Innovative Leadership

Innovative Leadership
Who is the programme designed for?
Innovative Leadership has been designed for executives who want to improve their leadership ability with new and innovative skills.
The program will be of interest to business executives and is particularly targeted at:

• Senior managers who are making the transition from a defined and structured environment to one where there is greater emphasis on interrelations.
• Divisional and functional managers who want to improve their performance and become better leaders in a global environment.
• Managers dealing with partners, suppliers, customers and employees.
• Empowered business leaders, looking to improve their capabilities of making better critical decisions.
• Executives who are willing to gain some practical skills, learn more about leadership and motivation, manage their network efficiently and open their minds to new leadership styles

Programme Overview
Fast-evolving markets and heightened competition are the norm in today's global economy, were very few companies, and their results, stand out. This competitive advantage often results not from the most ingenious product design, the best marketing strategy, or state-of-the-art production technology, but rather from the effective leadership of a company. Whilst many organizations recognize the importance of managing their work force effectively, it is alarming how often firms and managers fail to do so.
What is more, many organizations are now replacing traditional pyramidal and hierarchical organizational structures with flatter managerial models. Under these circumstances, teams are becoming the principal axis around which most processes pivot. Therefore, the success of an executive lies in his or her capacity to develop and lead herself and her team effectively.
Innovative Leadership is a challenging three-day international executive program that focuses on how to identify the roles that a successful global leader plays and how to maximize them.
The program features several stimulating modules that analyze leadership from diverse points of view. Topics to be discussed include:
Global Trends and Future Leadership Challenges

• Getting out of the karaoke club by mastering the art of making change happen
• The megatrends following a deregulated life
• Envisioning tomorrow's business opportunities today
• The new employee-employer contract
• Developing a personalized leadership style
• Competing on fitness: building a sustainable business model
• Competing on sex appeal: mastering the art of e(motional)-business

Leadership, power and influence in organizations

• Analyzing and diagnosing power dynamics in organizations.
• Understanding power and influence in an organization and its effect on companies and individuals.
• Generating and implementing power successfully and ethically.
• Developing an effective network: critical aspects.

The leader as a coach

• Coaching methods and skills: observation, listening and feedback.
• Developing coaching skills.
• The cost and benefits of formal feedback.
• How to use feedback to reach development and performance objectives.

Leadership & change

• The pressing need for authentic leadership in a dynamic world.
• Identifying your own leadership assets.
• Leadership and communication.
• Retaining your authenticity.
• Leadership and organizational transformation.

Managing the superior-subordinate relationship successfully

• How to build trust in the superior-subordinate relationship
• Building and destroying trust
• Causes of distrust and its effect on the superior-subordinate relationship.
• Learning to recognize signs of trouble
• Turning hints into information

Leading your private and professional life

• The importance of balancing private and professional life
• How to manage time effectively

Objetives
Innovative Leadership examines the most relevant and up-to-date leadership practices and provides participants with the tools and techniques needed to improve their leadership skills and those of their organization.
Throughout this program participants will develop a sound understanding of how to:

• Bridge the gap between leadership theory and practical application.
• Develop the political competencies needed to become an increasingly successful leader.
• Learn the effects of social networks on individuals and firms.
• Understand power and influence in organizations and how it affects leadership styles.
• Practice and develop the principle coaching methods and skills needed to fulfill development and performance objectives.
• Awaken the creative potential and winning spirit of an organization.
• Create an action plan for self-improvement, and set goals to enhance strategic personal and organizational leadership.
• Strengthen corporate culture by fostering innovation and creativity.
• Acquire a global outlook and the ability to lead across culturally complex organizations.

Faculty
This executive education program has been developed and will be taught by IE Business School's faculty. Our international scholars bring the advantage of extensive experience and research, both from the United States and Europe, a unique and valuable asset that is fundamental to international business education.
Prof. Juan Carlos Pastor

• Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior, University of New York at Buffalo
• Master of Arts (MA) in Social Psychology, Clark University
• B.A in Psychology, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid
• Fulbright Scholar, Harvard University
• Director of the Center for Global Leadership, IE Business School
• Professor of Organizational Behavior, IE Business School

Prof. Fernando Bartolomé

• Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Harvard University
• Master of Economics and Business Administration (MED), IESE
• Degree in Law, Universidad de Zaragoza
• Visiting professor, INSEAD
• Professor of Organizational Behavior, IE Business School

Prof. Jonas Ridderstråle

• PhD and MBA in International Business, Stockholm School of Economics
• Assistant Professor, Centre for Advanced Studies in Leadership, Stockholm School of Economics
• Coauthor of "Funky Business" and "Karaoke Capitalism"
• Professor of Organizational Behavior, IE Business School