Leading Leaders: Achieving Organizational Goals Through Others

Propel your initiatives and strategic goals forward by leveraging proven approaches and best practices for guiding and motivating others.

If you find yourself in a leadership position where other leaders report to you, you occupy a critical strategic position within your organization. Leaders in your situation serve as "the central gear" within the organizational machinery, facing the essential responsibility of achieving objectives and results through the efforts of others. This typically happens by directing other leaders who are part of your team, by exerting influence on the senior executives to whom you report, and by building and leveraging your network of peer leaders both inside and outside your organization.

You are also accountable for significant organizational efforts, including contributing to the development of organizational strategic direction, building robust networks to advance key initiatives, shaping the organizational culture, and managing many other critical responsibilities. However, if you are unable to effectively achieve results through others, many of these responsibilities and accountabilities become significantly more challenging.

Participate in this program to examine the specific challenges you face, review evidence-based best practices, explore proven methods, and strategic approaches that can help you accomplish work more effectively through the leaders who report to you. Upon completion, you will have created a comprehensive 360-degree working plan to advance your goals and strategic initiatives by leading other leaders with substantially improved effectiveness and measurable impact.

Who Should Attend:

New or experienced leaders (mid-level and above) who need to accomplish work and strategic initiatives through the leaders who report to them, as well as through a peer network of leaders, and through the top level of leadership

How you will benefit:

• Recognize the essential skill set required to effectively lead other leaders
• Use knowledge of the macro-environment to connect organizational vision, mission, values and strategy to motivate and empower those you lead
• Unleash diversity of thought, problem-solving, and innovation in yourself and others
• Leverage trust and mutually beneficial relationships through more effective networking
• Apply a 360 results-based strategy to move ideas, goals, and initiatives forward

What you will cover:

• Analyzing your role and how you can lead from the middle
• Setting direction through strategic leadership and exploring leadership styles
• Building a 360 member engagement and commitment strategy to focus on results and achieve goals
• Creating, aligning, and executing strategy
• Recognizing the organizational and divisional elements that produce innovative ideas
• Using The SEAL Approach for Building Organizational Agility
• Using knowledge of the macro-environment to articulate organizational vision and strategy as these relate to tactics
• Leveraging the diverse perspectives of each team member to unleash diversity of thought, problem-solving and innovation
• Developing, empowering, and coaching managers to drive the right mindset to support their team
• Leading in constant change, maintaining, and motivating through strategic vision
• Developing a powerful network that leverages trust and mutually beneficial relationships
• Finalizing a 360 working plan to implement that will advance your goal or initiative

Outline

Learning Objectives

• Gain a Broader Understanding of Your Role as a Leader of Leaders
• Connect Your Organization's Mission, Vision, and Values to Your Strategy and Purpose to Motivate and Empower Those You Lead
• Understand the Qualities of Organizational Resilience and of an Agile Mindset to Unleash Diversity of Thought, Problem-Solving, and Innovation in Yourself and Others
• Apply Inclusive Leadership Principles to Develop Engaged Leaders Who in Turn, Build and Support Engaged and Performing Teams
• Leverage Trust and Mutually Beneficial Relationships through More Effective Networking
• Apply a 360 Strategy to Move Ideas, Goals, and Initiatives Forward

Being a Leader of Leaders

• Define Your Role as a Leader of Other Leaders
• Establish a Strategic Direction for Your Leadership Team
• Engage Yourself and Further Your Credibility as a Leader
• Harness the Power of Motivation, Engagement, Trust, and Belonging to Create Your Team Culture
• Flex Your Leadership Style to Know When to Focus on Goals versus the Needs of Your Team

Setting Direction: Strategic Thinking and Organizational Agility

• Create and Conceptualize Innovative Ideas Strategically
• Utilize the SEAL Approach for Building Organizational Agility
• Practice Using a Macro Environmental Scan
• Align Strategies with the Right Stakeholders and Get Their Buy-In

Developing Leaders Who Build High-Performance Teams

• Create a Work Climate in Which Autonomy, Empowerment, Trust, Sharing, and Collaboration Are Valued and Practiced
• Coach Leaders on Driving the Right Mindset to Support Their Team
• Navigate the Challenges of the New Workforce Landscape
• Lead in Constant Change

Leveraging a Powerful Network of Leaders to Achieve Goals

• Develop a Powerful Network inside and outside of the Organization That Leverages Trust, Mutually Beneficial Relationships, and Informal Networks
• Drive for Results, Set Priorities, and Successfully Work across the Matrix of Stakeholders
• Build, Align, Energize, and Enable Broad Networks Internally and Externally by Collaborating and Influencing Others

360 Learning Project and Action Plan

• Present a Short Briefing of Your 360 Leadership Project Work
• Develop a Personal Action Plan
• Develop a Plan to Cascade Leadership Practice to Your Leaders