An Interactive 10-Day Training Course
The Oxford Advanced Management Programme
Exploration and Critique of
Modern Day Leadership and Management
Course Overview
This 10-day The Oxford Advanced Management Programme training course is designed to provide practicing or potential leaders with the knowledge and skills required by the role. The training course enables leaders to critically explore the key idea that the most important function of a leader is to help their people move through the stages of team development.
At the same time, this training course is also designed for practicing or aspiring managers to consider the skills and competencies required as a competent manager at all levels in the organization and to begin the process of developing the necessary skills.
In this GLOMACS training course, you will focused on how to:
- Communicate effectively throughout the organization
- Balance the conflicting priorities of your role
- Solve problems and make decisions in a structured way
- Adapt your leadership style to the situation
- Achieve results through your team
Modules
This training course is split into two modules:
Module I - The Oxford Leadership Seminar
Module II - The Competent Manager
Each module is structured and can be taken as a stand-alone training course; however, delegates will maximise their benefits by taking Module 1 and 2 back-to-back as a 2-week training course.
Training Objectives
By the end of this GLOMACS training course, delegates will be able to:
- Understand the wide range of skills required of the leader
- Build confidence and ability in leadership skills
- Understand the impact of change on teams
- Generate a strategy for improvement of these key skills in each team member through coaching and mentoring
- Develop their understanding of the skills and competencies required by the competent manager
- Consider the role of negotiation, influencing and persuasion for the competent manager
Who should Attend?
This GLOMACS training course is suitable for:
- Any professionals who need to address leadership topics
- Those current leaders who do not exploit their personal skills as much as their organizations would like them to, and those who would like to achieve a breakthrough in their personal skills
- All professionals in all functional areas of the organization and to those who are aspiring to a management position
- All business professionals who manage teams or have a direct reporting line
- Business professionals who have a strong interest in enhancing their personal leadership credentials & who are embarking on a new management career path
- Management Professionals who are making the transition to leadership and who want to power charge their teams to excel
About Saudi Glomacs
At Saudi GLOMACS, we specialize in delivering world-class training courses in Saudi Arabia and across various international locations. Our training courses are tailored to meet the unique demands of Saudi Vision 2030 and the Human Capability Development Program, focusing on empowering Saudi citizens and enhancing workforce skills. We offer diverse courses spanning leadership, management, engineering, and technical disciplines to cultivate expertise and drive professional growth. Our flexible learning options—whether in-person, online, or in-house—ensure accessibility and convenience for individuals and organizations alike.
With over 30+ years of experience through the GLOMACS global network, we are committed to delivering innovative, results-driven training solutions. Our expert instructors combine industry knowledge with dynamic teaching methods, fostering practical skill development and long-term career success. By choosing Saudi GLOMACS, you're investing in personal excellence and contributing to the Kingdom’s sustainable economic growth and vision-driven transformation.
Training Outline
Module 1: The Oxford Leadership Seminar
DAY 1: The Leadership Challenge
- Leading the team into the future
- Leadership and the change curve
- Determining the characteristics of effective leaders
- The importance of leadership self-awareness
- Creating an environment where people flourish
- The impact of leadership on teams
- Action centred leadership
- The importance of perception in the workplace
DAY 2: The Importance of Delivering a Compelling Message
- The science of communication filters
- How to structure a compelling message
- The importance of body language in a presentation
- How to use tone to create impact
- Delivering best in class presentations
- The Art of asking questions - Seeking first to understand
- Listening with intent
- Identifying and overcoming your communication problems
DAY 3: Leader Essentials: Team Problem Solving and Decision Making
- The Importance of understanding why people contribute in different Ways
- A Team working profiling tool
- The 80/20 rule
- Methods to help prioritisation
- A structured approach to problem solving
- How our bias affects the decisions we make
- How to select and evaluate options
- Accelerating decision making at work
DAY 4: Leading through Negotiation
- How behavioural style affects negotiations
- Transactional analysis
- Building strong relationships with negotiation
- Negotiating with peers
- Negotiation structure
- Trading concessions
- Understanding the importance of interests in negotiation
DAY 5: Leadership and Motivation
- Can a Manager Motivate?
- Understanding motivators and de-motivators
- The link between money and motivation
- Using delegation to motivate
- The essential role of feedback
- Giving feedback in action
- Personal leadership development plans
Module 2: The Competent Manager
DAY 6: Training Course Introduction and Objectives
- What are The Key Roles of Competent Managers?
- Essential Skills and Competencies required for The Role
- Understanding How Management has to Adapt to Culture
- The New Business Reality and Its Impact on Managers
- Building A Professional Development Plan
- Creating Business Culture within Our Teams
- Embedding Positive Behavioral Standards
- Risk, Reward and Motivation
DAY 7: Establishing the Difference Between Management and Leadership
- Alternative Approaches to Management
- What is Your Own Leadership and Management Style?
- The Impact Your Leadership and Management Style has on Other People
- The Crucial Link between Personality Styles and Assigning Responsibility
- Understanding The Mind-set of Your Staff
- The Art of Running Effective Team Meetings
- The Dreaded Performance Improvement Meetings
- Time Management: Using Your Time More Effectively
DAY 8: Understanding The Performance Management Cycle
- Identifying and Agreeing Individual and Team Objectives
- Essential Skills to Ensure Excellent Performance
- Monitoring Performance Ethically
- Professional Ways to Review Performance and Offer Feedback
- Effective Questioning Models
- Silent Coaching to Improve Individual Performance
- Listening: A Manager’s Greatest Weapon
- Motivation: Modelling from Others via The Four Quadrant Technique
DAY 9: Identifying Stages of Team Development
- Understanding The Difference between A Group and A Team
- Belbin Team Roles and Their Contribution to A Successful Team
- Identifying and Preparing For Effective Team Development
- How to Present Our Ideas to The Team
- Communication Tools For Managers
- Creating A Culture of Recognition
- The Recognition Formula
DAY 10: Negotiation Styles and When They Might be Appropriate
- Influencing Your Line Manager, Colleagues and Customer
- The Power of Persuasion: Identifying Appropriate Opportunities and Strategies
- Negotiation Secrets to Help Win
- Letting The Other Person Save Face: The Ethics of Negotiation
- Elite Negotiators – case studies from around the globe
- Continuing Development Schedule – Why is it important?
- Readers are Leaders
Certificates
- On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates
- Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE) : In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsor, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance
Accreditation
GLOMACS is registered with NASBA as a sponsor of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. NASBA have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org.
All Training Seminars delivered by GLOMACS by default are eligible for CPE Credit.
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