Overview:
Move from firefighting to strategic design. Learn to pinpoint leverage points within your organisation’s systems, enabling you to implement interventions that resolve recurring issues and drive sustainable, positive change across the board.
This 3-day Systems Leadership Extension expands upon the existing 2-day Foundation Course, integrating additional systems leadership models and application exercises to create a comprehensive learning journey. The extension builds on Complexity Mastery, Collaboration Mastery, and Creation Mastery, equipping participants with tools for systemic diagnosis, leadership development, and strategic execution. Participants will utilise additional Systems Models to map real-world applications and engage stakeholders with elevated strategic thinking through Theories of Success and Vision Deployment.
Programme Outline:
- Foundations of systems leadership – Core capabilities, role and impact of the system leader
- Skills for facilitating generative conversations and improving the quality of collective thinking
- 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
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the programme, you will learn to:
- Map Causal Loops to find leverage points
- Use feedback loops to optimise decisions
- Recognise key Systems Archetypes and avoid pitfalls
- Bridge strategy and execution with the Vision Deployment Matrix
- Address decision biases with diagnostic tools
- Use Archetypes for strategic foresight
- Lead effective team conversations to shift thinking
Who Should Attend:
- All business leaders
- C-Suite executives
- Directors and Managers in the Public Service
- Private and Social sectors.