for Outstanding Executive Leadership

Why Attend

The level of success organizations enjoy depends mainly on the leadership they elect. Leadership
has a say in everything that goes on in the organization. Organizational attitude and behavior, work
environment, conflict management, organizational structure, power and politics, culture and many
other organizational aspects are all affected by the actions of leadership. This course looks at
leadership from that perspective, and provides participants with the opportunity to gain a solid
understanding of leadership and how to shape it and establish the right style of leadership that
empowers organizations and engenders outstanding results.

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Overview
Course Outline

Course Methodology
The course uses a mix of interactive approaches from roundtable discussions concerning different
business cases to challenging arguments around the role of leadership when it comes to motivation,
empowerment, culture, conflict management and a lot more. The course leverages videos from
leading speakers on the topic, as well as individual assessments to evaluate personal leaderships
and competencies.

Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
 Relate between organizational behavior and leadership at the workplace
 Develop an understanding of how people operate at work
 Differentiate between the different approaches of motivation
 Explain organizational communication and how to overcome possible associated barriers
 Analyze leadership and management styles from the context of teams, conflicts and decision making
 Apply different leadership skills based on the situation
 Recognize the importance of leadership and its impact on organizational culture

Target Audience
This course is designed for current business leaders who are keen on improving their leadership
skills. The course also caters for aspiring leaders, department heads, senior managers and team
leaders who are interested in developing their leadership skills from an organizational point of view
and in preparation for bigger leadership roles.
Target Competencies
 Leadership
 Organizational behavior
 Designing a working environment
 Conflict management
 Managing groups and teams
 Communication
 Motivation
 Building organizational structures
 Dealing with change

Course Outline
 Leadership and organizational behavior
 Understanding leadership
 Understanding organizational behavior
 Trends and changes

 Understanding people at work: Individual differences and perception
 The interactionist perspective: The role of fit
 Individual differences: Values and personality
 The power of perception
 Attitudes and behaviors
 Work attitude
 Work behavior
 The role of ethics and culture

 Leadership and organizational motivation
 Need-based theories
 Process-based theories
 Leading towards a motivating work environment
 Motivation through job design
 Motivation through goal setting
 Motivation though performance appraisals
 Motivation through performance incentives
 The role of ethics and culture

 Leadership and organizational communication
 Understanding communication
 Communication barriers
 Types of communication and channels
 The role of ethics and culture in organizational communication

 Leadership and management
 Managing groups and teams
 Managing organizational conflicts
 Managing negotiations
 Making decisions
 The role of ethics and culture in managing people

 Leading people within an organization
 Behavioral approaches to leadership
 The role of the context
 Contemporary approaches to leadership
 Power and politics
 The role of ethics and culture in leading others

 Leadership and organizational culture
 Understanding organizational structure
 Structure and organizational change
 Understanding culture
 Characteristics of organizational culture
 Creating and maintaining organizational culture
 Creating culture change
 The role of ethics and culture in shaping organizational values