Global Learning for Operational Leaders
Course LM-018
Certificate in Smart Leadership
Modern leaders must inspire innovation, engage employees, manage change, and create high-performing cultures in a fast-c... The outline covers Leading Creativity and Innovation at Work, Achieving Workforce Engagement, Le...
Classroom
16 sessions
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Online / Live
16 sessions
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Introduction
Course overview
Why Attend
Modern leaders must inspire innovation, engage employees, manage change, and create high-performing cultures in a fast-changing world. Smart leadership combines strategic thinking, emotional intelligence, creativity, and practical execution to achieve sustainable success. This course provides participants with practical leadership tools to motivate teams, drive innovation, solve problems creatively, and lead transformation with confidence.
Course Methodology
This course uses an interactive and practical approach through presentations, case studies, group discussions, leadership assessments, creative exercises, role plays, and real workplace examples.
Course Objectives
- Understand modern leadership principles for dynamic organizations
- Lead creativity and innovation effectively
- Improve employee engagement and empowerment
- Build high-performing and motivated teams
- Strengthen emotional intelligence and influence skills
- Apply creative problem-solving techniques
- Lead strategic change successfully
- Develop a personal smart leadership action plan
Target Audience
- Managers and Supervisors
- Team Leaders
- Department Heads
- Project Managers
- HR Professionals
- Emerging Leaders
- Anyone seeking to improve leadership effectiveness
Target Competencies
- Leadership Skills
- Strategic Thinking
- Innovation Management
- Employee Engagement
- Change Management
- Emotional Intelligence
- Communication Skills
- Team Development
What you will achieve
Learning objectives
- Understand modern leadership principles for dynamic organizations
- Lead creativity and innovation effectively
- Improve employee engagement and empowerment
- Build high-performing and motivated teams
- Strengthen emotional intelligence and influence skills
- Apply creative problem-solving techniques
- Lead strategic change successfully
- Develop a personal smart leadership action plan
Who should attend
Target audience
- Managers and Supervisors
- Team Leaders
- Department Heads
- Project Managers
- HR Professionals
- Emerging Leaders
- Anyone seeking to improve leadership effectiveness
- Target Competencies
Methodology
Learning approach
- This course uses an interactive and practical approach through presentations, case studies, group discussions, leadership assessments, creative exercises, role plays, and real workplace examples.
Course content
Five focused days of learning and application
Day 1
Leading Creativity and Innovation at Work
- Understanding strategy and leadership in the 21st century
- Innovation vs. constant improvement
- Innovative leadership as a transformative force for success
- Critical mass for change and innovation
- Case study of innovative companies
- Applying leadership to achieve creativity and innovation
Day 2
Achieving Workforce Engagement
- How the G.E. Workout Model engaged employees
- Achieving buy-in from your workforce
- Developing creative solutions for problems and new strategies
- Overcoming old paradigms
- Characteristics of organizational drift
- Achieving results by leading an empowered workforce
Day 3
Leadership with a Creative Edge
- Developing creative potential in people and teams
- How profiling may reveal creativity in people
- Thinking skills and multiple intelligences
- Learning new brainstorming techniques
- How to incubate new ideas
- Interacting with creatives using influence and persuasion
- Creative group exercise: identifying business processes
Day 4
Creating a Motivating Climate for Higher Productivity
- Key elements in creating new missions
- Establishing goals and targets with creative flair
- Building a sense of significance and purpose
- Emotional intelligence as a motivator
- Rewarding and encouraging high performance
- Pygmalion and Galatea theories behind individual performance
- Group and team motivation
Day 5
Driving Strategic Change
- Managing the change process
- Kotter’s change management techniques
- Successful techniques for leading effective change
- How a leader communicates a sense of urgency
- Overcoming the challenges of change in organizations
- Creating an attitude of perpetual change and improvement
- Course review and personal goals
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What does Certificate in Smart Leadership (LM-018) cover?
This course covers Leadership and Management through a structured five-day outline focused on practical application, discussion, and implementation planning.
When is the next available session?
The next scheduled session starts on 1 - 5 June 2026, with additional classroom dates and mirrored Online / Live options listed in the course schedules section.
Who should attend this course?
Managers and Supervisors, Team Leaders, Department Heads
How can I register for a session?
Use any Register button next to the available course dates to open the participant registration page and submit your booking request for the selected session.
Is this course available online as well as classroom-based?
Yes. The course detail page includes both classroom sessions and Online / Live sessions, with online options aligned to the same course dates for easier planning.
Where are classroom sessions delivered?
Current classroom venues include London, Kuala lumpur, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Istanbul, Paris, Munich.
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