John Mantikas

This course covers proven strategic leadership and management methodologies that have resulted in breakthrough performance in international organisations. It also examines theories and practical applications based on a concept known as the Breakthrough Leadership process. Participants will receive a thorough and action-oriented view of how an executive team can drive accelerated change far beyond business as usual.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This unique course is structured for executives, managers, department heads and decision makers who want to utilise tested techniques in managing accelerated change to maintain profitable businesses. It is also suitable for individuals who want to improve their understanding of strategic change concepts and practices and how they can be applied for achieving breakthrough results.

COURSE PROFILE

• Breakthrough Leadership – overview and key principles

-          The breakthrough leadership methodology and key principles

-          Breakthrough thinking planning and achievement

-          Leadership development techniques

• Overture to leadership

-          Identifying leadership and thinking styles

• Directing and controlling the planning process
•  Breakthrough thinking

-          Defining organisation’s vision and purpose

-          Determining values and returns

• Breakthrough planning

-          Strategic issues and strategic initiatives

• Breakthrough achievement

-          Accountability, metrics and tools

-          Enabling transformation

-          Sustaining the breakthrough

• Breakthrough leadership: thinking like a CEO
• Breakthrough leadership: the leadership odyssey

-          Enhancing leadership development and continuous learning

-          Personal transformation assignments

-          Summarising the overall breakthrough leadership process

• Management  of change
• Recognising the stages of change
•  Appreciating the significance of corporate culture in implementing change
• Ways of initiating and directing change resulting from company growth or contraction
•  Globalisation

-          Understanding the impact of globalisation on the organisation

-          Assessing the effects of local and global competition

-          Introducing 'Glocalisation'

• Anticipating where change may be resisted and assessing ways of overcoming barriers
• Sustaining competitive advantage
• Improving business performance by introducing TQM
• Business process re-engineering
• Management of innovation

SKILLS ATTAINED

At the end of the course delegates will be able to:

• Identify leadership styles
• Initiate and lead organisational change
• Develop strategic plans
• Manage change
• Lead business transformation
• Create an inspiring vision
• Understand and evaluate the external environment to sustain competitive advantage
• Implement  Total Quality Management
• Manage innovation and employ creative thinking to effect change management