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Quick Look Course Summary:Executive and Senior Management Programme (3 days)
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Length: 3 day(s)
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Price (at your venue): 1 Person R 14,997 EX VAT 3 Person R 11,205 EX VAT 10 Person R 8,120 EX VAT
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Certification Type:Non-Accredited
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Locations & Venues: Off-site or in-house. We train in all major city centres throughout South Africa.
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Executive and Senior Management Programme (3 days)
Executives and senior managers who see the whole system – setting direction, leading change and making decisions that hold up under risk.
At executive level the job changes. Success no longer depends on personal expertise but on the direction you set, the changes you lead and the quality of the decisions you make with incomplete information. This three-day executive management programme gives senior leaders a structured way to do all three, applied to the leadership, change and decision-making challenges they face right now.
Day one is about leading at executive level: the difference between leadership and management, the main leadership theories and what each means for your role, and the qualities your organisation needs from its top team. Day two is about leading change: analysing why change is needed, choosing a change model that fits, and turning it into a recommendation the board and staff can support. Day three brings decisions and risk together: a systems approach to complex problems, engaging stakeholders, choosing feasible solutions, and identifying, assessing and planning for the risks to your area.
The programme is discussion-led and grounded in South African realities – an uncertain economy, power and water supply risks, regulatory change, transformation goals and diverse, multi-generational workforces. Delegates work on a live change initiative or decision from their own organisation and leave with a change recommendation, a decision analysis and a risk register they can use the following week.
Why this course
For your organisation
- A senior team with a shared language for leadership, change and risk
- Better-prepared change initiatives with fewer false starts
- Decisions that account for the whole system and its stakeholders
- Contingency plans for the risks most likely to hurt the business
For your delegates
- A clear view of your own leadership approach at executive level
- A practical change model and a recommendation for a real initiative
- A tested method for analysing complex decisions
- A risk register and contingency plan for your area
What delegates will be able to do
- Explain what leadership means at executive level and how it differs from management
- Compare the major leadership theories and apply them to their own leadership context
- Demonstrate the roles and qualities expected of a senior leader in their organisation
- Analyse the internal and external forces that create a need for change
- Choose a suitable change model and recommend how the change should be implemented
- Analyse a complex problem with critical and systems thinking, involving the right stakeholders
- Choose a feasible solution and communicate the decision clearly
- Identify, assess and prioritise the risks to their area of responsibility
- Build contingency plans, test them through scenarios and revise them
Who should attend
Chief executives, managing directors, directors and other C-suite leaders, general and senior managers, heads of HR, and high-potential managers being prepared for executive roles. It suits leaders responsible for setting direction, leading organisation-wide change or making decisions with significant financial, people or reputational impact.
Course outline
Day 1 – Leading at executive level
What leadership means at the top
- Leadership versus management
- How the role changes from specialist to executive
- Setting direction: vision, mission and strategic priorities
- Leading the senior team rather than running a department
Leadership theories and what they mean for you
- Trait and behavioural theories
- Situational and contingency leadership
- Transformational and transactional leadership
- Servant and authentic leadership
- Self-assessment: your leadership profile
Roles and qualities of executive leaders
- Shaping culture and values
- Building trust with the board, staff and external stakeholders
- Leading diverse and multi-generational workforces
- Influencing without relying on positional authority
Applying leadership in your context
- Case study: a leadership crisis in a South African organisation
- Peer discussion of current leadership challenges
- Personal leadership commitments
Day 2 – Leading change
Why change is needed
- Economic, political, technological and social drivers of change
- Reading the signals early
- The cost of standing still
- Why people resist change
Analysing an area that needs change
- Defining the current and the desired state
- Gap analysis and root causes
- Stakeholder mapping and impact analysis
- Assessing readiness for change
Choosing a change model
- Lewin's unfreeze, change and refreeze
- Kotter's eight steps
- The ADKAR model
- The McKinsey 7-S framework as a diagnostic
- Choosing the model that fits your organisation
Recommending and leading the change
- Building the case for change
- Communication and engagement planning
- Sequencing, resources and milestones
- Sustaining the change and measuring results
- Workshop: a change recommendation for a live initiative
Day 3 – Systems decisions and risk
Thinking in systems
- Critical and analytical thinking for complex problems
- Systems thinking: feedback loops, delays and unintended consequences
- Separating symptoms from root causes
- Involving stakeholders in analysing the problem
Making and communicating the decision
- Generating and testing options
- Selecting feasible solutions through a systems lens
- Decision criteria and trade-offs
- Framing and communicating the decision
Monitoring and assessing risk
- Business processes and where risk arises
- Strategic, operational, financial, people and reputational risk
- Assessing likelihood and impact
- Building a risk register
Contingency planning
- Writing contingency plans for priority risks
- South African examples: power and water supply, cyber attacks, supply-chain disruption and loss of key people
- Testing plans through scenarios
- Reviewing and revising plans
- Personal action plan and close
How it is delivered
Three days, 08:30-16:00. In person at your offices anywhere in South Africa, at a BOTI venue or an off-site venue of your choice, or live online. One delegate or a group of up to 20; senior teams often book it as a closed group. Workbook, case studies, change and risk templates and a personal action plan included. We deliver it at your offices in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town and anywhere else in South Africa, at a BOTI venue in Johannesburg, or live online for teams in different places.
What our clients say
“The training was practical, engaging and relevant to our workplace environment, providing participants with valuable knowledge and practical skills that could be applied in their respective roles.”
“The facilitator was excellent and took time to ensure that the employee understood the content and was able to apply the learning in order to develop the portfolio of evidence.”
“The facilitator who conducted the training was professional and tailored both the schedule and environment to ensure that learners had a safe space to share authentic, real-life experiences”
Frequently asked questions
Can this programme be run for our own executive team?
Yes. Most senior teams book it as a closed group at their own offices or an off-site venue anywhere in South Africa, so they can work on real strategic issues in confidence. It can also be delivered at a BOTI venue or live online.
How many people can attend?
From one delegate to groups of 20. The price per delegate drops as the group grows – see the price table, or ask us for a quote.
Is it accredited?
No – it is a non-accredited programme and delegates receive a BOTI certificate of attendance.
Is follow-up coaching available?
Yes. Many organisations add one-on-one executive coaching after the programme – packages of 3, 6 or 12 one-hour sessions – to help each leader apply their change and decision plans.
Can the programme be built around our own issues?
Yes. Send us the change initiatives, decisions or risks your team is dealing with and the facilitator builds them into the case work. Everything shared is treated confidentially.
Can you run this course in Johannesburg, Cape Town or Durban?
Yes. We train on site at your offices in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town and across South Africa, at a BOTI venue in Johannesburg, or live online so a team spread over several offices can attend together.
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