Advanced Professional Certificate in Strategic Leadership - Virtual Learning
Course Methodology
This Advanced Professional Certificate in Strategic Leadership training course will be highly participatory, and the training course leader will present, guide, and facilitate learning, using a range of methods including formal presentation, discussions, sector-specific case studies, and exercises. Above all, the training course leader will make extensive use of real-life case examples.
Course Objectives
By the end of the training course, delegates will be able to critically analyze and evaluate a range of perspectives of strategic leadership, apply conceptual models and frameworks to organization case studies and examples.
At the end of this Advanced Professional Certificate in Strategic Leadership training course, you will learn to,
- Develop critical understanding of the role of strategic leadership
- Analyze to context for strategic leadership
- Distinguish between management, leadership and strategic leadership
- Evaluate the role of strategic leadership in the formulation of strategy
- Bridge the gap between strategy and performance
Target Audience
This training course is designed for experienced professionals from any industry and any specialization who wish to gain a broader appreciation of the dynamics strategic leadership and develop their personal roles in creating the future for their organization.
This Advanced Professional Certificate in Strategic Leadership training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Senior managers
- Managers taking on a more senior and strategic role in their organization
- Supervisors taking on additional strategic responsibilities
- Managers wanting to refresh their strategic management tools
- Specialist Managers
- Operational Managers
Target Competencies
Organisational Impact
Strategic leadership means more thoughtful strategy formulation, more effective implementation and consequent success. In sending delegates to this Gulf Rowad training course, the organization will gain the following benefits:
- Understand the influence of leadership on organizations and teams
- Introduction of strategic thinking into all levels of the organization
- Understand the relationship between strategic management and strategic leadership
- Recognize how strategic actions and decisions impact key company measures and objectives
- Effectively communicate ideas to other employees, managers, and the public
- Improved decision-making - leading to better organizational performance
Personal Impact
In attending this Advanced Professional Certificate in Strategic Leadership training course, delegates will acquire the following skills and competencies:
- Evaluation of the role of leaders in strategic direction
- Improved career flexibility and prospects
- Accelerated thinking speed and problem resolution
- Making sense of complexity and an uncertain future
- Understanding of best practice in strategy formulation and implementation
- Assessment of the relevance of internal and external environment to organizational strategy
Course Outline
Why Strategic Leadership Matters
- Strategic leadership defined
- Assessing the role of strategic leaders
- Leadership theories
- Leading versus managing
- What distinguishes strategic leaders
- Top management teams
Key Strategic Leadership Actions
- Setting strategic vision
- Building and sustaining an effective organisational culture
- Top management teams
- The multiple functions of strategic leaders
- The outcomes of strategic leadership functions
Main Characteristics of Strategic Leaders
- Nature and/or nurture?
- The link between personality and leadership effectiveness
- Leadership development
- Individual-level characteristics
- The ‘Big Five’
- Charisma
- Motivation
- Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Decision-making limitations and biases
- Group-level attributes
- Diversity
- The knowledge, skills and abilities of top-management team
- Top-management team interaction
- How strategic leaders shape behaviour
Environmental Factors
- The impact of context on strategic leadership
- External aspects of strategic leadership
- How firm’s external environment affects strategic leadership
- How strategic leadership affects the firm’s environment
- Macroeconomic conditions
- Industry and competition variables
- Socio-cultural features
- The internal organisational context
- Ownership
- Firm size
- Resource availability
- Complexity
The Outcomes
- Organisational performance
- Multidimensional economic and non-economic factors
- Strategic decisions
- The process of strategy selection
- The degree of risk taking
- Innovation
- The role of leaders in R&D productivity of organisations
- Social issues
- Emphasising ethical practices
- Incorporating societal trends
2026 Schedule & Fees
| Date | City | Language | Price | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jun - 02 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 28 Jun - 02 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 05 Jul - 09 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 05 Jul - 09 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 12 Jul - 16 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 12 Jul - 16 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 19 Jul - 23 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 19 Jul - 23 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 26 Jul - 30 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 26 Jul - 30 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 02 Aug - 06 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 02 Aug - 06 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 09 Aug - 13 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 09 Aug - 13 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 16 Aug - 20 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 16 Aug - 20 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 23 Aug - 27 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 23 Aug - 27 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 30 Aug - 03 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 30 Aug - 03 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Sep - 10 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Sep - 10 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Sep - 17 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Sep - 17 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Sep - 24 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Sep - 24 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Sep - 01 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Sep - 01 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 04 Oct - 08 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 04 Oct - 08 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 11 Oct - 15 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 11 Oct - 15 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 18 Oct - 22 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 18 Oct - 22 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 25 Oct - 29 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 25 Oct - 29 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 01 Nov - 05 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 01 Nov - 05 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 08 Nov - 12 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 08 Nov - 12 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 15 Nov - 19 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 15 Nov - 19 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 22 Nov - 26 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 22 Nov - 26 Nov, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 29 Nov - 03 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 29 Nov - 03 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Dec - 10 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Dec - 10 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Dec - 17 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Dec - 17 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Dec - 24 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Dec - 24 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Dec - 31 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Dec - 31 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
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