MINI MBA MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP

TRAINING OVERVIEW

• Module 1 - The Complete Course on Management
• Module 2 - The Complete Course on Leadership

By attending this DixonTech training course, delegates will be able to:

• Appraise your managerial/leadership style and its impact on others
• Employ a range of interpersonal skills to engage and empower
• Generate collaborate strategies for team and organizational improvement
• Select and apply innovative techniques for problem-solving and continuous improvement
• Articulate the role of management and leadership in one’s business

TRAINING IS TAILORED TO

• Existing leaders and managers seeking to rejuvenate their practice
• Management professional seeking leadership roles
• High potential and future leaders
• Leaders and managers implementing change programmes
• Technical professionals undertaking managerial/leadership positions

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

Embark on a transformative learning journey with our Mini MBA in Management & Leadership. This intensive Five-days course is designed to empower both aspiring and seasoned leaders with a profound understanding of key management principles and practices. Our approach combines engaging lectures by seasoned professionals, interactive workshops for hands-on learning, in-depth case studies for practical insights, dynamic group discussions to encourage knowledge sharing, and continuous assessments to ensure your mastery of essential leadership skills. Join us on this comprehensive exploration of effective leadership, where theory meets practical application, and discover the principles that form the bedrock of organizational.

DAY ONE:

MODULE 1:

THE COMPLETE COURSE ON MANAGEMENT

MANAGEMENT IN AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY

• The Challenge of Management in the New Normal
• The management role: from macro to micro
• Adaptive Management for situational change.
• “Managerial Leadership”; embracing wider responsibilities
• Changing paradigms and perceptions of managerial performance
• Achieving results through others: empowering delegation

MANAGING WORKPLACE CONFLICT FOR PRODUCTIVE OUTCOMES

• Relationship Awareness Theory; exploring motivational values
• Organizational disagreement and conflict: positive outcomes
• Analysing my response to conflict: Thomas Kilmann
• Appreciating and managing individual differences
• Creative benefits of productive disagreement
• Reciprocity: managing without confrontation

DAY TWO:

MANAGING FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

• The Age of “digital transformation” and Business Model Regeneration
• A focus on Kaizen: philosophy to practice
• Organizational development and diagnostic tools that raise performance
• Organizational culture, dynamic tension and change management issues
• Leading change initiatives” “solution focused change”
• The Paradox of the change process and the managers response

MANAGERIAL LEADERSHIP FOR HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS

• Managing virtual and High Performing Teams
• Dysfunctional teams: raising performance through trust
• How well does my team perform? Assessment, reflection, and action
• Understanding the team’s contribution to the organisation’s profit
• Creating alignment and functional commitment: empowering the team
• Communication and coaching to motivate and restore focus

DAY THREE:

DECISION-MAKING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING

• Thinking slow and thinking fast
• Managing creativity and innovation
• Harnessing the collective wisdom of the team
• Breaking self-imposed mental blocks that limit expansive thinking
• Managing crisis: resilience, prioritisation, delegation, and empowerment
• Review of key learning: Action planning for sustained improvement

MODULE 2:

THE COMPLETE COURSE ON LEADERSHIP

LEADERSHIP IN A DYNAMIC, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

• Perceptions of Leadership
• Managerial leadership
• The leadership challenge: balancing strategy and culture
• Leadership in strategic thinking organisations
• Understanding the interrelated factors that impact change

LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE

• Examining different types of leadership
• Building cultures of organizational excellence
• Growing people who can build your organisation
• Developing the mind of Servant leader
• Encouraging consistency and commitment
• Implementing cultural ethics of integrity & hard work

DAY FOUR: 

THE COMMUNICATING LEADER

• Communication: the leader’s essential tool
• Interpersonal, open communication is two-way
• Understanding how interpersonal communication preferences differ
• Communicating empowerment techniques in leadership
• Leaning the psychology of Autonomous working groups
• Communicating and presenting with impact and passion

LEADERSHIP AND TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS

• Successful interpersonal interaction develops leaders with trust
• Characteristics of a leader’s interpersonal interaction
• Emotional intelligence: using emotions productively
• Individual strengths and challenges of each interpersonal styles
• Utilising diverse interaction styles productively
• Building the capacity for trust

DAY FIVE:

LEADERSHIP BUILDING THE INNOVATIVE RESPONSIVE ENVIRONMENT

• Building an environment of innovation and improvement
• Understanding problems inherent with change and transition
• Leading others through critical change initiatives
• Developing a personal change plan
• Leadership in action: a personal intuitive approach
• Leadership review of essential qualities