Course Description

Advanced Management and Leadership Skills (Senior Level) is a high-impact program designed for senior professionals and experienced leaders who are responsible for driving organizational performance, managing complex teams, and leading strategic change. This course focuses on executive-level leadership competencies including strategic thinking, decision-making, performance management, stakeholder influence, organizational culture development, and leading transformation in today’s competitive business environment.

Course Objectives

 Upon the successful completion of this course, each participant will be able to:

  • Strengthen leadership mindset and executive-level management capabilities
  • Apply strategic thinking and decision-making frameworks to complex business challenges
  • Lead high-performing teams through motivation, coaching, and accountability
  • Improve communication, influence, and stakeholder management at senior level
  • Manage organizational change and drive transformation initiatives effectively
  • Enhance conflict resolution and negotiation skills for senior leadership situations
  • Develop performance management systems aligned with organizational objectives
  • Strengthen delegation, empowerment, and succession planning strategies
  • Build leadership resilience, emotional intelligence, and professional presence

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for senior managers, department heads, directors, and experienced supervisors seeking to strengthen leadership capabilities and drive high-level organizational performance.

Course Agenda

Registration

Welcome & Introduction

Pre-Test

Day 1: Executive Leadership Mindset and Strategic Thinking

  • Understanding the role of senior leadership in organizational success
  • Leadership vs management at senior level
  • Leadership styles and situational leadership for complex environments
  • Strategic thinking models and business planning fundamentals
  • Vision setting and aligning leadership direction with corporate strategy
  • Critical thinking and problem-solving techniques for senior leaders
  • Decision-making tools for complex and high-risk situations
  • Practical Exercise: Leadership self-assessment and strategic decision-making case study

Day 2: Leading High-Performance Teams and Talent Development

  • Building high-performance culture and accountability systems
  • Motivating teams through purpose, engagement, and recognition
  • Coaching and mentoring techniques for senior leaders
  • Delegation and empowerment strategies
  • Managing multi-functional and cross-cultural teams
  • Succession planning and leadership pipeline development
  • Handling underperformance and difficult employee management situations

Day 3: Communication, Influence and Stakeholder Management

  • Executive communication and leadership presence
  • Influencing without authority and gaining stakeholder buy-in
  • Managing internal and external stakeholder expectations
  • Negotiation techniques for senior leadership situations
  • Conflict resolution and managing difficult conversations professionally
  • Managing meetings effectively at executive level
  • Strategic reporting and communicating with boards and top management
  • Case Study Activity: Stakeholder negotiation simulation and executive communication practice

Day 4: Change Leadership and Organizational Transformation

  • Understanding change management challenges in organizations
  • Leading organizational transformation initiatives
  • Change leadership frameworks (Kotter, ADKAR overview)
  • Managing resistance and maintaining team morale during change
  • Leading innovation and continuous improvement culture
  • Risk management and crisis leadership approaches

Day 5: Senior Leadership Excellence and Sustainable Organizational Performance

  • Strategic performance management and KPI alignment
  • Leadership decision-making under pressure
  • Emotional intelligence and leadership resilience
  • Managing ethics, governance, and professional accountability
  • Managing organizational culture and leadership impact
  • Developing leadership legacy and long-term influence
  • Personal leadership development planning and executive growth roadmap
  • Final review and leadership action plan presentation

Post Test

End of the Course

Assessment Methodology

All courses conducted by EdTech will begin with a Pre-evaluation and end with a Post-evaluation. The instructor will evaluate the knowledge and skills of the participants according to the feedback given by participants. This will help to recognize the benefits and the level of knowledge gained by participants through the course.

Training Methodology

Facilitated by a highly qualified specialist, who has extensive knowledge and experience; this program will be conducted using extensively interactive methods, encouraging participants to share their own experiences and apply the program material to real-life work situations in order to stimulate group discussions and improve the efficiency of the subject coverage.

Percentages of the total course hour classification are:

  • ​40% Theoretical lectures, Concepts and approach
  • 20% Motivation to develop individual skill and Techniques
  • 20% Case Studies and Practical Exercises
  • 20% Topic General Discussions and interaction

Course Manual

Participants will be provided with comprehensive presentation material as reference manual. This presentation material is a compilation of core valuable information, references, presentation methods and inspiring reading which will be used as a part of the material guide.

Course Certificate

At the completion of the course, all participants who successfully accomplished the required contact hours will receive an EdTech Training Participation Certificate as a testimony to their commitment to professional development and further education.

Why Edtech ?

  • Industry Experienced; Internationally Qualified Trainers
  • Hands-on Practical Sessions & Assignments
  • Intensive Study materials
  • Flexible Schedules
  • Realistic training methodology
  • High-Quality Training in Affordable Course Fees
  • Achievement Certificate, as approved by the Ministry of Education (Abu Dhabi Center for Technical and Vocational Education Training - ACTVET), HABC, AWS, IAOSHE, SHRM, etc.