Smart Leadership: Achieving Strategy through Leadership & Innovation

Management & Leadership

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Introduction:

This Smart Leadership training course empowers professionals to lead organizations effectively in today’s fast-changing business environment. It focuses on visionary thinking, adaptability, and the ability to embrace transformation. Successful leaders inspire their teams to challenge conventional approaches, fostering a culture that encourages creativity and innovation.

 By adopting strategic thinking, cultivating innovation, and developing team potential, smart leaders can confidently navigate uncertainty, seize new opportunities, and drive long-term success for their organizations.

 Key highlights of this training course:

• Understanding the core principles of strategy and leadership.
• Building a workplace culture that nurtures innovation.
• Leveraging multiple intelligences to enhance creativity.
• Identifying, engaging, and motivating individuals with creative potential.
• Leading structured processes to develop and implement innovative ideas.

 

Objectives

Upon completing this Smart Leadership training course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the core principles of innovative leadership.
• Evaluate common myths and misconceptions surrounding innovation.
• Approach problem-solving with structured creative methodologies.
• Leverage multiple intelligences to generate and refine ideas.
• Implement a systematic approach to fostering team-driven innovation.

 

  Detailed Training Content (5 days):

 

Day One: Leading Creativity and Innovation at Work

• Understanding Strategy and Leadership in the 21st century
• Innovation vs. Constant Improvement
• Innovative Leadership as a Transformative Force for Success
• The critical mass for change and innovation
• Case Study of Innovative Companies
• Applying Leadership to Achieve Creativity and Innovation

 

Day Two: Achieving Workforce Engagement

• How the G.E. "Workout” Model Engaged Employees
• Achieving "Buy-In” from Your Workforce
• Developing Creative Solutions for Problems and New Strategies
• Overcoming Old Paradigms
• The Characteristics of "Organizational Drift”
• Achieving Results by Leading an Empowered Workforce

 

Day Three: Leadership with a Creative Edge

• Developing Creative Potential in People and Teams
• How Profiling may Reveal the Creativity in People
• Thinking Skills and Multiple Intelligences
• Learning New Brainstorming Techniques
• How to Incubate New Ideas
• Interacting with ‘Creatives’ using Influence and Persuasion
• Creative Group Exercise: Identifying Business Processes

  

Day Four: Creating a Motivating Climate for Higher Productivity

• Key Elements in Creating New Missions
• Establishing Goals and Targets with Creative Flair
• Building a "Sense of Significance and Purpose”
• Emotional Intelligence as a Motivator
• Rewarding and Encouraging High Performance
• "Pygmalion and Galatea” Theories Behind Individual Performance
• Group and Team Motivation

 

Day Five: Driving Strategic Change

 

• Managing the Change Process
• Kotter’s Change Management Techniques
• Successful Techniques for Leading Effective Change
• How a Leader Communicates a ‘Sense of Urgency’
• Overcome the Challenges of Change in Organisations
• Creating an Attitude of Perpetual Change and Improvement
• Course Review and Personal Goals