SYSTEMS LEADERSHIP – DRIVING SYSTEMIC SUCCESS

In a rapidly evolving world of tech and global shifts, leaders face complex, interconnected challenges. Without a systemic view, solutions risk being short-term and ineffective. Strategic leaders must go beyond quick fixes to uncover root causes and drive lasting change. 

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.

Business Outcomes

• Apply Causal Loops and Archetypes to lead system-aware decisions.

• Identify performance drivers using feedback loops.

• Break recurring issues through strategic intervention.

• Align execution with strategy via structured models.

• Craft sustainable change using the Vision Deployment Matrix.

Learning Outcomes

• 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.

Causal Loops & Feedback Mastery

• Understand and apply Reinforcing & Balancing Loops

• Map workplace systems with causal loop diagrams

• Identify delays, cross-impacts, and unintended effects

• Workshop: Develop leverage points and a Theory of Change

Systems Archetypes & Strategic Design

• Engage in Systems Archetypes such as “Fixes That Fail” in real situations

• Identify delays in Causal Loop implementation

• Activity: Map real challenges connecting Theory of Success to Levels of Perspective Walk-Down

• Draft Vision Deployment Matrix interventions

• Bridge vision gaps through systemic planning

Leading Systemic Change

• Explore the roles of Systems Leaders, especially as Theory Builders and Designers

• Define the Gaps and Open Issues in the Vision Deployment Matrix.

• Refine systemic structures arising from the Theory of Success

• Facilitate deep team conversations to align mental models

• Apply cross-System models to align a diagnosis-to-solution narrative

3 Days

Level 2 - Supervisor, Executive, & Emerging Managers
Level 3 - New Managers
Level 4 - Managers
Level 5 - Senior Managers & Directors