Global Learning for Operational Leaders
Course LM-018
Certificate in Smart Leadership
Modern leaders must inspire innovation, engage employees, manage change, and create high-performing cultures in a fast-c... The outline covers Leading Creativity and Innovation at Work, Achieving Workforce Engagement, Le...
- 5 daysClassroom or online
- 17Upcoming dates
- 7Cities
- €1,925Fees from
Classroom
17 sessions
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17 sessions
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Introduction
Course overview
Modern leaders must inspire innovation, engage employees, manage change, and create high-performing cultures in a fast-changing world. Smart leadership combines strategic thinking, emotional intelligence, creativity, and practical execution to achieve sustainable success. This course provides participants with practical leadership tools to motivate teams, drive innovation, solve problems creatively, and lead transformation with confidence.
What you will achieve
Learning objectives
- Understand modern leadership principles for dynamic organizations
- Lead creativity and innovation effectively
- Improve employee engagement and empowerment
- Build high-performing and motivated teams
- Strengthen emotional intelligence and influence skills
- Apply creative problem-solving techniques
- Lead strategic change successfully
- Develop a personal smart leadership action plan
Who should attend
Target audience
- Managers and Supervisors
- Team Leaders
- Department Heads
- Project Managers
- HR Professionals
- Emerging Leaders
- Anyone seeking to improve leadership effectiveness
Methodology
Learning approach
- This course uses an interactive and practical approach through presentations, case studies, group discussions, leadership assessments, creative exercises, role plays, and real workplace examples.
Complete course outline
Five focused days of learning and application
The timings provided are estimates and may vary depending on the number of participants and the discussions taking place during the sessions. They are indicative only and do not constitute a binding commitment.
Day 1
Leading Creativity and Innovation at Work
- Understanding strategy and leadership in the 21st century
- Innovation vs. constant improvement
- Innovative leadership as a transformative force for success
- Critical mass for change and innovation
- Coffee break
- Critical mass for change and innovation (continued)
- Case study of innovative companies
- Applying leadership to achieve creativity and innovation
Day 2
Achieving Workforce Engagement
- How the G.E. Workout Model engaged employees
- Achieving buy-in from your workforce
- Developing creative solutions for problems and new strategies
- Coffee break
- Developing creative solutions for problems and new strategies (continued)
- Overcoming old paradigms
- Characteristics of organizational drift
- Achieving results by leading an empowered workforce
Day 3
Leadership with a Creative Edge
- Developing creative potential in people and teams
- How profiling may reveal creativity in people
- Thinking skills and multiple intelligences
- Coffee break
- Learning new brainstorming techniques
- How to incubate new ideas
- Interacting with creatives using influence and persuasion
- Creative group exercise: identifying business processes
Day 4
Creating a Motivating Climate for Higher Productivity
- Key elements in creating new missions
- Establishing goals and targets with creative flair
- Building a sense of significance and purpose
- Coffee break
- Building a sense of significance and purpose (continued)
- Emotional intelligence as a motivator
- Rewarding and encouraging high performance
- Pygmalion and Galatea theories behind individual performance
- Group and team motivation
Day 5
Driving Strategic Change
- Managing the change process
- Kotter’s change management techniques
- Successful techniques for leading effective change
- How a leader communicates a sense of urgency
- Coffee break
- How a leader communicates a sense of urgency (continued)
- Overcoming the challenges of change in organizations
- Creating an attitude of perpetual change and improvement
- Course review and personal goals
Course FAQs
Questions about this course
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What does Certificate in Smart Leadership (LM-018) cover?
This course covers Leadership and Management through a structured five-day outline focused on practical application, discussion, and implementation planning.
When is the next available session?
The next scheduled session starts on 9 - 13 November 2026. See the course schedules section for the available dates and delivery formats.
Who should attend this course?
Managers and Supervisors, Team Leaders, Department Heads
Is bilingual course delivery available?
Yes. All course materials and presentations are provided in English, while bilingual explanation and discussion support may be available depending on the selected location and trainer availability. For example, when attending a course in Istanbul, you may request a Turkish-speaking trainer to explain the English course content in Turkish. Arabic explanation support may also be requested at this location. Other languages are available in selected cities. You can choose your preferred language support as an optional preference during registration.
How can I register for a session?
Use any Register button next to the available course dates to open the participant registration page and submit your booking request for the selected session.
Is this course available online as well as classroom-based?
Check the course schedules section for currently published classroom and Online / Live sessions.
Where are classroom sessions delivered?
Current classroom venues include Barcelona, Munich, Kuala lumpur, Amsterdam, London, Istanbul, Paris.
How long is the training programme?
The programme runs for five days from 09:00 to 14:00, which gives 25 contact hours, including a daily 30-minute break (22.5 hours of instruction).
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