Day 1: Leadership styles and Organisational Culture

• Understanding different Leadership Styles
• To recognise how every leadership style is influenced by the individual/personality
• The role of organisational culture
  • How much freedom does the company allow in decision making and developing new ideas?
  • How does the organization conduct its business and treat its employees, customers, and the wider community?
  • How does power and information flow through its hierarchy
  • How committed are employees towards corporate objectives?
• Understanding individual/collective strengths & weaknesses
• Maximising interpersonal relationships

Day 2: Decision making

• Making pragmatic decisions sensibly
• Developing a culture for a successful organisational 
• Being open to new ideas in making decisions
• Understanding the creative problem solving process in individuals and teams

Day 3: Problem solving

• Applying Effective Decision Making Skills in the Workplace
• Encouraging creative problem solving for continuous improvement
• Convergent versus Divergent Thinking
• Using SCAMPER techniques to approach problem solving
• Applying SCAMPER techniques to make effective decisions

Day 4: Overcoming obstacles and gaining support

• Overcoming Mental Blocks to Decision Making
• Challenging self-imposed ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’ assumptions
• Encouraging team members to be creative and initiate new ideas
• Getting people to understand and support your ideas
• Evaluating and analysing the efficiency of new ideas
• The creative and self-motivated leader

Day 5: Empowering others to succeed

• Effective leadership to develop dynamic problem solving in an organisation
• Ensuring alignment with corporate values and goals
• Encouraging self-initiated activity and go-getter attitude
• Creating activities from personal initiative
• Developing a personal action plan