This unique training course on Advanced Leadership, Creativity & Innovation for Public Office Holders covers a discussion of critical areas of leadership, strategic thinking and planning and will have above all a practical focus on creativity and innovation in conditions of challenge and complexity. Using this initial analysis, the programme explores managing yourself as a public office holder leader, leading a team, creating breakthroughs through innovative leadership, communicating effectively with others and imparting leadership values to your team members.
The focus of module one is on the actions required to achieve effective design and introduction of strategic plans. This will include a detailed presentation and discussion of contemporary leading-edge approaches to strategic planning, showing how standard systems should be modified for the specific context and alignment in the public service environment.
The second module provides the latest competencies so that you can significantly manage and lead innovation within your service area. The programme will focus on inspiring and empowering the individual to handle a wide range of innovation and change situations in public service. This is a fast-paced, dynamic and highly informative advanced leadership programme. It seeks to develop and enhance your personal, team and organisational leadership skills.
TRAINING OBJECTIVES
- Gain insights into their own strengths and leadership styles
- Develop emotional competencies such as resilience, creativity, intentionality and interpersonal connections
- Develop advanced public service strategic leadership competencies
- Harness emotional intelligence to release creativity in the workplace
- Understand and practice innovation through their leadership
- Empower their teams to innovate and change to the demands of the future.
- Combine and leverage analytical and creative thinking
- Lead creative and innovative initiatives
- Achieve targets and performance standards during periods of change
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This Advanced Leadership, Creativity & Innovative Strategies training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals, but will be particularly beneficial to:
Any Top echelon of the government/Public Officials, Political Office Holders.
Leaders and managers of an organisation, division or department requiring the skills to tackle the toughest leadership assignments
Those responsible for developing and implementing innovative strategies, initiating and managing change, improving operational performance, creating and leading high-performance teams and demonstrating empowering leadership
TRAINING OUTLINE
MODULE ONE - Beyond Leadership: Advanced Leadership through Influence and Empowerment
Day 1: Public Leadership Today
- Why is emotional intelligence so important?
- Skills needed for E.I. communication in public service Axis
- Flexibility in dealing with other personality styles
- Using your left and right brain
- Mental adaptability to handling problems
- Raising your emotional intelligence
Day 2: Developing High E.I.
- Conflict resolution & handling pressure with eq
- Leading with empathy
- Authentic leadership
- Credible communication for leadership
- Ways to build trust
- Expanding your circle of trust
Day 3: From Mission & Vision to Strategy
- Leadership is direction
- Creating mission & vision
- What is strategy?
- Strategic Thinking in the Public Service Environment
- Planning strategy
- Creating a competitive edge
Day 4: Focusing on Solutions, not Problems
- Building momentum with co-professionals
- Problem-solving in adverse situations
- Tools & techniques to solve problems
- Decision-making using analysis, imagination and experience
- Challenging groupthink and conformity
- Influence individual responsibility & accountability
Day 5: High-Performance Teams
- Features of a high-performing team
- Reviewing the impact of emotional intelligence on a team
- Communication, impact & influence
- Achieve high team performance in teams
- Dealing with challenges and conflict
- Dealing with team dysfunctions
MODULE TWO - CREATIVITY & INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES
Day 6: What is Creativity and Innovation and Why are they Important?
- How the brain works- Democratic Dividents Indices
- Barriers to creativity and innovation
- Developing left and right brain ability.
- Vertical and lateral approaches, how we think.
- Conventional vs. creative problem-solving.
- Applying creative tools to everyday problem solving
Day 7: Learn Creative Thinking Tools
- TRIZ - A powerful methodology for creative problem-solving
- Brainstorming, BVI, FEI, MVI
- Tony Buzan’s Mind-mapping,
- Bissociation, Metaphorical thinking & Rule Reversal.
- Kaizen - gaining the Full Benefits of Continuous Improvement
- Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats
- Case Study: Disney Creative Strategy - fusing imagination and planning
Day 8: Essential Competencies for the Innovative Leader
- Effective skills for understanding others
- Developing competencies for effective leadership
- Resilience for sacrificial leadership
- Intentionality for self-motivation
- Creativity for Innovative Leadership
- Interpersonal Connections for Persuasive Leadership
Day 9: Workplace Creativity & Innovation
- Building trust to engage and empower others
- Empathy & Rapport through Emotional Intelligence
- Brainstorming Meetings & Disney Method
- Challenge and Constructive Discontent
- Integrity & Accountability
- Aligning Strategy with Team Goals, Objectives and Tactics
Day 10: Developing Creativity in Your Team
- Recruit, Position and Resource your Team
- Communicate vision and clarity of purpose
- Encourage diversity within your team
- Empower different work practices
- Create an atmosphere of safety, trust and respect
- Focus on Results not Methods
