Building Capacity

Overview:

As an Organisation Development (OD) and Leadership Development (LD) practitioner, you are frequently challenged to implement realistic and practical concepts and frameworks for organisational success. With the concept of Systems Leadership, you will acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to lead organisational intervention more effectively for business success in a complex world.

This masterclass programme will provide you with broader knowledge and help gain insights to engage key stakeholders with a systemic change perspective and address complex issues of mutual concern for shared purpose.

Programme Outline:

• Foundations of systems leadership – Core Capabilities, Role and Impact of the Systems Leader
• To become aware of one’s life purpose and contribution as a systems leader
• Learn what it takes to build shared vision with internal and external stakeholders
• Apply collective learning tools and skills to help others surface assumptions deepen thinking
• Apply systems thinking tools to gain fresh perspectives on seemingly intractable problems and begin the process of identifying more fundamental solutions
• Seeing and Shifting systems through systems thinking tools and frameworks such as the Levels of Perspectives and causal loop diagrams
• Apply coaching and inquiry to help others surface assumptions deepen thinking
• Process facilitation skills for improving the quality of collective thinking and conversations

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, participants should:

• Understand Systems Leader’s role to influence and impact key stakeholders
• Develop personal mastery to manage structural tension creatively for success
• Understand the difference between building a shared vision versus writing a visionary statement
• Apply team-learning tools and facilitation skills to construct generative conversations at the workplace
• Develop leadership skills and capabilities to apply systems thinking tools for seeing the larger system and co-create systemic solutions to complex problems
• Learn tools and techniques to harness the team’s collective intelligence through deep listening and facilitation

Who Should Attend:

• All business leaders
• Senior Management
• Organisation Development (OD) and Leadership Development (LD) practitioners in Public Service
• Private and Social sectors