MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
Topical Outline • Introduction to Strategic Leadership −− What exactly do we mean by leadership? −− Who is and is not a leader? −− At what point do we become leaders? −− Critical elements of leadership support
• Leading Strategic Change
−− Planning a change initiative −− Critical variables in organizational change −− The leader’s role in fostering change −− Anticipating and dealing with resistance −− Culture as a barrier to change • Political Reality versus Dysfunctional Idealism −− Gaining credibility in executive circles
−− Managing versus leading - is there really a difference? −− Critical factors in assessing leadership performance −− The relationship between leadership, strategy, human behavior, decision-making and organizational systems • Understanding the Human Dimension −− Similarities between animal behavior and human behavior −− Influence of brain structure on human behavior −− Creating long term employee motivation −− Rules of thumb for predicting human behavior in organizations −− Recognizing the symptoms of pathological leadership −− Managing and defusing dysfunctional behavior • Assuming the Helm −− Managing the transition to a new workgroup −− Common and avoidable errors of leadership −− Developing and maintaining the support of your workgroup −− Simple, but effective steps to improve workgroup performance • Shaping Corporate Culture −− Understanding the critical components of corporate culture −− Forming productive organizational norms • Creating Organizations that Work −− Creating an organizational charter −− Selecting an effective management team −− Thinking systemically −− Importance of managing image and expectations −− Creating meaningful performance indicators −− Eliminating turf battles and duplication −− Limitations on the application of common systems • Facilitating Strategic Decisions −− Critical distinctions between problems, decisions and polarities −− How to properly frame a decision −− Selecting the decision makers −− Common errors in decision making process −− Essential elements of effective decision making process −− Knowing when the decision has been made • The Leader’s Role in Creating Effective Strategies −− How leaders contribute to dysfunctional cultures −− Establishing a high performance work environment
−− Sources of leadership power −− How power is gained and lost −− The importance of building networks and relationships −− How to avoid getting derailed • Lessons of History for Strategic Leaders • Developing a Leadership Profile −− Charting your personal leadership profile −− Identifying your leadership assets and liabilities −− Creating a plan of action
Instructor: Fee: $1795
Joseph Doyle
2 CEUs
URL:
sae.org/learn/content/c0620/
Success Strategies for Women in Industry and Business 1 Day | Classroom Seminar I.D.# C1202 It is a well-known fact that the number of women in science, engineering and business fields is growing, yet men continue to outnumber women, especially at the upper levels of these professions. Many women appear to encounter a series of challenges at early or midcareer stages that contribute to them leaving their careers prematurely due to feelings of isolation, an unsupportive work environment, extreme work schedules, and unclear rules about advancement and success. This program serves as a unique opportunity to obtain both formal and informal mentoring tips from a successful woman engineer who spent over 25 years in the petrochemical/specialty chemical industry. She has seen and has experienced significant changes in the number of professional women active in the technical/ scientific field and is convinced that more positive change can happen in the future. This seminar will provide detailed guidance, based on real life examples, on how female professionals can become proactive in creating career opportunities via self-assessment, self-motivation, an objective view of one’s own abilities, and continuous steps in self-improvement. The program will take participants beyond theory to case studies and real life examples exemplifying potential for immediate use.
−− What exactly is a strategy? −− Why business strategies fail
−− Internal and external considerations −− What constitutes effective strategy? −− Anticipating the impact of adaptive responses −− Framing strategic initiatives −− Barriers to strategy implementation
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