An Intensive 10-day Training Course

The Executive Management &
Leadership Development Programme

Expanding Your Communication, Emotional Intelligence and Strategic Planning Techniques

INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

Management professionals today must skillfully balance multiple role strategists, team builder, innovator, mentor, and decision-maker—while leading with clarity and purpose. This training course on Executive Management & Leadership Development Programme is designed to help current and emerging leaders enhance their leadership effectiveness and strategic acumen in a competitive and fast-evolving business landscape.

Tailored for supervisors, team leaders, and professionals preparing for senior responsibilities, this course equips participants with the essential tools to refine their emotional intelligence, elevate their leadership approach, and lead transformative changes. Through deep reflection and practical strategies, participants will strengthen their ability to lead teams, craft strategic direction, and inspire sustainable performance.

Key questions addressed during the training course include:

  • How do I assess and strengthen my leadership style?
  • What steps can I take to increase my emotional intelligence?
  • How can I create a clear vision for my department or team?
  • What processes lead to effective strategic planning and execution?
  • How can I ensure long-term implementation of key initiatives?

This training course is split into two modules:

Module I - Leading with Emotional Intelligence

Module II - Strategic Planning & Goal Setting

Each module is structured and can be taken as a stand-alone training course; however, delegates will maximise their benefits by taking Module 1 and 2 back-to-back as a 2-week training course.

COURSE DETAILS

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OBJECTIVES

By the end of this training course on Executive Management & Leadership Development Programme, participants will be able to:

  • Develop accurate self-awareness and reflect on their leadership behaviors
  • Adjust emotional responses to enhance personal and team performance
  • Positively influences the motivation and mindset of others
  • Create emotionally intelligent teams and foster productive environments
  • Understand varying personality types and lead them with adaptability
  • Apply core psychological principles to enhance leadership impact
  • Design visionary and actionable strategic plans
  • Convert long-term strategies into achievable goals and action steps
  • Utilize organizational self-assessment tools for performance evaluation
  • Identify and avoid common strategic planning pitfalls
  • Learn from case studies of strategic success and failure
  • Recognize the phases of the organizational life cycle
  • Strengthen contingency planning for sustainable outcomes
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TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This training course on The Executive Management & Leadership Development Programme will combine tutor-led presentations with interactive practical exercises, supported by video material and case studies. Delegates will be encouraged to participate actively in relating the principles of emotional intelligence and strategic planning to the particular needs of their workplace.

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ORGANISATIONAL IMPACT

Organizations will benefit significantly from this training course on Executive Management & Leadership Development Programme through:

  • Enhanced team performance through emotionally intelligent leadership
  • Improved workplace collaboration and trust
  • Cultivation of a proactive, adaptable, and emotionally healthy culture
  • More strategic use of organizational resources and capabilities
  • Increased operational flexibility and responsiveness
  • Elevated overall performance driven by strong leadership practices
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PERSONAL IMPACT

Participants will gain the following outcomes from attending this training course on Executive Management & Leadership Development Programme:

  • Strengthened emotional intelligence and interpersonal awareness
  • Ability to manage emotions in high-pressure situations
  • Greater confidence and clarity in leadership roles
  • Insight into personality dynamics and team motivation
  • Focused approach to future challenges and strategic opportunities
  • Capability to design and implement transformative strategic plans
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

  • Supervisors and Management Professionals
  • Team Leaders & Professionals who want to create an emotionally healthy, productive workplace and organizational culture to enhance their effectiveness and their ability to form trusting relationships and manage their frustrations and those of others at work

This KC Academy training course on Executive Management & Leadership Development Programme will keep you current on recent, cutting-edge developments in leadership theory and practice, and help you better collaborate and manage conflict. This training course will also help Supervisors, Team Leaders & Professionals in all industries who are involved with the strategic planning process for their unit or the whole organization including budgeting, contingency planning, strategy design, implementation, leadership and monitoring.

DAILY AGENDA

Module 1: Leading with Emotional Intelligence
Day 1: Introduction to Emotional Intelligence
  • Historical Roots of Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
  • Importance of Perception
  • Developing Self-awareness through Understanding Out Personality
  • Using the LPI for Understanding Others
  • Developing Openness to New Ideas Effectiveness
Day 2: Psychology of Leadership
  • Holistic Leadership
  • Understanding Personality Styles for Teamwork
  • Optimizing our Personality Strengths
  • Managing our Emotional Stress
  • High EQ Leadership
Day 3: Apply Psychology in Leading in an Emotionally Intelligent Way
  • Enhancing Self-awareness
  • Empathy: Increase Your Level of Social Awareness
  • Delegating Tasks and Responsibilities
  • Managing Self and Leading Others
  • Influencing and Inspiring People
Day 4: Building an Emotionally Intelligent Team based on Psychological Principles
  • Importance of EQ to Team Effectiveness
  • Motivating a High-Performance Team
  • Building Unified Teams
  • Stages of Human Development
  • EQ For Building Trusting Relationship
Day 5: Communication for Successful Leadership
  • Psychology of Persuasion
  • Creating an Inspiring Vision
  • How to Flow with Different Personality Styles
  • Practicing Leadership Integrity
  • Developing an Action Plan
Module 2: Strategic Planning & Goal Setting
Day 6: Strategy, Strategic Planning and Competitive Positioning
  • Introduction to the Seminar – Structure and Content
  • Strategy - Concept and Significance
  • Competitive Positioning” vs. “Blue Sky” Approaches
  • Achieving Competitive Advantage through Flexibility and Agility
  • The Interaction of Strategy, Structure and Business Processes
  • Gathering Information and Intelligence for the SWOT Analysis
Day 7: Strategic Intent, Strategic Choice and Balancing Scorecards
  • Vision and Mission Statements - Preparing for the Future
  • Business Analysis and Contingency Planning
  • Strategic Choice
  • Converting the SWOT Analysis into the “Strategy Matrix
  • Strategy Formulation – Programmes, Projects, Policies
  • Transforming the Organization - Strategy Implementation and Managing Change
Day 8: Assessing the Current State of the Organization
  • Leadership and Management in relation to Strategy
  • Customer and Market Focus
  • Human Resources and Knowledge Management
  • Building a Strategic Planning Team
  • Effective Process Management to Achieve Business Results
  • Monitoring and Measuring Business Performance
Day 9: Strategic Planning Best Practice Whilst Avoiding the Pitfalls
  • The Strategy Life-cycle and the Problem of Strategic Drift
  • Getting Innovative thinking into the Organization
  • The Potentially Negative Dimensions of Success
  • How to Avoid 'Paralysis by Analysis'?
  • Overcoming inability to evaluate fresh ideas, denying the truth and thinking inside the box
  • The Critical Importance of Good Planning Team Dynamics
Day 10: Personal Strategic Planning
  • Applying Strategic Tools and Techniques to the Individual
  • Personal Goal Setting, Creating a Personal Strategic Plan
  • Implementing Change - Achieving Progress as a Strategic Manager
  • The Mix of Competencies and Personal Skills required in 21st Century Business
  • Executing Strategy - How to break it down and get it done?
  • Developing Inspiration and Gathering Support
  • Overcoming Adversity by Leveraging your Skills and Building on Success
  • Conclusion - A Personal Role in the Strategic Planning and Goal Setting Processes
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Certificate

On successful completion of this training course, KC ACademy Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.

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