Advanced Leadership Cohort AB2

Programme Structure

• 10 days of experiential business leadership
• All learning underpinned by leading edge research 
• Boardroom challenges help you address your organisation's issues  
• Strong peer to peer learning and problem solving opportunities
• The opportunity to participate in valuable extra Masterclasses 
• 3 month follow-up Site Visit from facilitation team

Optional Elements:

Individual Coaching

ILM Award

While working on your business through the programme you have the opportunity to complete an Award.

You can choose between:
The programme is also certified for 60 CPD hours

• Level 4 (ILM)
• Level 5 (ILM)

Why Advanced?

Advanced Leadership is designed to help you further your organisational ambitions. Our programme is experiential in nature - less classroom, more hands on, more ‘AHA’ moments. And through your experiences you will form bonds that last a lifetime, an invaluable network that stretches beyond the duration of the programme. The details of each day are set out below:

Day 1. Foundation day

· Reinforce your Reflective learning practices to develop growth and leadership insights

· Understand how to implement a culture of coaching to grow your organisation

· Prepare for personal growth with the ILM Mental Toughness questionnaire

· Meet and engage with your peers and Leadership Development Specialists

Days 2 and 3. Challenging Leadership Experiential

How sharp are your growth drivers? Could you improve your network for growth? Do you understand how resilient you are? During these two days you will have the
time to engage with your peers and leadership development specialists and have the opportunity to:

· Sharpen your purpose, vision and goals

· Learn to challenge assumptions (both your own and those of others)

· Understand your mental toughness evaluation

· Design your Personal Development Plan

· Strengthen your growth network

Day 4. Leading the Challenge of Change Masterclass

For growth to happen, change must happen too. And the world is changing faster than ever. As a leader of growth this experiential Masterclass
will help you:

· Understand the reasons for change in your organisation and environment

· Analyse the attitude to change of those involved in your change processes

· Manage and implement change in your workplace

We will help equip you with the knowledge you require to anticipate and embrace the transitions of growth

Day 5. The Value Proposition Masterclass

Articulating a message that suppliers, management, employees, and customers all understand is one of the most critical priorities for effective growth, from entrepreneurial upstart to global player.

You will have the opportunity to:

· Establish the critical questions you need to answer

· Learn to create authentic meaning and purpose behind your message

· Discover how to align your team’s goals and improve your team’s ability to articulate it

· Work on your Value Proposition Canvas, an extremely useful growth tool to help you and your team address your Value proposition challenge on an ongoing, agile basis

Day 6. Strategies for Growth Masterclass

How geared are you for growth? What happens if you don’t grow as fast as or faster than your competition? If you don’t grow - you get smaller - because, invariably,
your competition is growing. This Masterclass, hosted by Professor Paul Hannnon, is designed to help you:

· Recognise your organisational capabilities and to understand how to lead capability driven growth

· Understand your Nucleus and how to lead Nucleus Growth strategies

· Strategize your Options and how to lead Options Growth strategies

· Plan for Innovation and how to lead Innovation Growth strategies

· Know the Three Rules for Making a Company Truly Great

Hosted by Professor Paul Hannon

Day 7. Leading a High Performance Team

So you want to grow? Does your team share your motivation? And how capable are they of growing? This ION Masterclass is designed to help you create the environment and establish the principles and values conducive to high performance. This Masterclass is designed to help you:

· Understand the motivational needs of individuals and teams

· Cover practical examples of effective team performance strategies

· Set your vision and goals and how to do it well

· Recognise and Reward high performance in teams

· Understand the impact of culture on engagement and performance

· Uncover strategies and practical management tools for building and managing high
performance teams
All this and more – We will visit you at your business soon after you have finished the programme for an on site consultation. You will also have access to all our great Inspiration Masterclasses where we invite successful leaders to tell their journeys of accomplishment. And don’t forget the Tradeshow – always there for you to grow your network and sales. And the Marketplace too. So join us today.

Day 8. Masterclass details to be announced soon

Day 9. The Growth Journey and Graduation

Day 10. Masterclass of your choice (details coming soon)

(Programme subject to change without notice.)