The Oxford Advanced Management & Leadership Programme

Introduction

This training course on Oxford Advanced Management & Leadership Programme enables experienced managers to extend their strategy and leadership competencies by exploring the latest proven approaches in both fields, to find out how they apply to their role and organization.  A well-formed strategy provides a laser-like focus on the most significant issue that the organization faces.  Great leadership provides the vision required to drive the change needed to deliver the strategy and supports people by providing what they need to perform at a higher level. 

Strategy has to be shaped for each level of the organization (corporate, business unit, function) and they are all linked and must be aligned. The best leaders are able to shape their leadership approach to the situation and the audience.  One of the most important factors is the degree and speed of change in the business environment. This training course equips experienced managers with ideas, methods and tools that enable them to thrive in any situation.

Key highlights of this GLOMACS training course are:

• Frameworks for Strategic Analysis
• Fusion of Analysis into Strategic choices
• Alignment of Strategy, Culture, Structure and People
• Balancing Influence, Authority and Power
• Communicating a Compelling Vision

Modules

This training course is split into the following modules:

Module I - Strategy & Strategic Planning

Module II - Leading High Performing Teams

Objectives

By the end of this training course, you will be able to:

• Define and to demystify the concepts of ‘strategy’ and ‘strategic plans’, but also to demystify the strategic process - as part of ‘Helicopter Thinking’
• Break the strategy process down step-by-step, providing a practical toolkit for managers for each key stage
• Illustrate it through some well chosen and highly stimulating case studies - and to distill the lessons from this
• Apply it to your own area of management responsibility - through planning the analysis, option generation, choice, implementation and measurement phases of strategy
• Put this within the overall context of the organisation and of the change and influencing process generally
• Give you a lot more confidence in managing your role strategically within your organisation
• Understand your role as a manager and a leader
• Establish clear objectives and standards of performance for your team and to manage and use conflict and challenge

Training Methodology

This Oxford Advanced Management & Leadership training course uses a range of approaches to learning, including experiential group activities, individual exercises, mini-case studies, role plays and syndicate discussions. Formal inputs are used to introduce underpinning theory. A key part of the learning process is sharing the differing experiences participants bring, as well as experimenting with novel – and sometimes challenging – techniques.

Organisational Impact

• Much better decision-taking and time and resource allocation - leading to better organisational and individual performance
• Use of a well proven planning process
• More effective implementation

Fully functional teams are at the heart of organisational performance. Leaders at all levels who can effectively structure, integrate and motivate their teams are better able to focus on longer-term organisational and customer needs.

Personal Impact

• Increasing career flexibility (vertically and horizontally)
• Accelerated thinking speed and problem resolution for all difficult dilemmas
• Far greater motivation and proactivity
• Exposed to a range of perspectives on teams and the leadership function, sharing examples of best practice and together solving real and simulated team performance issues
• Practice new and sometimes challenging techniques will build flexibility and confidence in harnessing the power of the team

Participants will be exposed to a range of perspectives on teams and the leadership function, sharing examples of best practice and together solving real and simulated team performance issues. Practicing new and sometimes challenging techniques will build flexibility and confidence in harnessing the power of the team.