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Advanced Programme Cohort AB3

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Course Details
9 days with the opportunity to attend an extra elective Master Class
North West Wales tbc
Level 4 Award / Level 5 Certificate in Leadership & Management
09:00 - 17:00
From £1295 (your contribution)

Course Summary

Evolve from good to great  

  • Discover your ‘Right to Win’ strategies
  • Evaluate and focus your organisational capabilities to optimise growth
  • Sharpen your understanding of customers and how to win them
  • Gain a deeper understanding of the leadership qualities, thinking and actions that drive organisational success and resilience
  • Learn how your team can step up to the challenge of change as your organisation experiences growth and the world shifts

The Alumni Programme 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.

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?

    The Adavanced Programme 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.)

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