The course examines the distinctive characteristics leaders must develop to succeed and model leadership within their organizations. By viewing leadership as an ambition toward making a difference, participants will learn to lead with vision, effect significant change and unleash leadership potential throughout the organization.
Through a carefully constructed series of leadership training sessions that blend lectures, case studies, videos, group and individual exercises, trainees will balance thought-provoking debate and analysis with self-reflection and personal development. The teaching team creates a learning environment that is invigorating, demanding, and enjoyable.
Case studies are used to be inspired by leaders in action, explore cross-functional differences and study the strengths and weaknesses of versatile leadership approaches. Topics include:

• The distinction between leadership and management
• Pros and cons of different leadership styles
• Managing and leading in an international setting
• The challenges and process of successfully leading major change initiatives.

The ability to create a strong team is a hallmark of an effective leader. As his/her responsibility grows, the challenge shifts from building productive teams of individual contributors to building effective leadership teams. Participants will explore diverse topics that facilitate assess to their capabilities as a team leader, including:

• The factors that enable them to build productive cross-functional teams
• How to evaluate and increase the effectiveness of their teams
• The reality of team life—the good, the bad, and the paradoxical
• Leading diverse teams—getting the most value from differences
• Maximizing creativity within groups

Focusing on the challenges of managing performance and on the role of the leader as architect and coach, we examine the strategic management of talent and the ways in which key decisions affect organizational capability, execution, and innovation.

In today’s highly competitive and rapidly evolving marketplace, maintaining a leadership position requires careful crafting and skilled implementation of an enterprise-wide competitive and corporate strategy. Using examples of both successful and failed strategic decisions, we explore how an organization can recognize opportunities, organize, and implement for strategic success.
Key take-aways
The session will provide you with the tools to forecast industry evolution, recognize potential market position risks and formulate your individual corporate roadmap for sustainable competitive advantage. Through targeted workshops, your team will discuss ways to win with key customers, as well as the optimum activities essential to expand to International markets.