LCS Academy - Training Courses

COURSES AND WORKSHOPS

As well as the coaching and consulting assignments we take on (see Case Studies), we also run many tailored courses and workshops.

Every in-house course or workshop we run is designed specifically to meet the client organisation's specific needs. Each is also designed according to our rigorous learning design principles - see Learning Design.

To show how these events have taken shape, and how your organisation may benefit from the LCS approach, here are some examples of work we have done with clients over the past few years:

From Manager to Leader
A four day intensive programme for senior managers that helps them to make the transition from effective managers to successful leaders.

Resolving Conflict
A two day workshop aimed at getting to the roots of long-standing and complex conflicts between individuals and departments or divisions.

Sorting out the Politics
A three day interactive workshop that gets to the heart of the politics within organisations, and enables participants to become politically aware and adept at dealing with 'political' issues.

Creating a Genuine Leadership Team
Two or three days of intensive work by team members to enable them to move quickly into high performance.

Developing and Managing Talent
A three day interactive workshop enabling managers to become sophisticated in motivating and rewarding people with very different characters.

LCS Qualifying Workshop
A four day qualifying programme that qualifies participants in the administration and application of LCS.

From Manager to Leader
A four day intensive programme for senior managers that helps them to make the transition from effective managers to successful leaders.

AIMS

To define the complex and potentially conflicting roles of a leader
To enable participants to understand themselves as potential leaders
To develop individual leadership strategies based on participants' characters

Typical topics covered are:

What is leadership, and how is it different from management?
The impact of character and personality on leadership
Leadership simulation: a complex leadership challenge
The arts of influencing
The leader and teams
What kind of leader am I?
Developing a personal leadership strategy

For an example, see Case Studies: New Managing Directors' Programme (Global). To find out more about the approach, see Booklets: Leadership, Character and Strategy: Developing Your Leadership Strategy

Resolving Conflict
A two day workshop aimed at getting to the roots of long-standing and complex conflicts between individuals and departments.

AIMS

To get to the roots of, and to find ways of dealing with a particular conflict affecting an organisation
To provide the capabilities to identify potential sources of future conflict
To develop the skills of conflict resolution for the future

Typical topics covered are:

Different perspectives on the conflict at issue
Getting to know yourself and your adversary
Reframing conflicts - how is this done?
Reframing this conflict - changing perspectives
Finding the common ground
Ways forward - costs and benefits
A strategy for moving on
Putting the strategy into practice

For an example, see Case Studies: Resolving conflict in a European institution. To find out more about the approach, see Booklets: Leadership, Character and Strategy: Resolving Conflict through Understanding Diversity

AIMS

To take the mystery out of organisational politics
To develop political astuteness and sensitivity
To enable participants to deal with political issues before they become damaging

Typical topics covered are:

What is organisational politics?
Case studies - who is right?
Your own political issues
Simulation - how to win
How to deal with difficult interactions
Case studies & role plays - developing political astuteness
What am I going to do next?

For an example, see Case Studies: Developing diversity in Hong Kong. To find out more about the approach, see Booklets: Leadership, Character and Strategy: Sorting out the Politics

Creating a Genuine Leadership Team
Two or three days of intensive work by team members to enable them to move quickly into high performance.

AIMS

To identify the unique qualities of the team
To enable the team to develop effective ways of utilising its own resources
To move from a good team to a high performing team

Typical topics covered are:

The history of the team and the roles team members play in it
Getting to know who we are and what affects our perceptions of what's right for the team
The dynamics of this team - strengths and potential weaknesses
A broad strategy for this team
Workshop session: dealing with a major team issue - putting theory into practice
How the team will work and develop from here

For an example, see Case Studies: Team development in South America. To find out more about the approach, see Booklets: Leadership, Character and Strategy: Leading in teams

Developing and Managing Talent
A three day interactive workshop enabling managers to become sophisticated in the arts of motivating and rewarding people with very different characters.

AIMS

To help get the most from the talent available to managers
To develop the skills of identifying what will motivate different individuals
To help develop motivation and reward strategies that match people's aspirations and characters, and that foster diversity and encourage inclusion

To find out more about the approach, see Booklets: Leadership, Character and Strategy: Developing Your Leadership Strategy

LCS Qualifying Workshop
A four day qualifying programme that qualifies participants in the administration and application of LCS.

AIMS

To develop competence in the use of the Leadership, Character and Strategy Leadership Development instrument
To provide participants with their own analysis and reports
To enable participants to identify where and how the use of the instrument will deliver value to clients

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

Leadership and character
Leadership and values
Home Base
Where you are now
How you see your Job Role
Your current approach and attitudes to leadership
Developing your leadership strategy
The four distinct leadership strategies
Organisational culture and leadership
Developing leaders as individuals
Putting Leadership, Character and Strategy into context

For an example, see Case Studies: Developing the developers. To find out more about the approach, see the LCS book: Leadership, Character and Strategy: Exploring diversity