Postgraduate Certificate in Strategic Leadership

Description 
This course enables you to identify and reflect on your leadership capabilities through self-assessment and reflection. You will develop the professional requirements to become an ethical leader. This paper supports you in recognising your personal leadership gaps and design your professional leadership development. During this course, you will examine yourself through self-assessment and analyse using key theories and cases related to the effective practice of ethical leadership. You will examine your current and previous workplace experiences and relationships to understand leadership behaviour in the context of the ‘real world’.

Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, it is expected that learners will be able to: 

1. Understand role and purpose as the foundation of leadership. 
2. Critically reflect on the leader’s mindset and its importance in leadership .
3. Evaluate the importance of relationships and their contribution to wellbeing and effectiveness. 
4. Analyse your strengths and weaknesses to increase engagement and wellbeing. 
5. Critically reflect on the drivers of personal wellbeing and resilience .
6. Develop specific strategies to achieve your personal leadership vision and values. 
7. Examine and design specific strategies to practice self-responsibility and mindfulness for leadership effectiveness.  

Description 
This course will build your understanding of leading high performing teams and develop your mastery in adapting your leadership style to meet the needs of your team and organisation. This course will develop your skill in working with individuals, the team dynamic and achieving the team and organisation’s objectives. You will build your skills for agile and adaptive leadership that promotes effective performance. Finally, you will analyse your team's dynamic, understand the levers of influence and formulate strategies for effective conflict resolution, communication and team leadership. 

Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, it is expected that learners will be able to: 

1. Demonstrate your understanding of power dynamics to positively influence teams.
2. Analyse group dynamics and the process of team development.
3. Apply the GRPI team-building model to intervene successfully to develop high-performing teams.
4. Build self-awareness to effectively communicate with and motivate others
5. Evaluate strategies to respond to team dynamics and processes.

Description 
This course is designed to empower emerging and established leaders with the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate the intricate relationship between strategic decision making and organisational change. Throughout this subject, you will explore how strategic decisions shape and drive organisational transformations, and how change influences decision-making processes. By examining the assumptions, limitations, and mental models that either enable or impede strategic decision making and change, you will develop a critical perspective and gain insights into overcoming barriers. 

Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, it is expected that learners will be able to: 

1. Describe the relationship between strategic decision making and change.
2. Explore assumptions, limitations, and mental models that either enable or create barriers to strategic decision making and change in organisations.
3. Design leadership decisions and leading change using appropriate frameworks and processes.
4. Develop a change strategy associated with strategic leadership decisions, using change management principles and ideas.

Description 
This course will develop your skills in leading contemporary approaches to strategy development and analysis and formulation in complex business systems. You will develop the innovative practices of the organisation to respond to external challenges in a dynamic business environment. Adopting an ecosystems approach, this course focuses on building your skills to lead strategic development and identify competitive advantage for sustainable performance.

Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, it is expected that learners will be able to: 

1. Evaluate strategic development for competitive advantage and survival in competitive and changing business environment.
2. Analyse the requirements for building strategic competence and leading strategic projects in complex business environments.  
3. Lead strategic analysis and formulation in complex and diverse business environments.
4. Demonstrate strategic leadership to achieve desired objectives and performance in complex business environments.  
5. Master leading strategy implementation and successful execution through complex and challenging business scenarios. 

Description 
In today's dynamic business landscape, effectively managing and sustaining the performance of an organisation's human capital is paramount to achieving strategic objectives and driving overall success. This course is designed to equip both experienced leaders and aspiring managers with the essential skills and practical applications needed to influence, develop, and optimise the performance of individuals and teams within their organisations.

Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, it is expected that learners will be able to: 

1. Examine the factors influencing leading people and performance to maintain the organisation’s human capital.
2. Analyse organisational systems performance and  goals required to achieve the strategic direction of the organisation.  
3. Evaluate effective leadership styles for leading people and performance in diverse organisational settings.
4. Demonstrate and design appropriate strategies and inventions to lead people and performance in complex and diverse organisational settings.

Description 
This course recognises that despite our complex, interdependent, and technologically sophisticated world today, important business and policy decisions are still often made with 17th Century linear assumptions and approaches. Local and global challenges such as climate change, pandemics, peace, poverty, sustainability, and business resilience transcend any single science, discipline, agency or nation. They require a systemic view of social, cultural, economic, political, and scientific domains, and a new language and tool-set to achieve resilient outcomes. Leading in complex systems necessitates thinking that can grasp the bigger picture, including understanding the interrelationships and the full range of causal factors that underly them. This course calls for the synthesis of diverse knowledge and perspectives by engaging all stakeholders in a robust and unifying decision-making process – a process known as Systems Thinking. This comprehensive course will equip you with the essential skills to navigate complex systems and make informed decisions. The course empowers you to analyse intricate problems, recognise interconnections, anticipate unintended consequences, and foster collaboration among diverse stakeholders. Unlock the power of Systems Thinking, enabling you to become an effective leader capable of addressing the multifaceted challenges of our modern world. This course will give you a comprehensive approach that transcends traditional boundaries and propels your organisation towards resilience and long-term success. 

Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, it is expected that learners will be able to: 

1.    Evaluate the complex factors required for systems thinking that impact organisational resilience.  
2.    Critically analyse theory, models, and frameworks for leading in complex organisational systems to build organisational resilience.  
3.    Appraise the causal factors and their dynamic interrelationships underlying complex systems thinking when leading through disruption. 
4.    Develop systemic strategies, leverage points, and action plans for leading in complex organisational systems.