As the business environment becomes ever more uncertain and turbulent, the requirement for professional leadership and management throughout organizations is at a premium. Strategies, Risks, Negotiation, and Leadership is for those who are dedicated to maximizing their performance and value-added contribution (and that of the people who work for them). The four elements of the course provide a structured and coherent framework for addressing the challenges which face professionals in respect of both their day-to-day and longer-term responsibilities.
At the end of this course the participants will be able to:
Develop an appreciation and understanding of each of the four elements of the course - Strategies, Risks, Negotiation, and Leadership.
Understand how they interact to create a systemic approach to problem resolution.
Develop the skills needed to master each individual element.
Identify how to apply them to different circumstances.
Recognize potential pitfalls and identify the tactics to overcome them.
Utilize the four elements in achieving individual, team, and organizational results.
Identify priorities for continued professional development.
Current and potential strategic leaders at all levels
Those responsible for developing and leading strategy
Directors, business unit managers, and/or managers of all levels
Functional team leaders in the public or private sector
Supervisors/Line managers
Introduction to strategy - background, historical developments, major theories.
Thinking strategically.
A consistent approach to strategy development.
The relationships between vision, mission, and strategy.
The steps involved in developing a strategy.
Implementing a strategy.
The meaning and nature of risk.
Identifying the risks in a given strategy.
Prioritizing risks.
Contingency planning.
Risk mitigation strategies.
The essential role of negotiation.
Focusing on mutual interests.
How to separate the people from the problem.
Remaining objective and dispassionate.
Negotiating with more powerful people.
Negotiating tactics.
The strategic nature of leadership.
The differences between leadership and management.
Turning leadership theory into practical leadership.
Maximizing the performance of each team member.
Motivating the 'average' employee.
Developing a personal action plan for further self-development.
Because supervisory levels are the link between the executive and senior management levels, achieving the organization's objectives, increasing productivity and overall performance of the organization, affects the effectiveness and efficiency of supervisors' performance.
And because of the skills of supervisors in any organization in need of continuous development, and to acquire advanced tools and methods that reflect on the deepening of these skills and activate their role in motivating individuals working, and push them to commit to the goals of the organization.
You need this conference to learn about supervisory skills and advanced methods, to be able to play an effective and supervisory role in your organization.
Managing an office has become an increasingly sophisticated and complex job. The increased demand for speed and accuracy, knowledge of new technology, and an increasingly diverse workforce bring challenges and also opportunities for growth. This dynamic and in-depth course explores some of the more advanced skills which can help an office manager to work more confidently, creatively, and effectively.
As a supervisor, the success of your organization rests in your hands. This course provides you with the opportunity to develop highly effective and essential supervisory skills that will strengthen teamwork and organizational success. Also, this course will help you manage everyday operations with greater ease. Furthermore, it will help you leverage both your managerial and people skills to meet your new challenges as the 21st-century supervisor.
This course is designed for participants to introduce to key issues and themes in international development.
Participants will explore and engage in academic debates and discussions around a set of key factors that shape, influence, and constrain the development and prosperity of nations.
The course will explore a number of key themes in international development, including how questions of gender and generation shape the impact of poverty; how processes of globalization, migration, and violent conflict impact development; and how development and the environment are linked.
It also considers what exactly we mean by poverty, and how different ways of understanding poverty feed into different approaches to tackling it.
It will also consider development institutions: what are the key institutions in the architecture of international development? How do they differ, and what are the challenges and opportunities they present? Through this module, participants will gain a solid background in the various factors which shape current approaches to and debates on international development.
By introducing participants to a range of problems in economic development, we will look to analyze how economic theory and models can explain the lack of development in some nations. We will apply such theory to real-world economies to understand the nature of the problems they face and how effective policies can be in tackling the problems.
A five-day course on the practical aspects of piping and pipeline design, integrity, maintenance, and repair. The participants will obtain an in-depth understanding of the ASME B31 code rules and API standards, their technical basis, and practical application to field conditions.
Corporate/Public governance and risk management are critical There is increasing attention being paid to corporate governance and risk management in business schools and among legislators.