AMA2501: Developing Executive Leadership Training in Malta

Your Leadership Journey

• Exploring your leadership challenges and core leadership beliefs
• Differentiating between management and leadership
• Identifying and practicing leadership requirements for the 21st century

Developing Strategic Leadership and Passionate Purpose

• Understanding the “big picture” of organizational strategy
• Planning and prioritizing to secure time for strategy implementation
• Guiding success by crafting your power vision statement
• Practicing communicating your strategy to empower others

Leveraging Your Professional and Executive Effectiveness

• Mastering techniques of self-management and personal productivity
• Enhancing your emotional intelligence to set yourself apart as a high-performing executive
• Developing the skills to manage your emotions as you foster relationships
• Recognizing the emotions of others and responding to their emotional needs

Developing the Talents of Others

• Becoming intentional in supporting others to become self-reliant problem solvers
• Assessing the ability and willingness of individuals and teams to accomplish tasks and goals
• Coaching and inspiring your people to higher levels of performance

Aligning Organizational Culture with Strategy

• Shaping your organizational culture as a strategic leadership practice
• Creating intrinsic rewards that drive engagement and satisfaction
• Aligning your core authentic personal values with the values of your organization
• Addressing the challenges of ethics and ethical decision making
• Fostering mutual trust and respect throughout your sphere of influence

Learning the Art and Science of Inspirational Leadership

• Creating an environment that thrives on idea sharing and collaboration
• Assessing how your current practices and leadership style motivate and demotivate others
• Customizing reward and recognition (onsite and virtually) for your people to increase commitment, pride and camaraderie

Creating Your Executive Leadership Development

• Identifying, prioritizing and creating a roadmap to implement the skills, tools and actions learned
• Leveraging your strengths to further develop yourself as a high-performing executive

Pre-work: Skill Assessment and Strategic Leadership Type Indicator. It is essential that you complete the pre-work and bring your results to class.

Learning Objectives

• Identify and Begin to Address Your Leadership Challenges
• Analyze the Results of Your Self-Assessment Strengths and Development Needs
• Relate the Components of Strategic Leadership to Your Organization
• Assess Your Emotional Intelligence and its Impact on Your Leadership potential
• Understand and Apply the Concepts of Strategic Leadership
• Coach Employees Toward Improved Performance
• Discover Your Personal Values and Ethics and Their Influence on Your Leadership
• Identify and Apply Practices That Influence Motivation and Engagement
• Assess the Culture of Your Organization.
• Apply Techniques of Inspirational Leaders
• Create a Personal Development Plan to Bolster Your Executive Performance

LESSON ONE
My Leadership Journey

• Identify Your Most Important Leadership Challenges and Gain Insights on How to Address Those Challenges
• Describe the AMA’s Total Professional Model and Leader Level Competencies
• Identify Your Strengths and Development Needs Based on AMA’s Leader Level Competencies
• Evaluate the Relationships Between Your Leadership Challenges and Your Assessment Results

Strategic Leadership, Part 1

• Describe Leadership and Management Behaviors
• Define the Elements of Strategic Leadership and a Strategic Plan
• Specify Your Mission, Vision, and Values
• Apply Strategies of Goal Setting to Set Goals That Can be Accomplished
• Explain the Significance of Prioritization

LESSON TWO
Strategic Leadership, Part 2
Professional Effectiveness

• Define Emotional Intelligence (E.I.) and its Importance
• Identify Your E.I. Strengths and Development Needs
• Apply Techniques/Practices to Develop Your Emotional Intelligence
• Explain Your Strategy for Professional Effectiveness and Demonstrate it By Practicing Positive Communication and Presence Skills
• Describe How to Align the Culture of Your Team with Your Strategy

Developing the Talent of Others, Part 1

• Identify the Relationships Between Work Environment and Individual Factors of Performance
• Compare the Relationships Between Strategy and Individual Performance

LESSON THREE
Developing the Talent of Others, Part 2

• Identify the Relationships Between Work Environment and Individual Factors of Performance
• Compare the Relationships Between Strategy and Individual Performance
• Apply Strategic Leadership Skills to Develop Team Members
• Practice a Coaching Process to Support Self-Reliant Problem-Solving

Aligning Organizational Culture and Engagement with Strategy, Part 1

• Explain the Importance of Shaping Organizational Culture
• Analyze the Culture of Your Organization or Team
• Examine the Alignment of Your Personal Values with the Values of Your Organization
• Identify the Types of Organizational Cultures and Their Influence on Members

LESSON FOUR
Aligning Organizational Culture and Engagement with Strategy, Part 2

• Describe the Importance of Leading an Ethical Organizational Culture
• Select Practices to Create and Maintain Trust with Your Team Members

The Art and Science of Inspirational Leadership

• Describe the Relationship Between Leadership and Employee Engagement
• Create and Share a Personal Crest That Describes Your Authentic Leadership Attributes
• Identify Actions That Create a More Motivating Workplace
• Differentiate Between Recognition and Reward Practices Based on the Personal Preferences of Others

Leadership Development Plans

• Prepare and Plan for Your Continued Leadership Development
• Complete and Receive Feedback on Your Leadership Development Plan