The Leadership Journey: Leadership Development Programme

SUITABLE FOR:

CEOs, Directors, HR Directors, Director - Generals, Senior Managers, Managers, Training & Development Managers, Career Development Managers, HR Managers

OBJECTIVES:

By the end of the course, delegates will:

• Acquired the necessary skills required in building the leadership pipeline in the organisation.
• Full knowledge and application of the talent management concept.
• Knowledge and understanding of succession planning systems and techniques
• The understanding of the role of performance management.

SUMMARY:

People are the critical factor in the performance of organisations - success depends on how effectively resources are analysed and controlled - the key to this is "building a global leadership pipeline". In today's business a structured talent management process will systematically close the gap between the human capital an organisation currently has and the leadership talent it will eventually need to respond to tomorrow's business challenges.

The topics covered include:

DAY ONE
Leadership Development and Strategy

• Leadership characteristics that create outstanding results
• Developing leaders
• Creating the leadership scorecard
• Executive coaching
• A new strategic vision for leaders in the quest for sustained, profitable growth
• Managing change: a New Leadership Perspective
• Case Studies (from multinational organisations)

DAY TWO
Introduction to Manpower and Succession Planning

• Manpower levels and deployment requirements
• The management of change - HR planning and future directions
• A Business focused Manpower Plan
• The importance of succession planning within a HR system
• Case study

Succession Planning and Leadership Development

• Paying attention to the skills required for Senior Management positions
• Creating an educational system that can help managers develop these skills

DAY THREE
Introduction to Performance Management

• Performance Management - The Principles
• Performance Management as an integral responsibility for all managers

How your organisations manage/assess performance - exercise

• Achieving effective performance
• Establishing the skills, knowledge and abilities required for the organisation's future
• Recruitment and development against the required competencies
• Case study

DAY FOUR
Planning and Objective Setting

• Key Result Areas (KRAs)
• KRAs setting process
• Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-based (SMART) targets
• VIDEO: Targeting for Performance: Setting SMART standards
• Reviewing performance
• Using performance ratings to support career progression, training and development
• Case study

DAY FIVE
Balanced Scorecard

• What are balanced scorecards?
• Exercise

Organisational culture and structure

• Ensuring that the organisation culture and structure is supportive and accommodating of a performance management system
• Reinforcing the system

Technology and Performance Management

• Using IT for supporting performance management