Management Mastery

This five-day program is designed to give experienced and not-so experienced managers an intensive and practical look at how organizations get results today. Management Mastery is a senior level program that provides necessary knowledge and information to successfully lead and manage in a modern business context. 

Who Should Attend

Designed for mid to senior level managers with limited formal business education, especially those from functional or specialized backgrounds who require a greater understanding of general management concepts and practices.

Objective

To define, describe, and apply advanced leadership and managership skills

Practical Skills and Applications

As a result of this course you should be able to:

·         Framework for successfully thinking and managing during times of management chaos

·         Seven step planning process for guiding and planning activities

·         Format for an effective 5 Page Business Plan

·         Leadership and managership skills to provide balanced organizational stewardship

·         Cultural alignment through vision, values, philosophy, and focus

·         New view of leadership through examination of your personal leadership story

What You Will Cover

The Changing World of Work

·         Why Business are in Trouble

·         Scientific Management and Newton Physics’ Influence on Business

·         Quantum Physics and a Virtual World

·         The Influence and Effects of Change on Business Thinking

Stewardship: Leading and Managing Modern Organization

·         Six Leadership Models That Don’t Work Anymore

·         Leadership and Managership Myths

·         Seven Common Questions Leaders Ask

·         Time Honored Leadership Principles

·         “J” Curve of Performance and Performance Measurement

Process and Models for Strategic Planning

·         Define methods and techniques for pre-planning orientation and preparation

·         Build an effective planning conference format and work agenda

·         Design and implement steps to cascade the planning to other organizational levels

·         Institute methods for quarterly reviews and annual updates

·         Develop management activities to support successful plan execution

·         Construct one page strategic, operational, resources, organizational, and contingency components

·         Connect short and long term resources requirements to the strategic plan

·         Design the organization’s structure to fit identified strategies

·         Develop operational plans to put the strategic direction into measurable reality

·         Consider alternatives in contingency plans when assumptions fail

Creating Cultural Alignment

·         Developing a Philosophy Statement as Grounding

·         Identifying Core and Transitional Values

·         Selecting a single Focus

·         Creating alignment, buy-in, and support within the work teams

Leading Self First: Your leadership story

·         Developing you leadership story

·         Five Principles to build your story

·         Self Mastery

·         Personal peak performance