Strategic Leadership, Setting the Future Vision, Preparing Administrative Plans, and Achieving them
Management & Leadership · 5 Days · Public · Al-Khobraa certified · From USD 4,500
Overview
The remarkable progress in the field of strategic management in recent years can be attributed to innovative ideas introduced by leaders seeking to enhance their organizations' competitiveness from the perspective of customers, stakeholders, employees, and society at large.
Learning Objectives
Understand how to build positive thinking as a foundation for administrative innovation and adapt to new global transformations and challenges.
Develop plans, programs, and performance evaluation.
Apply effective planning methods in the practical workplace and proper remote monitoring.
Incorporate creativity in planning and business monitoring.
Establish an effective dynamic organization.
Foster creative coordination and support Quality of Work Life (QWL) and its core values.
Manage comprehensive and continuous change and development.
Recognize the difference between strategic leadership and various leadership styles.
Identify future challenges and how to address them.
Acquire concepts, objectives, and skills for foresight.
Understand strategic leadership in terms of its principles, scientific foundations, and core skills for senior management in strategic thinking.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for all leaders, department heads and their deputies, executive, and other professionals seeking to strengthen their capability in this area.
All leaders
Department heads and their deputies
Executive
Directors of departments and their assistants
Heads of divisions
Course Outline
Day 1 — Introduction to Creativity:
Creative thinking foundations.
The importance of creativity.
Overcoming obstacles to creativity.
Innovative strategies.
Day 2 — Creative Planning and Monitoring:
Definition and benefits of planning.
Distinguishing between tactics and strategy.
Steps in planning.
SWOT analysis.
Day 3 — Advanced Scientific Trends in Foresight Studies:
Fundamental concepts of futures studies and its relationship with strategic leadership.
Scientific and methodological dimensions of futures studies.
Approaches to foresight.
Factors distinguishing between foresight methods and approaches.
Day 4 — Analyzing the External Environment and the Competitive Performance Matrix (CPM):
Understanding external environment assessment.
Framework for reviewing the external environment.
Key environmental variables.
Primary sources of environmental information.
Day 5 — Competitive Position Analysis and Strategic Leadership:
Porter's strategies.
Cost leadership strategy.
Differentiation and distinguishing from competitors.
Focus strategy.
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.