STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP FORUM OVERVIEW

The Strategic Leadership Forum is designed to teach participants to recognize and build leadership skills necessary to effectively develop the maximum potential of the organization and achieve the concept of strategic partnering. This is necessary in order to build a truly integrated organization capable of operating in today's competitive environment.

Today, the successful leader must learn how to integrate and balance leadership skills in order to determine and implement business strategy.

TOPICAL OUTLINE

Today's Competitive Environment : A Market Perspective

• Change
• Innovation
• Successful Organizations: Externally Focused and Internally Responsive

Influence: Gaining Commitment and Achieving Results

• Matrixed and Hierarchical Organizations
• Influence Effectiveness
• Influence Styles, Positive Power, and Business Relationships
• Situational Diagnosis and Influence Styles
• Conflict and Consensus Building
• Negotiating for Optimal Results

Leadership: Integrating the Individual with Organizational Goals

• Leadership and Authority
• Authority and Responsibility
• Leadership Styles
• Leadership Factors and Strategies
• Planning Human Resource Strategies

Team Building: Linking the Organization

• Team Dynamics: Roles and Responsibilities
• Team Leadership and Team Members
• Task Force Management - A Team of Peers
• Team Effectiveness and Business Styles

Problem Solving: A Comprehensive, Realistic and Applied Exercise