In a world that's changing at breakneck speed, the role of senior leadership is more critical than ever. It's not just about leading; it's about pioneering change, fostering an aligned culture, and driving your organisation toward a future of unknown possibilities. An executive leadership program is designed for your senior leaders who are getting ready to step up into an executive role and existing executive leaders who would benefit from investing in their development.
Your leaders will be equipped with the ability craft and communicate a shared vision of leadership that not only anticipates the future but actively shapes it. They will be empowered to champion your organisation's strategy with conviction and make aligned strategic decisions ensuring a consistent push towards collective objectives.
Recognising the need to balance short term performance with long-term transformation goals, your leaders will learn how foster an environment where every team and team member feels empowered to contribute their best, whilst actively shaping a culture that supports the organisations future needs.
With a strong focus on building capability to lead in times of ambiguity and change, leaders take an active role in shaping the development experience, with a particular focus on how they choose to engage outside the formal workshops.
Get your organisation future-ready by investing in the kind of leadership that doesn't just navigate the future but actively creates it.
Efficient Custom Design
We can partner with you to create a leadership development experience for your executive leaders that embodies what is unique about your organisation and addresses the challenges your executive leaders are facing.
We integrate your frameworks, values, performance cycles, language and, most importantly, your unique operating context, with experiential activities that are designed for maximum impact.
Key focus areas for Executive leaders
Context
- Understand the operating context (strategy and leadership principles)
- Recognise the role of an executive leader
- Prepare to grow and develop as a leader responsible for leading at business unit and organisational level
Establish direction
- Anticipate and prepare for future business challenges and opportunities.
- Set the direction of the business with decisions that align to the purpose
- Create value by aligning business units and sharing resources for mutual benefit
- Craft and articulate a clear and impactful vision
Set the tone
- Define and demonstrate the values and behaviours you want to see throughout the organisation.
- Hold the leadership team to account for role modelling the defined values and behaviours
- Foster cross-business unit and industry collaboration
- Dismantle silos through system redesign
Create future leaders
- Influence at an executive level to affect positive change and deliver results
- Create leadership value through mentoring and sponsorship
- Communicate authentically through storytelling
- Facilitate and stimulate innovative thinking
Lead transformation
- Monitor and achieve strategic goals, adapting the plan as required
- Leading organisational change effectively while maintaining performance levels
- Monitor the culture with a lens to the future
- Embed personal leadership strategies and habits
”I realised that you don’t transform mindsets through tasks, but you transform them through people – this is the power you have as a leader.”
This team has been through dramatic transformation and the results are impressive
Why choose LIW
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