Turning Managers into Visionary Leaders
Workshop Overview
It is no doubt the responsibility of every business leader to grow their company, no matter how large or small, from a reactive organization to an innovative and forward thinking business. Managing Change, Innovation, and Forward Thinking are all major challenges on the same continuum. This exciting program will help people determine where they are on this continuum through self-diagnostic exercises. They will then begin to create a path for success for themselves and the people that they lead.
Who Should Attend
This one day program is designed for those business leaders, including Executives, Managers, and Supervisors who must:
- Re-invent the way they do business because of market, regulatory, or technological challenges.
- Re-design procedures or systems to support the business.
- Exceed customer expectations and outpace competition.
- Anticipate rapidly changing customer needs.
- Command a wider perspective of their business world.
- Diminish obstacles to success.
What You will Learn
Participants will:
- Understand the need for innovative and forward thinking leaders in effective organizations.
- Determine who in our companies should be involved in future planning and why.
- Learn how to create an innovative forward thinking environment.
- Determine what innovation and forward thinking is being done now and whether it is taking you where you want to go.
- Identify whether your business is product or market driven.
- Learn the difference between 'Open Thinking' and 'Closed Thinking' by using a self-diagnostic tool.
- Identify the obstacles we face in being innovative and forward thinking and what can be done about them.
After the Workshop, You'll Be Able To:
- Understand the difference between managing change, innovation, and forward thinking through innovation.
- Know, through practice, the value of lateral thinking.
- Understand, through the self-diagnostic tool, the issues that your company must address and monitor at all times.
- Have at hand essential questions that must be answered as part of the innovation and forward thinking process.
- Understand the obstacles that are preventing innovation and forward thinking and learn how to deal with these obstacles.
Other Features
This interactive session allows the participant to diagnose their current work environment and create an ‘Innovation Action Plan’ for use back in the workplace.
Contact Us
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