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Advanced Management Skills

The step up from lower levels of management to senior management can seem daunting. Senior managers have to take a helicopter view of their business, sometimes dealing with strategic, big-picture issues, sometimes with more operational issues. This requires a different mindset and skills. In this collection, we will look at what senior management means in different organisations, how senior managers have to change their focus and adapt to their environment, and what skills are needed to achieve success.

Focus on adapting and developing your leadership approach
Practise and enhance your coaching skills
Create a personal action plan to support you on your journey
Training options for individual learners, groups/teams & organisation-wide

Course Code: OV-AMS

2 x half-day live session delivered virtually or in-person | 6-8 hrs on-demand learning | 30-minute coaching session (optional extra for teams)

This programme is available for individuals, groups and teams

It’s more than just a course.
This is a learning journey.

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On-demand digital learning playlist

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2 x half-day live session delivered virtually or in-person (delivered on consecutive days)

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Supporting on-demand digital learning playlists | 30-minute follow up coaching session (optional extra for teams)

This comprehensive course is the ideal way to update and enhance your knowledge and skills to take your career to the next level and prepare you for senior management. The programme is very practical and based on everyday work situations so you can return to work feeling motivated and confident to drive yourself and your teams to achieve great results.
You will focus on adapting and developing your leadership approach to become more inclusive, flexible and confident. You will have the opportunity to practise and enhance your coaching skills, and to prepare yourself for leading the next change initiative. Finally, you will leave with a personal action plan to support you on your journey to becoming an inspiring leader.

Suitable for experienced managers who are responsible for the performance of others and who run a business unit or department.

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

Articulate the importance of practising inclusive leadership for individuals, teams and organisations
Apply the most appropriate leadership style for a given situation
List the key skills required from an effective leader and evaluate self against these
Use tactics for enhancing team trust, alignment and accountability
Recognise and practise behaviours to promote constructive conflict
Confidently conduct a coaching conversation, following the GROW model
Recognise and overcome resistance to change
Identify and analyse key stakeholders for a required change

Becoming an inclusive leader
Maximising the benefits of diverse teams
The Situational Leadership model: how to flex your leadership style to suit the occasion
Assessing yourself against the key leadership competencies and developing a personal action plan
Building high-performance teams based on trust and shared accountability
Understanding individual development needs and the context for coaching
Becoming an effective and insightful coach
Recognising the value of healthy conflict and fostering an environment where it can flourish
Defining what people need as they experience organisational change and the factors that make change succeed or fail

You may also like:
Coaching
Advanced Coaching
Managing Change

Course overview

Is it right for me?

Suitable for experienced managers who are responsible for the performance of others and who run a business unit or department.

What will I learn?

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

Articulate the importance of practising inclusive leadership for individuals, teams and organisations
Apply the most appropriate leadership style for a given situation
List the key skills required from an effective leader and evaluate self against these
Use tactics for enhancing team trust, alignment and accountability
Recognise and practise behaviours to promote constructive conflict
Confidently conduct a coaching conversation, following the GROW model
Recognise and overcome resistance to change
Identify and analyse key stakeholders for a required change

What will it cover?

Becoming an inclusive leader
Maximising the benefits of diverse teams
The Situational Leadership model: how to flex your leadership style to suit the occasion
Assessing yourself against the key leadership competencies and developing a personal action plan
Building high-performance teams based on trust and shared accountability
Understanding individual development needs and the context for coaching
Becoming an effective and insightful coach
Recognising the value of healthy conflict and fostering an environment where it can flourish
Defining what people need as they experience organisational change and the factors that make change succeed or fail

Further courses to consider

You may also like:
Coaching
Advanced Coaching
Managing Change