Short Learning Programme on Leadership Development

This programme is company specific and is being presented via thinkingfusionAFRICA. There is an extensive need to develop leadership skills. The NWU has decided to position itself as the provider of leadership development programmes in South Africa through the NWU Leadership and Management Academy.

Purpose of the course

The purpose is to teach participants to apply, integrate and demonstrate sound, systematic knowledge and skills gained with regard to leading, strategy, leadership communication, valuing diversity, leading teams, planting and growing a new culture, leading change and transformation, and followership. They will gain knowledge for the effective evaluation, selection and application of techniques and skills to influence, persuade, communicate accurately, debate, build arguments and gather appropriate information. They will be able to use information retrieval skills to gather information, undertake a study of literature and current research in the field of leadership, strategy, leadership culture, self-leadership, leading people and more. At the same time, they will demonstrate the ability to evaluate information independently and contribute to a team of equals undertaking a project. The aim is to demonstrate sound thinking, effective participation in debate and persuasion and to competently deal with conflict, diversity and differences while staying anchored in own values in order to apply systems thinking to complex problem situations.

Admission requirements

Admission requirements
Candidates in managerial or senior specialist roles.
Learning assumed to be in place
NQF 6

Course outcomes and assessment criteria

Course outcomes and the associated assessment criteria

Study Unit

Outcomes

Assessment Criteria
  After completion of this course, participants will: Participant will be assessed on the following criteria:
 
  • Apply, integrate and demonstrate sound, systematic knowledge and skill gained with regards to leading people, leading strategy, leadership communication, valuing diversity, leading teams, planting and growing a new culture, leading change and transformation and followership.
  • Effective evaluation, selection and application of techniques and skills to influence, persuade, communicate accurately, debate, build arguments and gather appropriate information.
  • Use information retrieval skills to gather information, undertake a study of literature and current research in the field of leadership, strategy, leadership culture, self-leadership, leading people and more. At the same time demonstrate the ability to evaluate information independently and contribute to a team of equals undertaking a project.
  • Demonstrate sound thinking, effective participation in debate and persuasion.
  • Competently deal with conflict, diversity and differences while staying anchored in own values.
  • Apply systems thinking to complex problem situations
  • Demonstrates the ability to apply, integrate and demonstrate sound, systematic knowledge and skill regarding leading people, strategy, teams, leadership communication, valuing diversity, growing a new culture, change and transformation.
  • Demonstrates the ability to effectively evaluate, select and apply techniques and skills to influence, persuade, communicate accurately, debate, build arguments and gather appropriate information.
  • Demonstrates his/her capability and efficiency in the 360° leadership inventory that is undertaken at the commencement and the completion of the programme.
  • Has developed a personal development plan to address challenges in the workplace

 

Assessment
4 projects deliverable in Portfolio of Evidence format
Method of assessment
Four well-designed projects within each of the four leader zones of influence provide the evidence of applied leadership learning and support integrated learning. Work on the projects is done progressively during the programme culminating in a completed Portfolio of Evidence submitted shortly after the final day of the programme. The projects are:

• Leader of Self: ‘Journal of my personal journey’.
This project instils the essential leader skill of reflection and on-going personal development by using a learning journal as one of the tools. Through this project participants deepen their self-knowledge, their leadership strengths, and dealing with their challenges as they capture their development journey over five months.
• Leader of Individual Follower: ‘One-on-one success’
Participants coach one follower for the duration of the programme to develop this critical leader skill in a structured way (guidance reading, guiding principles and a contract/agreement is provided) with guidance from facilitators as well as sharing experiences with one another
• Leader: ‘Leadership Learning’
Participants undertake leadership learning through reading and activites to develop leadership skill through which they will re-position themselves with their teams.
• Group: ‘The leadership work for (dis)solving our complex problem situations’
This project is complex and produces specific proposals for executive consideration. Participants also commit to being involved in the implementation of these proposals beyond the programmes. The nature and scope of these projects are closely monitored and discussed with the organisation to ensure alignment with organisational initiatives

Additional information

Programme number
H37 100 1
Mode of delivery
Contact
Target group
Senior managers in South Africa.

Contact us

Contact person name
Me Madelaine Posthumus
Contact person e-mail
Madelaine@thinkingfusion.co.za
Contact person telephone number
083 231 0048