Leadership and Strategic Planning Skills Course

Introduction

    The importance of training courses is not only limited to professional life, as most of us think but training courses aim to transfer knowledge and practical experiences that enrich the skills of individuals and enhance their self-confidence, which contributes to the preparation of cadres which in turn contributes to the development and progress of institutions. Therefore, Strategic Vision Training Center aims to enhance the skills and experiences of individuals through the strongest training programs to keep pace with every development in the labor market.

Course Introduction

This course equips participants with tools and methods of contemporary leadership thought and effective strategic planning.
It focuses on applying leadership theories practically and transforming them into skills and behaviors that enable leaders to guide institutions and teams toward productive efficiency.
Participants will develop essential competencies to lead effectively, manage change, and implement strategic initiatives in organizations.

Course Objectives

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Apply leadership theories in practice and transform them into actionable skills.
• Lead institutions and work teams toward productive efficiency.
• Understand the characteristics of the ideal leader: credibility, responsibility, and courage.
• Identify basic leadership concepts.
• Distinguish between managers and leaders in organizations.
• Understand the impact of leadership theories on decision-making.
• Use administrative tools and methods to develop leadership skills.
• Identify tools for measuring the effectiveness of leaders in organizations.
• Understand the basics and importance of strategic management and planning in productive and service organizations.
• Analyze strategic cases showing the success of organizations using strategic management and planning.

Who Should Attend

• All managers and leaders, regardless of specialization or organizational level.
• Participants representing the organization in committees, meetings, and events (local or international).
• Qualified individuals aiming to develop competencies in etiquette, first impressions, social intelligence, and public speaking in professional settings.

Course Content

1. Basic Concepts in Leadership

• What is leadership?
• Is it necessary for a leader to also be a manager?
• The inevitability of leaders at all management levels in institutions.
• How leadership is achieved and possible alternatives.
• Charismatic and transformational leadership: understanding leader traits and whether they are inherited.

2. Leadership and Leadership Work in Institutions

• Definition of leadership and the leader.
• Importance and necessity of leadership.
• Administrative leadership functions.
• Differences between a leader and a manager.

3. Intellectual Development of Leadership Theories

• Great Man Theory
• Trait Theory
• Transitive Leadership
• Situational Leadership

4. Leadership and Future Challenges

• Leadership supervision function and its importance.
• Leadership styles:
  • Work-focused leadership style
  • Employee-focused leadership style
  • Integrative leadership style
  • Separatist leadership style

5. Ways to Develop Leadership Skills

• Influencing others effectively.
• Building and managing work teams.
• Motivating others.
• Delegating tasks appropriately.
• Developing others through the coaching approach.
• Creating opportunities for improvement.

6. Measuring Leadership Effectiveness

• Criteria for measuring leader effectiveness.
• Methods for evaluating leadership performance in organizations.

7. Strategic Planning

• Understanding strategic management and strategic planning.
• Differences between contemporary strategic management and traditional management.
• Reasons for adopting strategic planning.
• Strategic planning as an integrated, continuous system and a way of thinking.
• Strategic thinking and management.
• Ancient and modern planning styles and schools.
• Differences between strategic and operational planning.
• Differences between long-term and strategic planning.
• Ten reasons why strategic plans fail.

8. Requirements for Strategic Management

• Support from senior management.
• Advanced management information systems.
• Work teams with administrative, linguistic, statistical, and IT skills.
• Preparing to develop the strategy:
  • Studying management philosophy, incentive systems, and organizational culture.
  • Defining the strategic vision and mission.
  • Surveying and analyzing the external environment: economic, social, political, and technical conditions.
  • Identifying emerging trends, opportunities, and global market challenges.
• Considering the rise and fall of strategic planning waves.
• Identifying available strategic alternatives and selecting the optimal strategy.

9. Strategy Implementation

• Choosing appropriate leadership.
• Determining financial budgets.
• Creating a supportive organizational culture.
• Choosing the right organizational structure.
• Selecting and managing appropriate human resources.
• Strategic review and the role of the Board of Directors.

Training methods:

• Case studies and practical exercises

• Role-playing

• Work simulation exercises

• Related videos

• Visual display

• Group workshops

• Guidance

Preparing the training bag

• At Strategic Vision Training Center, we are always keen on providing the best standards for the training content we offer

• Each program and training bag should include several axes:

           Analysis - Design - Development - Implementation – Evaluation

• In addition to, specialized team in designing training materials with the best quality standards which is appropriate to the needs and variables of training

Preparation of the training environment

One of our top priorities

• Choosing a training site, which is easy to be accessed by the trainees and that the training halls are suitable for the training program in terms of quality and luxury standards that we are keen on

The following factors are taken into consideration when choosing a training hall:

•  General atmosphere (space - system - ventilation)

•  Equipment of the hall (a place for rest periods - the quality of the offered food and beverage)