Management & Leadership Skills for Engineers and Science Based Professionals

• Introduction
• Perceptions of Management Science
• Theory that Works in Practice
• How Organisations Work
• Identifying the Difference between a Manager and a Leader
• Contemporary Management and Leadership Models
• Business Strategy – Its Role and Deployment
• Core Business Process and Value Chain
• Scalability of Business Models
• Altering Perspectives
• Teams: Characteristics and Management

• The Importance of Understanding Organisations
• Types of Organisations
• Mechanisms for Succession
• The Role and Significance of the Customer
• Aldizes Life Cycle and Regeneration
• Projects – Their Role and How Management and Leadership Challenges
• Functioning and Non-functioning Organisations
• Linking Competencies and Resourcing
• Static and Dynamic Organisations
• Emergence and Flow

Organisational Design & Organisation Development

• Organisational Design and Organisational Development
• Importance and Roles of Vision, Mission, Values and Goals
• The Value of Shared Concepts
• Resilience, Agility and Their Impact on Success
• Management Methodologies in Common Use
• Different Types of Organisation Structure
• Emergence, Flow and Business Eco-cultures
• Management Philosophy
• Performance Management
• Operating Rhythm

• Emerging Challenges for Managers & Leaders in the Digital Era
• Self-perception and Resilience
• Assessment Techniques
• Recognizing the Unconscious Mind and the Inner Judge
• Analyzing and Reconfiguring Self
• NLP – an insight
• Management Styles
• Management – some useful models
• Dealing with Disruptive Behaviors
• Mindfulness

• Scientific Management
• Contemporary Interpretation of Scientific Management
• Assessment of Organisations
• Application of People, Process & Technology
• Process Analysis and Levering Effectiveness
• Organisation Maturity
• Process Efficiency – Measurement Techniques
• Value Stream Mapping

Change & Transformation Management

• Drivers for Change
• As is Situation and Change Readiness
• The to be Situation and Organisational Readiness
• Mind-map Modelling
• Tuckmans Team and Group Development Model
• The Reality of Change
• The Six Stages of Change

• Review of Leadership and Its Emergence
• Tolerance, Timing and Judgement
• Strategic vs. Delivery
• Relevance of EI / EQ
• Problem Avoidance
• Personal Branding
• Leadership and Mentors
• Gravitas
• Reading People
• Double Loop Learning
• A Look Ahead – Data Analytics and Uncertainty
• Personal Action / Development Plan