Time to ditch your old Managing Change Manual

Leaders must be resilient, agile, and unflappable amidst a storm. However, no-one could’ve foreseen a storm of this magnitude. COVID-19 is the ultimate stress-test for leadership.

 

The pandemic has battered lives and livelihoods and accelerated The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), nudging corporate SA into a knowledge economy that demands a “humanised” skill set and capabilities to counterbalance rapid digitisation.

 

Critical thinking, collaboration, communication, creativity and problem-solving are among the cocktail of “must-haves” in leading smartly through a pandemic. These skills will become increasingly essential as digital changes impact on all aspects of life.

 

Training and development institutions must plug into this demand quickly to empower leaders. Fast-paced, industry-relevant and current reality-responsive, we offer the following three courses that blend sound generic management principles with powerful tools and techniques that sync with the leadership skills and competencies currently in demand:

 

  • General Management Programme: Leading Through A Crisis
  • The Fourth Industrial Revolution Certificate Programme
  • The Fourth Industrial Revolution Skills Programmes

 

 

Spanning 20-weeks to a year, the programmes are designed to ease the transition into a COVID-19-altered reality that has fast-tracked digital advancements (4IR) by including the following:

 

  • Gearing up for cognitive flexibility
  • Exploring management solutions and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Team development and talent alignment
  • Problem-solving using 4IR principles
  • Impact of AI on people and perceptions

 

The courses cover the 10 critical skills deemed essential by business forecast gurus:

  • Negotiation skills
  • Cognitive flexibility
  • Service orientation
  • Judgement and decision-making
  • Collaboration
  • EQ
  • People management
  • Creativity
  • Critical thinking
  • Complex problem-solving

 

Leaders who have adapted quickly to the COVID-19 redefined environment have shelved their old Managing Change Manuals and embraced a revised set of leadership skills and strategies. They now power up resilient, agile teams that can adapt quickly and smartly to the current state-of-affairs.

Click here for more on our industry-leading management and leadership programmes.

19 August 2020