Programme Content
The Henley Leader's Toolkit Programme is delivered by a range of faculty from different backgrounds and sectors. Through the programme, the emphasis is on building the skills that you can apply to your leadership role.The programme runs for a total of three days:
Day 1
Did you know there is a secret Language of Leadership: a secret set of verbal, vocal and physical cues that has remained largely unchanged throughout history; a secret code that still determines who rises to the top in politics and business? The Language of Leadership combines ancient rhetorical devices with recent breakthroughs in neuroscience and behavioural economics to offer the definitive guide to leadership communication. The Language of Leadership sets out a simple three-step approach to winning minds.
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What is the unique value you bring with you into each conversation? What are your areas of passion or expertise? What are the core values at the heart of your leadership? How would your colleagues, clients or stakeholders describe you?
You already have a personal brand; you are telling a story with every interaction. But are you telling your ideal story – one that will help your career journey or business growth?
Understanding and expressing your personal brand is vital to managing your success. In this interactive session, you will experience a wide range of tools to help you manage your personal brand and influence skilfully. We will explore how you can manage conversations with expertise and express your best self.
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Day 2
Most issues in organisations arise not from poor strategy or unclear plans, but from the interfaces between people, teams, functions and stakeholders. This module helps leaders see their own team as a living system of relationships, understand what makes teams effective (and ineffective), and explore their own role in shaping that system.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module, participants will:
Do you sometimes encounter situations at work where you need to have a difficult conversation? Sometimes managers don’t know what to say and avoid dealing with the issue, hoping that it will eventually disappear. However, often the problem persists or becomes more serious, making it even more challenging to address.
In this practical and interactive masterclass, we will share some frameworks which will enable you to confront tough situations with compassion and skill. You will also learn how to deal with team members who play the role of victim.
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Day 3
This session equips leaders with the insight and tools to build resilience like a muscle - enabling them to navigate turbulence, recover quickly from setbacks and sustain high performance.
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We will explore the territory of office politics – what is it? why does it happen? and why are some people savvy operators and some not? Why is it even important to be politically savvy? These are learnable skills which will increase your influence and ability to make things happen.
We will examine the dimensions of political savvy, how to measure them, and – most importantly – how to acquire them! The six secret skills of politically savvy individuals are fundamental to operating in the complex map of office politics with confidence, aplomb and success.
Learning outcomes
• Understand why some organisations are more political than others.
• Being aware of the concept and dimensions of political skills.
• Understand fundamental influence techniques.
• Seeing political skill as an asset.
Modules or course content marked as optional are indicative and may be subject to change. Please note, constraints in timetable scheduling may mean you are unable to take some optional modules at the same time as others.
