Executive Leadership Mastery for Senior Management Course
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We are committed to delivering this course in multiple training formats to accommodate your needs. Our state-of-the-art learning facilities ensure a comfortable and engaging experience. With our flexible face-to-face training calendar, you can select any classroom course and have it delivered at a venue of your choice, offering you unparalleled convenience and exceptional value.
Course Overview
A transformational program geared towards senior executives and leaders with significant responsibilities. Designed to sharpen strategic leadership, enhance decision-making in complexity, and build sustainable competitive advantage in volatile, digital, and ESG-aware environments. Leaders will emerge better equipped to steer their organisations through disruption, motivate cross-functional teams, influence stakeholders at all levels, and deliver long-term value.
Course Duration
5 Days
Target Audience
- Senior executives (C-suite, Directors, VPs)
- Heads of functions with cross-departmental responsibilities
- Leaders preparing for board roles or governing duties
- Succession candidates poised for higher responsibility
- Stakeholders involved in strategic planning, governance, and organisational transformation
Personal Impact
- Develop sharper strategic thinking and decision-making under uncertainty
- Enhance ability to deliver value through people, resources, and innovation
- Increase influence with boards, external stakeholders, and across lines of business
- Better self-leadership: resilience, judgement, ethical leadership
Organizational Impact
- Stronger leadership bench, reduced turnover in senior roles
- More effective cross-functional collaboration and agility
- Enhanced governance readiness and alignment with ESG/sustainability demands
- Improved ability to design and implement value-creating strategic initiatives
Course Level: Foundation
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Lead with strategic clarity, especially in times of disruption and transformation
- Use advanced decision‐making tools to generate strategic alternatives and choose optimal paths
- Build high-impact, cross-functional teams capable of driving change and innovation
- Navigate transition periods (growth, turbulence, crises) with steadiness and foresight
- Communicate upward (to boards, investors) and across the organisation with influence and credibility
- Embed ethical leadership, governance, and stakeholder orientation centrally in strategy execution
Course Outline
Module 1: Strategic & Environmental Awareness for Senior Management
- Understanding global and regional trends impacting business (market, tech, regulatory, ESG)
- Scenario planning & strategic foresight tools to anticipate disruption
- Competitive positioning and value chain analysis
- Mapping organisational capabilities and gaps
- Case Study: Examine a multinational or major firm that failed (or succeeded) in adapting to mega-trends (e.g. digital transformation / climate change) and draw lessons.
Module 2: Advanced Decision-Making & Leading Through Transition
- Decision theory and frameworks (e.g. risk-reward trade-offs, biases, complexity)
- Change leadership: transitions during growth, turbulence, or crisis
- Resilience and agility: leading in VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) contexts
- Planning for resilient operations—digital, remote, supply chain disruptions
- Exercise: Participants simulate a major organizational disruption (e.g., supply chain failure, regulatory shock, economic downturn) and develop a response plan including communication, resource reallocation, risk mitigation.
Module 3: High-Performance Teams & Cross-Functional Leadership
- Leading across silos: breaking down barriers, enabling collaboration
- Talent identification & development at senior levels
- Fostering psychological safety, a culture of innovation, and learning from failure
- Hybrid/remote leadership dynamics at senior levels
- Group Project: Design a cross-functional innovation initiative (e.g., a sustainably oriented new product, process improvement, or ESG integration) involving multiple departments. Propose structure, roles, KPIs.
Module 4: Upward & Stakeholder Influence & Corporate Governance
- Communication with boards, investors, regulators; presenting strategic options, reporting on ESG & risk
- Stakeholder mapping and management (internal and external)
- Governance: preparing for board roles, understanding fiduciary duties, transparency & accountability
- Conflict resolution at senior leadership and board levels
- Exercise: Prepare and deliver a mock board presentation of a strategic proposal (including risk, ESG implications, and financial forecast), followed by peer & facilitator critique.
Module 5: Value Creation & Sustainable Leadership
- Strategic innovation & value-creating strategies aligned with ESG, sustainability, and social responsibility
- Long-term performance metrics: balanced scorecards, integrated reporting, stakeholder value
- Sustainable competitive advantage: what differentiates enduring organisations
- Ethical leadership & corporate purpose as a strategic asset
- Capstone: Each participant develops a “Senior Leadership Value Creation Roadmap” for their organization. This includes strategic priorities, governance or ESG integration, real metrics, and an implementation plan with change levers.
Course Administration Details:
METHODOLOGY
The instructor-led trainings are delivered using a blended learning approach and comprise presentations, guided sessions of practical exercise, web-based tutorials, and group work. Our facilitators are seasoned industry experts with years of experience, working as professionals and trainers in these fields. All facilitation and course materials will be offered in English. The participants should be reasonably proficient in English.
ACCREDITATION
Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued a Skillstate Institute certificate.
TRAINING VENUE
The training will be held at a Skillstate Institute Training Centre. The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, and lunch. All participants will additionally cater to their travel expenses, visa application, insurance, and other personal expenses.
ACCOMMODATION AND AIRPORT PICKUP
Accommodation and airport pickup are arranged upon request. For reservations contact the Training Officer.
Email: info@skillstateinstitute.org
Phone: +254100920301
TAILOR-MADE
This training can also be customized to suit the needs of your institution upon request. You can have it delivered in our Training Centre or at a convenient location. For further inquiries, please contact us on:
Email: info@skillstateinstitute.org
Phone: +254100920301
PAYMENT
Payment should be transferred to our Skillstate Institute account through a bank on or before the start of the course. Send proof of payment to info@skillstateinstitute.org