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Strategic leadership is something senior leaders are almost expected to have picked up by osmosis. Time after time we find structureless, and 'seat-of-the-pants' leadership, directionless leadership, micro-management or its opposite - abdicating responsibility. This course will finally make all that a thing of the past - giving proven techniques of analysis, problem solving and decision making that will ensure your leadership is truly strategic - and highly effective.

This programme aims:

To deepen your knowledge and understanding of effective strategic leadership.

To explore practical links between planning, problem solving and decision making.

To help you be an effective strategic leader, no matter what your current leadership role.

How to use this course
Below are a series of downloads for you. Taken together, they will lead you, in a modular basis, through the whole of our Promoting Excellence 'Strategic Leadership' course, and will conclude with a certificate that you can download to show you have successfully completed the training - and have been officially certificated by Promoting Excellence Limited.

Each module has video narration, so you are best to complete the course where sound will not disturb others around you. The course is linear, so you should start by downloading and completing the Introduction, followed by Module ONE, Module TWO and so forth. Your password and login ID gives you access to this page, in most cases, for a full year from purchase, so you will not need to rush, but can work methodically. Some downloads are quite large - up to 50MB or so - so you should only download the module upon which you are currently working, before progressing to the next one.

Where a module has worksheets, bonus materials and handouts, these are listed below, in the order you will need to download them. Not all courses, and not all modules have worksheets or handouts, but where they do, they are listed below for you to download and use.

All modules are in Microsoft PowerPoint Show format.

Certification
When you reach the conclusion of the course, you will be able to click a link to your Promoting Excellence certificate.

Is the course for an individual or a group? Will they use this differently?
The course has been written for use by individuals or small groups. An individual will need to reflect on some of the ideas raised, and to jot down their thoughts. They may like to then discuss their ideas with peers, or a competent leader. A small group will find benefit in discussing the ideas and issues raised as a group, and perhaps agreeing on joint actions.

Aims
To deepen your knowledge and understanding of effective strategic leadership.
To explore practical links between planning, problem solving and decision making.
To help you be an effective strategic leader, no matter what your current leadership role.

Outcomes
On completion of this course, it is expected you will understand more about strategic leadership and be aware of how to develop this approach, especially as a leader or manager.

Some Housekeeping Points
In each module,you can go forwards to the next slide by clicking on the button in the top right corner of each module's slides.
To signify that a slide is fully completed and ready to advance, the button-label will flash.
You can also go backwards to look again at any slide you have completed. To do that click the button in the top left corner.
When going back through slides, their videos (if any) will not automatically re-play - but you can still play them again by clicking on them)
Courses work and run well on a PC - they should also work on a MAC. They may run on an iPad or a tablet, but this is not guaranteed.
Technical support on device configuration options can only be provided by your ICT department. The course has been tested on PCs running W10 and W11.

YOUR COURSE
A Promoting Excellence Certificate in SEVEN Modules
You can complete the course as quickly or as slowly as you like. So long as you have a valid licence that is still 'in date', you can download your course material at any time..
REMEMBER - TO RUN THE COURSE YOU WILL NEED A RECENT VERSION OF MICROSOFT POWERPOINT
TO DOWNLOAD ANYTHING - CLICK THE GREEN HEADINGS BELOW

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THE STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP COURSE WORKBOOK - Start by downloading this - it will be your guide as you progress through the course. You can complete this on-screen, or you can print it. PLEASE REMEMBER TO SAVE YOUR WORKBOOK to your local computer. If you do not save it, you can download a new one at any time, but it will be a fresh workbook without any of your notes. Only your own saved workbook contains your notes and your notes are only saved if you click 'save' after writing them, or finishing your course for the day. This is true for all Workbooks and Worksheets also.

INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE - Start by Downloading this and working through it. (ppsx file)
This is just an introduction, to clarify aims and outcomes and the course content.

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MODULE ONE - What is Strategic Awareness and Thinking? (ppsx file).This module gets our course underway by asking what Strategic Awareness and Thinking is, and inviting you to consider what skills of Strategic Awareness you might already have. It explains why Strategic Leadership is so important and looks at the benefits of Strategic Leadership. It also assists you in examining your current Organisation, specifically exploring Promoting Excellence's 12 benefits to any Organisation of Strategic Leadership. Discover where you are currently doing really well, and where things could be better.Finally this Module concludes with an exploration of Visionary Leadership.

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MODULE TWO - How Strategic are You? (ppsx file)
This Module uses a Diagnostic Questionnaire to help you focus on your current Strategic Leadership capability. Decide what are your strengths and areas for development, and prioritise what you need to work on to improve your strategic leadership.The course then vividly explains the important ability to take a helicopter view of your Organisation, Department or Team, as well as having a micro-view- understanding both the Wood AND the Trees within it. The Module concludes with a review of Key Strategic Actions and Behaviours with more advice on working strategically.

MODULE TWO - Assessing Your Strategic Leadership Qualities (pdf file)
This is a Promoting Excellence Diagnostic Questionnaire to help you focus on your current Strategic Leadership capability.

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MODULE THREE - Strategic Planning (ppsx file)
This module begins by explaining what Strategic Planning is and then goes on to present the Promoting Excellence Eight Reasons that Strategic Planning is important. The Module explains and discusses how to go about Strategic Planning, discussing techniques such as GANTT charts and how Strategic plans cascade into Divisional Objectives, Departmental and Team Goals and Individual Objectives.

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MODULE FOUR - Problem Solving and Decision Making (ppsx file)
This module presents Promoting Excellence's Eight Steps to Effective Problem Solving, a process that will enable you to generate answers to many tough workplace problems, evaluate the better ones, decide on a course of action and implement the solution.

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MODULE FIVE - Good Decision Making (ppsx file)
Effective decision-making combines rational analysis with practical judgment.
It considers both the short-term and long-term impacts whilst also being aware of the broader context in which decisions are made.
Promoting Excellence will help make this easy for you with our Ten Step Process to Great Decisions, discussed, explained and presented in this Module.

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MODULE SIX - Strategic Analysis - Tools for Success (ppsx file)
This module will allow you to strategically explore and analyse any current strategic issues you (or your team) are facing.
You are presented within the Module with two sophisticated tools to help analyse any Organisation, Division, Department or Team with a laser-like focus on strategic effectiveness.
An interactive self-scoring template is provided for the SWOT and Cross-organisation Matrix, and the Balanced Scorecard concept is explained to help facilitate a wide view of organisation performance.

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MODULE SEVEN- Final Thoughts and Advice (ppsx file)
Now you are becoming Excellent at Strategic Leadership, Decision Making and Problem Solving, we consider how to take your ability to a whole new level. The Module looks at the skills of Great Strategic Leaders, what we have learned from these, and how you can apply them to your own practice.
We look at how you can become a Visionary Leader.
And finally we look at how you can become a truly Strategic Thinker and Planner.

You can now download your certificate and the link is given in this module.

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Thank You
Thank you for your purchase of this course.
We hope it truly helps you become a superb Strategic Leader - no matter what your current hierarchical level.

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