Now is the time to take stock, re-imagine and reinvigorate - creating the vision and focus to lead.

Optimise your organisational performance and lead your business sustainably. Immerse yourself in a practically focused executive development programme, without doing an MBA.

Positively impacting you, your organisation and the communities you serve.

In the modern world we live in the eye of a perfect storm. Economic uncertainty, the digital revolution and massive social change threaten business growth in unprecedented ways. Living and working in an uncertain, complex, and unpredictable world where ambiguity often outweighs certainty creates a plethora of challenges that leaders need to navigate through. In this context we need leaders who can guide us through and help us manage the constant change. The Executive Leadership programme is for leaders who want to meet this challenge, making a positive impact and contribution.

Who is this for?

  • Executives tussling with the demands of a senior role and wishing to evaluate their leadership capabilities and knowledge for the challenges ahead
  • Succession planning – those new to an Executive role or preparing for one
  • Executives with a specific performance requirement
  • Business owners
  • Leaders in a Group role
  • Business Unit Managers/Divisional Heads
  • Company Directors
  • C-Suite Leader

What will I take away?

  • Intellectual, cutting-edge content dealing with tomorrow’s issues
  • Benefit from practical Executive development without doing an MBA
  • Reset of your wellbeing and personal resilience
  • Refresh your perspective of how to optimise your business opportunities
  • Extended network of senior leaders in many business sectors
  • Ongoing access to high quality coaches and industry mentors
  • Calibration of your capability to lead

How will learning be delivered?

  • Facilitated thought leadership
  • Guest speakers and subject matter experts
  • “Real world” research
  • Group discussion and shared learning
  • Group case study and presentation
  • Media interview
  •  “Live” leadership challenge
  • Gala Dinner

26 Steps® to Executive Leadership

  • Transfer of learning to real life over 12 months
  • Peer-to-peer mentoring
  • Monthly webinars and Executive coach support
  • Finale and Awards Ceremony
  • One-day event a year after the initial programme

“The Institute of Leadership is delighted to recognise the Executive Leadership Programme as Institute Approved. This innovative and exciting Programme is based firmly on customer requirements and insights from consultancy in a range of businesses, and provides essential, practical, and personalised development for leaders faced with the demands of a senior role and the challenges ahead.”

Rodney Jones, Learning Quality Manager at The Institute of Leadership.

Executive Leadership

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Toolkit content

Business Vision
1. Future readiness
2. Global marketing
3. Your legacy
Corporate and Operational Governance
4. Business models
5. Circular economy
6. Entrepreneurial ventures
Strategic Change
7. Analysis of the journey
8. Change and cost benefit analysis
9. Strategic alliances/partners
Building Impactful Relationships
10. Unconscious bias
11. Personality dynamics
12. Your celestial telescope
Focus and Clarity
13. Financial forecasting
14. Setting accountabilities
15. Managing stakeholders
Demonstrating Agility
16. Risk management/business continuity
17. Coaching leaders
18. Leading in an AI world
Building Capability
19. Optimising the organisation
20. Co-worker engagement
21. Life cycles of co-workers
Optimal and Sustainable Culture
22. SDG/ESG
23. Leadership behaviours
24. Embedding the culture
Ethical Leadership
25. Moral compass
26. Mental courage

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