Leading With Critical Thinking, Creativity and Innovation
Management & Leadership · 5 Days · Public · Al-Khobraa certified · From USD 4,500
Overview
This Leading with Critical Thinking, Creativity and Innovation training course is designed for managers who want to encourage more creativity and innovation in their own teams, colleagues and organizations.
Learning Objectives
Add to the organizational debates of changes and innovation.
Prepare business models and outline plans for new business initiatives.
Encourage objectivity, creative thinking and collaborative working practices.
Use management methods that promote open debates and generate ideas.
Promote lean and agile work habits, that delivers innovation results faster.
Who Should Attend
This training course is designed broadly for a range of talented managers across the organization who are expected to be involved in new products, services and processes and who are being tasked to drive change and new ways of working.
Managers tasked with driving new products
Professionals advising on innovation projects (e.g
Accountants
General managers
Managers promoting change and
Course Outline
Day 1 — The Innovation Challenge – Leading in Times of Uncertainty.
Why Innovation? Organizational Change and Leadership in Context.
Understanding Innovation Horizons, Oceans and Funnels.
Sensing and Responding to Trends and Changes In Our Environment.
Classic Environmental Scanning Tools and Methods of Analysis
Day 2 — The Business Challenge – Moving Away from Comfort
Systems Thinking +Thinking Fast and Slow + Design Thinking.
The Business Case Essentials – Corporate Intrapreneurship.
Developing and Challenging the Business Model.
Lean Strategy and Agile Methods.
Day 3 — The Creative Challenge – Encouraging Risk and New Ideas
The Creative Process: Where Do Good Ideas Come from?
Creative Teams, Creative Culture – And Creative Conflicts.
Ways to Encourage More Creative Work and Better Meetings.
Encouraging The Deep Work and Avoiding Procrastination and Bureaucracy.
Day 4 — The Leadership Challenge – Developing Talent and Delivering Results.
Understanding Personality and Our Style of Leadership.
The Leader as Servant – Being Adaptive and Authentic.
The Art of Persuasion – Selling Your Ideas.
Talent Management – Recruiting The Team and Raising Competencies.
Day 5 — The Productive Challenge – Taking The Next Steps.
Incremental Gains: Making Small Changes That Make a Big Difference.
Project Management – Balancing Risks and Innovation Measures.
Learning from Successful Organizations.
From Good Organization to Great Organization.
Accreditation
Al-Khobraa certified. On completion delegates receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of achievement.
What do Al-Khobraa management and leadership courses cover?
The portfolio covers KPIs and performance management, strategic planning and execution, Mini MBA programmes, supervisory and first-line management skills, change leadership, decision-making and problem-solving, and executive communication. Sessions are workshop-based, built around delegates’ own organisational challenges.
Who should attend a management and leadership course?
These courses suit team leaders and supervisors, department and functional managers, newly promoted managers moving from technical to leadership roles, senior specialists preparing for management, and executives responsible for strategy or organisational performance.
How long are management and leadership courses, and where are they held?
Most Al-Khobraa management and leadership courses run over 5 days. The exact duration, dates and city for this course are listed in the dates section on this page. Public sessions run across Saudi Arabia — Riyadh, Jeddah, Al-Khobar, Jubail and Yanbu — as well as regional and international venues, with live virtual classrooms available on request.
What certificate will I receive?
Delegates who complete the course receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of completion, issued by a Saudi-registered training provider. Al-Khobraa also delivers internationally accredited programmes; where a course carries an external awarding body such as PMI, CIPS, ILM or IOSH, that body is named on the course's own page.
Can management and leadership training be delivered in-house for our team?
Yes. Any Al-Khobraa management and leadership course can be delivered in-house at your own premises anywhere in Saudi Arabia or the GCC, with the content, dates and language of delivery tailored to your team. Al-Khobraa is an approved HRDF (Hadaf) provider, so eligible Saudi employers can seek training support. Contact us for a quotation.