Sustainable Leadership

INTRODUCTION

Major changes in our world have resulted in the demand for a new type of leadership, one that has long-term sustainability and social responsibility and its core. This type of leadership is known as Sustainable Leadership. A Sustainable Leader is one who creates value for all stakeholders of organisation, including future generations, and the community. Sustainable leadership is a set of behaviours, practices, and systems that imagine and shape the future. A future for all.

This GLOMACS Sustainable Leadership training course will cover topics such as stakeholder management, corporate social responsibility, ways to improve communication, decision-making and problem-solving methods and critical-thinking and creativity.

This training course will highlight:

• Essential traits and skills of effective sustainable leaders.
• Methods to identify and engage with stakeholders effectively.
• Principles of people, planet, and profit in sustainable leadership.
• Obstacles to effective communication and enhance emotional intelligence.
• Methods like CATWOE and force-field analysis to solve problems and make decisions.
• Utilization of models such as the Vroom-Jago Decision Model to improve decision-making processes.
• Application and principles of creativity and disruptive innovation.
• The use tools like B-SWOT for personal career planning and development.

Objectives

By the end of this Sustainable Leadership training course, delegates will be able to:

• List the key competencies of sustainable leaders
• Describe ways of engaging with and identifying stakeholders
• Understand the importance of creativity and innovation
• Describe communication barriers and ways to overcome them
• List ways to accurately solve problems and make decisions

Training Methodology

This training course will utilize various proven adult learning techniques that ensure maximum understanding, comprehension, and retention of the information presented. This training course will be highly interactive and participative through a combination of PowerPoint presentation with interactive practical exercises, supported by videos and group discussion activities.

Organisational Impact

Sending employees to this Sustainable Leadership training course will enhance their leadership skills, improve CSR practices, and foster innovation, driving both personal and organizational growth.

• Elevate organizational leadership by integrating sustainable practices for balancing people, planet, and profit.
• Enhance CSR initiatives to improve corporate reputation and strengthen stakeholder relationships.
• Advance team communication with improved emotional intelligence and active listening skills.
• Optimize problem-solving processes using structured analysis and data-driven decision-making techniques.
• Drive innovation with insights into creativity and disruptive innovation for competitive advantage.
• Support employee career growth with targeted development plans and strategic tools for advancement.
• Strengthen stakeholder engagement through effective identification and management strategies.
• Increase organizational resilience by adapting leadership strategies to current and future business challenges.

Personal Impact

• Understand how to be a sustainable leader and effectively balance people, planet, and profit in your own role.
• Develop personal competencies and behaviors that will enhance your leadership impact and stakeholder interactions.
• Learn how to implement CSR principles in your work and adapt them to different cultural contexts, improving your leadership example.
• Improve your personal communication skills, including overcoming barriers, boosting emotional intelligence, and mastering active listening techniques.
• Enhance your problem-solving and decision-making abilities using structured approaches to tackle challenges more effectively.
• Unlock your creativity and innovation potential, learning how to apply disruptive ideas to advance your career and projects.
• Create a tailored career development plan using the B-SWOT tool to identify and pursue your professional growth opportunities.
• Integrate employer-supported volunteering into your career to promote CSR and make a positive impact in your community.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This GLOMACS Sustainable Leadership training course is suitable to wide range of professionals, but will greatly benefit:

• Managers
• Team Leaders
• Senior Executives
• Other professionals who need to understand and adjust their style and approach towards managing and leading others
• Those leaders and managers who aspire to develop a new set of values into their work, plus those who will manage long into the future