AMA's Advanced Executive Leadership Program

Executive leadership training is your starting point for realizing your full potential as a leader at the highest level. Through this program, you will develop a clear understanding of what distinguishes executive leadership from other leadership roles, how to drive organizational excellence, which global competencies are most critical to professional success today, and how to cultivate deep personal mastery of your own leadership capabilities. You will also benefit from the candid insights and shared experiences of peers who, like you, are senior managers seeking answers through advanced leadership development.

Who Should Attend:

Executives, directors, and senior managers seeking rigorous leadership development to strengthen their ability to motivate others, inspire action, and drive meaningful results.

What You Will Cover:

• Driving change in the workplace by applying tactics that address employee resistance and doubt
• Applying the key distinctions between manager and leader roles
• Identifying and evaluating your personal behavioral preferences
• Promoting organizational vision and values through ethical leadership practice
• Forming effective "virtual partnerships" across the work environment
• Conducting situation analyses across work units to align the organization
• Applying executive leadership concepts through a simulated business case
• Developing a personal action plan for immediate implementation

Outline:

Learning Objectives

• Approach the Program and Its Processes with Clear Intention
• Articulate Personal Learning Objectives and Align with Group Priorities
• Engage with Peers, Gaining Perspective on Each Other's Professional and Personal Backgrounds

Driving Change

• Explain Why Organizations and People Resist Change
• Apply Specific Tactics to Drive Change and Promote Innovation
• Implement Leadership Actions That Facilitate Change in the Workplace

Vision, Values, and Ethics

• Articulate Clarified Mission and Vision Statements
• Assess Organizational Response to Existing Mission and Vision Work
• Connect Ethics to the Success of a Shared Vision
• Describe and Promote Organizational Values Through Ethical Leadership Behaviors

Role of the Leader

• Apply the Concepts of Manager vs. Leader Roles
• Distinguish the Learning Environment from the Teaching Environment
• Identify Your Personal Behavioral Preferences and Adapt Them to Increase Leadership Effectiveness
• Apply the Principal Concepts of Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
• Identify a Source of Personal Emotional Energy

Risk, Resilience, and Alignment

• Define Motivators in Both Reporting and Non-Reporting Relationships
• Assess Your Executive Leadership Competencies and Prioritize Areas for Growth
• Evaluate the Risk-Taking Climate in Your Organization
• Build Individual and Organizational Resilience Through Thoughtful Risk-Taking
• Take Actions to Build Alignment Around the Organizational and Unit Vision

Turnaround: The Simulation

• Apply All Seminar Concepts in a Simulated Business Case
• Connect Team Dynamics Theory to Real Experience
• Recognize and Reinforce Successful Team Behaviors
• Complete a Self-Assessment of Learning from the Seminar
• Identify Strategies for Immediate Application Upon Returning to Work

Polish the Plan

• Finalize the Specific Actions You Will Take Immediately After the Seminar
• Strengthen the Professional Relationships Built During the Program
• Celebrate the Completion of This Leadership Journey