Course Introduction

Major changes in our world have resulted in the demand for a new type of leadership, one that has long-term sustainability and social responsibility and its core. This type of leadership is known as Sustainable Leadership. A Sustainable Leader is one who creates value for all stakeholders of organisation, including future generations, and the community. Sustainable leadership is a set of behaviours, practices, and systems that imagine and shape the future. A future for all.

This Sustainable Leadership training course will cover topics such as stakeholder management, corporate social responsibility, ways to improve communication, decision-making and problem-solving methods and critical-thinking and creativity.

Objectives

By the end of this Sustainable Leadership training course, delegates will be able to:

• List the key competencies of sustainable leaders
• Describe ways of engaging with and identifying stakeholders
• Understand the importance of creativity and innovation
• Describe communication barriers and ways to overcome them
• List ways to accurately solve problems and make decisions

Who Should Attend?

This Sustainable Leadership training course is suitable to wide range of professionals, but will greatly benefit:

• Professionals who wants to learn techniques to work with other colleagues
• Team leaders, supervisors, section heads and managers
• Professionals who have an interest in a management position
• Anyone who wants to become a leader in their work role
• Project, purchasing, finance & production officers and personnel
• Technical professionals including those in Maintenance, Engineering & Production
• Secretaries, clerks, administrative and support staff
• Anyone who juggles multiple tasks and deadlines

Course Outline

DAY1:

Sustainable Leadership & the Triple Bottom Line

• What is a sustainable leader?
• Key competencies of sustainable leaders
• PPP - the triple bottom line: people, planet, profit
• Behaviours of sustainable leaders
• Engaging with and identifying stakeholders

DAY 2:

Responsibility & The New Normal

• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
• Cultural Differences with CSR
• Leading by example
• Employer-supported volunteering (ESV)

DAY 3:

Communication Skills for Sustainable Leaders

• Identifying and removing the main barriers to communication
• Developing your Emotional Intelligence (EI)
• Active listening skills and asking the right questions
• SOLER Technique for interviewing and meetings
• Future Leaders – Generational Differences

DAY 4:

Mastering Problem-Solving & Decision Making

• Identify the cause(s) of a problem (CATWOE, repetitive why)
• Using cause-and-effect analysis
• Organise, analyse, and prioritise ideas (affinity diagram & PMI)
• The science of making the decision (Vroom-Jago Decision Model)
• Using force-field analysis to implement decisions

DAY 5:

Creativity, Innovation and Your Career

• Understanding creativity
• The science of innovation
• Disruptive innovation
• Your career – using the B-SWOT tool
• Your personal development plan