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Designing and Implementing a Leadership Development Strategy

Boost the leadership capabilities in your business as you gain the skills to create an effective leadership development strategy.

Designing and Implementing a Leadership Development Strategy

  • 6 weeks

  • 2 hours per week

  • Digital certificate when eligible

  • Introductory level

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Learn how to implement leadership in your organisational strategy

Organisations are increasingly bringing their learning and development activity in-house. This has resulted in a demand for those who can skillfully implement custom workforce development opportunities.

On this six-week course, you’ll gain the skills to design and implement an organisational strategy that enhances the leadership capability in your business.

You’ll discover expert tools and techniques to help you gain buy-in from stakeholders, understand the needs of your organisation, and design a program leveraging AI tools and industry expertise.

Armed with this knowledge, you’ll not only enhance your career prospects but also drive a positive transformation for current and future leaders.

Gain an understanding of a competency framework

You’ll start by exploring the elements that make up a successful leadership development strategy and gain the crucial resource of a five-step process to follow.

Next, you’ll discover the importance of research in understanding your organisation’s specific needs and the significance of a well-defined leadership competency framework in shaping your strategy.

Design a customised leadership development strategy

To help you design customised leadership strategies, you’ll master the basics of learning methods.

With this knowledge, you’ll be able to use different learning approaches to suit the needs of your team and business.

Explore AI applications

You’ll then look at technologies that are shaping the future of leadership development. In particular, you’ll consider the use of AI and its emerging opportunities.

Finally, you’ll gain the skills to implement and measure your leadership development strategy.

By the end, you’ll have the expertise to embed leadership development in your organisation and secure the talented leaders of the future.

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Skip to 0 minutes and 10 seconds Are you ready to shape the future of your organisation through effective leadership development? Investing in leadership is essential for success in today’s competitive business landscape. In this course, we help you unlock the secrets to designing and implementing a tailored program that enhances leadership capability within your organisation. Join us and discover practical methods to design and implement an organisational leadership development strategy. Gain the knowledge and tools to secure your organisation’s future leaders. Drive positive change and enhance your workforce capabilities. From gaining buy in to leveraging A.I. and industry expertise we’ll guide you every step of the way. Enrol today and unlock the full potential of your organisation’s leadership.

Syllabus

  • Week 1

    What to know before you start

    • Getting started

      This section includes all the information you will need to get started in this course.

    • Introduction to Week 1

      Let's take a look ahead to what we'll be covering this week.

    • Understanding the basics

      Let's start by understanding the basics of a leadership development strategy.

    • Things to consider

      Let's look into some key factors you should consider.

    • Preparing to create a leadership development program

      Let's look into the steps to follow when preparing to create your leadership development program.

    • How do you obtain buy in?

      Let's look into how your obtain buy in.

    • Assessment

      Test your knowledge of this week's content with this 5 question, multiple choice assessment.

    • Bringing it all together

      Let's reflect on what we've covered this week and take a look at what's coming up next.

  • Week 2

    Research and needs analysis phase

    • Introduction to Week 2

      Let's take a look ahead to what we'll be covering this week.

    • Conducting research

      Let's explore how you conduct your research.

    • Identifying the need

      Let's look at how you identify the need for a leadership development strategy.

    • Leadership Competency Framework

      Let's explore the Leadership Competency Framework.

    • Designing and integrating a Leadership Competency Framework

      Let's explore how you design and integrate a Leadership Competency Framework.

    • Assessment

      Test your knowledge of this week's content with this 5 question, multiple choice assessment.

    • Bringing it all together

      Let's reflect on what we've covered this week and take a look at what's coming up next.

  • Week 3

    Designing your customised leadership development program

    • Introduction to Week 3

      Let's take a look ahead to what we'll be covering this week.

    • Learning approaches

      Let's look into the different learning approaches.

    • Considerations for your program

      Let's look into the elements you should consider for your program.

    • Building your program

      Let's explore how you build your program.

    • Assessment

      Test your knowledge of this week's content with this 5 question, multiple choice assessment.

    • Bringing it all together

      Let's reflect on what we've covered this week and take a look at what's coming up next.

  • Week 4

    Considering applications of AI

    • Introduction to Week 4

      Let's take a look ahead to what we'll be covering this week.

    • Understanding the basics

      Let's start by understanding the basics of AI.

    • Considerations for use in program design

      Let's explore the AI considerations for your program design.

    • Creating program content using AI

      Let's look into the AI use when creating your program.

    • Emerging opportunities for AI use

      Let's look at some of the emerging AI usage opportunities.

    • Assessment

      Test your knowledge of this week's content with this 5 question, multiple choice assessment.

    • Bringing it all together

      Let's reflect on what we've covered this week and take a look at what's coming up next.

  • Week 5

    Implementation and measurement

    • Introduction to Week 5

      Let's take a look ahead to what we'll be covering this week.

    • Managing change

      Let's explore how to manage change when implementing your leadership development strategy.

    • Building a communication strategy

      Let's look at how to build your communication strategy.

    • Implementing your leadership development strategy

      Let's explore how you implement your leadership development strategy.

    • Measuring program outcomes

      Let's look at how your measure your leadership development strategy program outcomes.

    • Assessment

      Test your knowledge of this week's content with this 5 question, multiple choice assessment.

    • Bringing it all together

      Let's reflect on what we've covered this week and take a look at what's coming up next.

  • Week 6

    Embedding leadership development in the organisation

    • Introduction to Week 6

      Let's take a look ahead to what we'll be covering this week.

    • How to embed leadership development in the organisation

      Let's explore how you can embed your leadership development strategy into your organisation.

    • Ongoing program development

      Let's look at how you can develop your program ongoingly.

    • Overview of a leadership development strategy

      Let's have a look at the overview of a leadership development strategy.

    • Assessment

      Test your knowledge of this week's content with this 5 question, multiple choice assessment.

    • Bringing it all together

      Let's reflect on what we've covered this week and take a look at what's coming up next.

    • What's next?

      Congratulations on reaching the end of the course. Let's reflect on what we've covered over the past weeks and look at ways for you to carry on learning!

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By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Identify the key elements of a leadership development strategy.
  • Identify the purpose, structure and application of a capability matrix.
  • Design a change management plan.
  • Design and customise a leadership development program.
  • Identify critical steps in implementing, measuring and embedding leadership development in an organisation.

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for key staff in organisations to understand how to design a leadership development strategy – which is by far the most common workforce development strategy within a business.

Who will you learn with?

Tamsin Simounds is a leadership and organisational development specialist. Her work has transformed organisations and lives across Australia in a broad range of industries.

Who developed the course?

The University of Adelaide

The University of Adelaide is a world-class teaching and research institution. They are committed to developing quality students and lifelong learners who are recognised for their skills, creativity, global outlook and ability to succeed.

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