This training course is split in two modules:
MODULE I - Leadership Agility
MODULE II - Agile Creativity
Each modules is structured and can be taken as a stand-alone training course; however, delegates with will maximise their benefits by taking Module 1 and 2 back-to-back as a 2-week training course.
Module 1: Leadership Agility
Day One: Becoming an Agile Leader
- Changing face of Leadership in the modern world
- What is Agile? AGILE principles and Manifesto
- Developing an Agile mindset, behaviours and characteristics
- Understanding Organisational Agility
- Organisational Models in Business
- Mastering Change
Day Two: Strategic, Operational and Tactical Factors
- Defining Strategy, Operational and Tactical leadership
- Strategy models and principles
- Organisational Data collection and planning
- Challenging ‘normal’: the Alternative Box
- Setting the Behaviours and Values needed in the organisation
- Creating the Vision V Mantra: ensuring buy-in from all
Day Three: Organisational Development and Performance
- The importance of Organisational Development and Strategy
- Identifying your Talent for future growth: models and principles
- Competency Frameworks and Behaviours
- Utilizing Performance Management Systems
- Development Options to increase organisational excellence
- Succession Planning and OCR techniques
Day Four: Building Strong Strategic Relationships
- Why Building relationships matters in business
- Strategic and Customer Relationship Management
- Key Stakeholder Planning
- Power and Influence mapping
- Networking: techniques to improve relations
- Using Data analysis to inform the business
Day Five: Achieving the Organisational Excellence Culture
- What is Culture?
- Creating a culture of Organisational Excellence
- Gaining support from others
- Review of Operational Excellence models and comparison
- Implement and embed Organizational Excellence in business
- Summary and Review
Module 2: Agile Creativity
Day Six: Design Thinking and its Importance in Workplace Solutions
- Understanding Design Thinking and its Strategic Implications
- The 5 Primary Stages of Design Thinking
- The Key 10 Principles of Good Design
- Traditional Linear Problem-solving Techniques
- The Solution Focused Approached to Problem Solving
- Bigger Picture Consequences: Systems Thinking and Application
Day Seven: Developing Agile Creativity and An Innovative Mind
- Defining a Problem
- How your brain solves problems?
- Creative Problem-solving Techniques
- The Power of Visualization: Dreaming the Dream
- Developing an Innovative and Creative Mindset
- Group Thinking Strategies and Control
- Change and Agile Organizational Thinking
Day Eight: Human Centric Behavioural Skills for Agile Creative Design Thinking
- Human Centric Interpersonal Skills Needed in Design Thinking
- Powerful Questioning Techniques to Build Empathetic Understanding
- Structuring Empathetic Fact-finding Interviews
- Creating Powerful Problem Statements to Define the Problem
- Structured Brainstorming Solutions using SCAMPER
Day Nine: Practical Applications of Design Thinking and Creative Innovations
- Empathize
- Define
- Ideate
- Prototype
- Test
Day Ten: Decision Making and Organizational Implementation
- Practical vs. Ideal Solution: Factors and Considerations
- Using Rapid Decision-making Process
- Mitigating Decision-making Errors
- Changing Mindsets to Adopt Design Thinking Strategies
- Communicating the Decision – Gaining buy-in
- Next Steps
