Executive Leadership: Skills Experienced Leaders Need to Succeed

Leadership at the executive level involves challenging demands and requires a unique skill set. To succeed, you must master empowering your teams to envision, create, and deliver products and services that distinguish your organization from the competition. And in the face of rapid changes to both the workforce and the workplace, where stagnancy is not an option, you must be open to adjusting both your approach and your vision.

This dynamic, interactive program will help you enhance and sharpen your leadership style, skills, and vision. You will learn how to harness diverse ideas for exceptional outcomes, co-create a unifying organizational vision, build your personal leadership brand, and improve your ability to effectively influence others. This 4-part program will feature case discussions, peer learning, interactive exercises, reflection, and action planning.

Program Benefits

• Identify and polish your unique leadership vision that promotes positive change and accelerates innovation in your organization.
• Develop a deeper understanding of leadership presence and the importance of building your personal leadership brand.
• Improve your ability to communicate, motivate, and influence more effectively across your entire organization in today’s hybrid workplace.
• Harness the power of diversity of thought to develop a marketplace of ideas that can create growth and drive your business strategy.
• Formulate a compelling vision for your unit or organization that serves as the basis for your action plan, ensuring team goal alignment and driving long-term success post-program.
• Earn a Certificate of Completion from the Harvard Division of Continuing Education.

Who Should Enroll

This program is specifically designed for C-Suite and executive-level leaders (vice president, general manager, director, etc.) with at least 15-20 years of experience and who are responsible for setting the business direction of the organization or a business unit, generating revenue, driving innovation, and leading cross-functional teams.

Topics Covered

• Enhancing leadership presence to increase effectiveness
• The George Authentic Leadership model and the tenets of leadership brand theory
• Communication in the hybrid workplace
• Explicit and implicit persuasion; multiple ways to influence others
• Leveraging idea diversity to drive collaboration and create competitive advantage
• Preparing for the future — leading change in yourself and others to achieve your vision