In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, strategic change leadership is a non-negotiable competency for executive teams. The ability to effectively steer an organization through significant transformations, whether driven by market shifts, technological advancements, or strategic pivots, determines long-term success and competitive advantage. This comprehensive training course is meticulously designed to equip senior leaders with the foresight, collaboration skills, and practical tools needed to orchestrate enterprise-wide change, ensuring initiatives are not only launched but deeply embedded and deliver measurable value.

This intensive five-day program moves beyond traditional change management models, offering a hands-on blueprint for executive teams to diagnose the need for strategic change, build a compelling shared vision, and manage complex stakeholder expectations with agility and foresight. Participants will learn how to build trust, foster psychological safety, and communicate change in a way that resonates deeply with individuals, inspiring commitment and resilience. By the end of this course, your executive team will possess the strategic insights and practical tools to lead transformations that achieve ambitious business objectives and cultivate a highly engaged, adaptable, and high-performing workforce.

Duration: 5 days

Target Audience:

• Chief Executive Officers (CEOs)
• Chief Operating Officers (COOs)
• Chief Financial Officers (CFOs)
• Chief Strategy Officers (CSOs)
• Board Members and Corporate Secretaries
• Executive Vice Presidents and Senior Vice Presidents
• Heads of Major Business Units
• Executive Committee Members
• Leaders of Business Transformation Offices
• Senior Leaders focused on enterprise-wide change

Objectives:

• Understand the unique complexities of strategic change leadership at the executive level.
• Develop a cohesive strategic framework for planning and executing enterprise-wide transformations.
• Master techniques for diagnosing organizational and cultural readiness for major change.
• Cultivate a unified executive approach to driving continuous adaptation and agility.
• Enhance communication and stakeholder engagement skills for complex, multi-layered change.
• Learn to identify and address systemic resistance to strategic initiatives.
• Build resilient executive teams capable of thriving amidst profound disruption.
• Measure the impact and sustainability of large-scale change initiatives.
• Create a personalized action plan for leading strategic change as an executive team.

Course Modules:

Module 1: The Executive Imperative for Strategic Change

• Defining strategic change and its distinction from operational change
• The critical role of the executive team in driving enterprise-wide transformation
• Understanding the strategic imperative for continuous organizational renewal
• Common pitfalls of executive-led change initiatives
• Case studies of successful and challenging strategic transformations

Module 2: Crafting a Unified Strategic Change Vision

• Developing a compelling and actionable vision for the entire organization
• Aligning the change vision with overarching corporate strategy and objectives
• Conducting a comprehensive strategic change impact assessment
• Creating a phased roadmap for enterprise-wide implementation and adoption
• Building a robust business case that includes the human element of change at scale

Module 3: Diagnosing Enterprise Readiness and Systemic Resistance

• Methodologies for assessing organizational and cultural readiness for major change
• Identifying potential sources of resistance across different levels and functions
• Analyzing cultural factors that influence strategic change adoption
• Using data from surveys, interviews, and focus groups to gather insights on sentiment
• Developing strategies to address leadership alignment gaps and foster a change-ready mindset

Module 4: Executive Communication and Engagement for Strategic Change

• Crafting clear, consistent, and compelling messages about the strategic transformation
• Communicating the "why" and the benefits of the change to all stakeholders
• Leveraging visual management and interactive demos for clarity and understanding
• Facilitating effective feedback sessions and addressing concerns from a broad audience
• Empowering senior leaders and digital champions to communicate the change journey

Module 5: Leading Through Systemic Disruption

• Principles of adaptive leadership in a rapidly evolving, high-stakes environment
• Empowering decentralized decision-making and agile execution across the enterprise
• Fostering psychological safety and open communication across physical and virtual divides
• Coaching and mentoring leaders at all levels to drive strategic transformation
• Navigating organizational politics and building influence across all functions and silos

Module 6: Building Sustainable Enterprise Systems and Processes

• Integrating new behaviors and processes into daily digital operations at scale
• Updating policies, procedures, and job descriptions for the transformed organization
• Leveraging technology to embed and automate new ways of working across the enterprise
• Establishing performance metrics and accountability for sustained strategic change
• Designing training and development programs for ongoing organizational capability building

Module 7: Measuring Strategic Impact and Continuous Enterprise Improvement

• Defining key performance indicators (KPIs) for strategic adoption and value realization
• Collecting and analyzing data on user engagement and system utilization across the enterprise
• Interpreting results and deciding to pivot, persevere, or stop strategic initiatives
• The importance of continuous adaptation and learning from large-scale deployments
• Creating a system for tracking and reporting on strategic change progress and long-term value

Training Approach

This course will be delivered by our skilled trainers who have vast knowledge and experience as expert professionals in the fields. The course is taught in English and through a mix of theory, practical activities, group discussion and case studies. Course manuals and additional training materials will be provided to the participants upon completion of the training.

Tailor-Made Course

This course can also be tailor-made to meet organization requirement. For further inquiries, please contact us on: Email: info@skillsforafrica.org, training@skillsforafrica.org Tel: +254 702 249 449

Training Venue

The training will be held at our Skills for Africa Training Institute Training Centre. We also offer training for a group at requested location all over the world. The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, and buffet lunch.

Visa application, travel expenses, airport transfers, dinners, accommodation, insurance, and other personal expenses are catered by the participant

Certification

Participants will be issued with Skills for Africa Training Institute certificate upon completion of this course.

Airport Pickup and Accommodation

Airport pickup and accommodation is arranged upon request. For booking contact our Training Coordinator through Email: info@skillsforafrica.org, training@skillsforafrica.org Tel: +254 702 249 449

Terms of Payment: Unless otherwise agreed between the two parties’ payment of the course fee should be done 7 working days before commencement of the training.