Leadership and Strategy are two essential components of business success, involving a complex interaction between the leader, followers, situation, environment and competition. Leadership describes a process in which a person influences, motivates and enables others to contribute toward the effectiveness and success of organizations of which they are members. Effective strategies on the other hand must be developed and implemented by successful leaders as pressure for short term financial results and shareholders value does not release executives from the responsibility for the long term success. If they want to reach excellence in their businesses they have to be capable of articulating effective strategies that differentiate from the competition.

This course was created to equip learners with the state-of-the-art tools and frameworks they need to develop and execute a successful strategy. They will learn how to evaluate their own strategy as well as understand the general drivers that create and sustain competitive advantage. Students will also learn how to enhance their ability to assess the strategic impact of the moves of their competitors, how to maintain competitive advantage and how to identify organizational barriers to change.
By the end of this course, learners will be able to assess and redesign their current strategies and develop plans for effective implementation to give their enterprises a competitive advantage.

• State-of-the-art concepts and latest developments in strategic thinking.
• Evaluate their strategic environment in the present and the future.
• Understand the differences between organizational effectiveness and strategic positioning.
• The right tools to turn strategic ideas into actions.
• Sharpen their competitive skills and change the way they strategically manage their business.