Senior Leadership Workshop - Australia

Two-day workshop content

Learning Objectives

• Develop an understanding of your authentic leadership that can be understood within your business area and the wider organisation as a senior leader.
• Develop a greater understanding of your own leadership style and what are the drivers and behaviours of others who report to you directly/indirectly.
• Creating a culture that encourages collaboration of different stakeholders within the organisation to achieve strategic business objectives and respond effectively as a team to crisis and change.
• Developing your skillset to adapt to critical thinking situations in innovative and forward-thinking ways to find solutions to business challenges.
• How to manage your time effectively during times of change and uncertainty and how to manage resources effectively.
• How to sustain and develop a culture of high performance within your team and the wider organisation whilst in times of change and being innovative in your approach.

TOPIC 01

Strategic leadership

• Developing a strategic model which allows you to allocate your time to business-critical situations effectively.
• Develop executive leadership presence
• Explore the latest models and principles for strategic leadership
• Learn to act strategically and allocate resources effectively
• Apply strategic leadership principles in a high pressure, uncertain environment
• Manage stakeholder dynamics and manage corporate politics
• Influence up and across senior teams with impact
• Unpack your division's unique value proposition

TOPIC 02

Change, Innovation & Creativity

• Exploring what the ‘new normal’ looks like for senior leaders and how to embrace this positively.
• Redefining how businesses adapt to change and how to personally think in a forward-thinking innovative way to achieve successful business changes.

TOPIC 03

Culture & Performance

• Influence mindsets, beliefs and behaviours
• Drive vision, values and visibility in culture transformation
• Be the role model for behaviour you want to inspire in others and leverage discretionary effort
• Learn how to create a ‘trust bank’ and generate sustainable high performance
• Influence your peers with your personal brand
• Refine and develop your managerial impact to positively engage your team and key stakeholders with the organisation.

TOPIC 04

Business, Risk & Agility

• Locate and assess value streams through a strategic lens
• Proactively manage complex business challenges during times of economic change
• Assess risk effectively and make informed business decisions
• Understand the environmental context of making your business team agile
• Make informed financial decisions and provide critical guidance
• Use Appreciative Inquiry to extract greater value from your existing processes
• Setting a strategic action  plan to address challenges that align with your team and wider business goals
• Using ROI in the decision-making process at a strategic level

Who will attend?

• Senior management
• Executive leadership teams
• Current and aspiring C-suite

A little about, Steve Lawie.

Steve is a professional trainer who has trained 1000’s of professionals at all levels and varying backgrounds for over 20 years covering behavioural, leadership, management methods and skills training.

As management and IT consultant, he has worked across a wide variety of businesses working with senior execs and boards, uplifting their capabilities, and transforming their operations.

He has additionally managed projects up to $1.2 billion with 100’s of employees, contractors and vendors across Australia and throughout Asia over a 30-year period.

As a true entrepreneur, he has also started up and run successful businesses in the building, home maintenance and professional training arenas. In his personal life, Steve applies his deep understanding of businesses, metrics, management teams and what makes them successful in investing and trading and generously shares this knowledge through running an investing group.

As a passionate and successful sailor, Steve was also appointed the Commodore of the Cleveland Yacht Club in Apr 2021 and quickly turned around the culture, membership and profitability of the club revitalising the management team and introducing new programmes to secure the club’s future