Leadership in a Technology Driven World

Imperial Leadership in a Technology Driven World Programme is a five-day immersive course that equips participants with the skills to lead their teams through the digital age. The programme offers a practical and personalised learning approach, backed by theory and delivered through interactive coaching elements.

This digital leadership programme will help aspiring leaders to understand their strengths and weaknesses as leaders, understand the rapidly changing technological context of modern business, and emerge with the tools to lead in this challenging context.

Coaching is a key element of this personalised programme, encouraging participants to leave their comfort zone and view their leadership style from new perspectives. Participants will work closely with their international peers to navigate the digital landscape and become adaptive leaders.

Learning outcomes

Receive insights through case studies, coaching and self-reflection into your personal leadership style

Understand effective leadership skills and techniques needed to lead teams through the digital age

Have a clear learning and development journey flowing from before the programme starts through to after its conclusion

Network with international peers from diverse industries and backgrounds

Programme content

Before you arrive

At Imperial College Business School we believe that pre-program course work influences participant motivation and increases the activation of prior knowledge. Before you join the Leadership in a technology driven world you will be asked to complete:

• Coaching Session with programme director:
• Selective pre-reading
• Structure reflective work
• Diagnosing Profiling: Emotional and Social Competency Inventory (ESCI) 360º survey.

Day 1

Welcome to the programme and your learning journey

Who are you as a leader? Why are you the way you are? Where do you want to go and what are your leadership goals?

Industry View: Leading teams in a Digitally Human age

Leading the Digital Enterprise

Digital transformation is happening whether we like it or not. How does it affect you as a leader? What tools and approaches can make you more effective as a leader in a digital enterprise?

Day 2

Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Quotient (EQ) is a powerful tool for leadership development. In this session, we will discuss EQ and provide participants with their ESCI reports

Authentic Leadership

To be an Authentic Leader you have to know who you are at your core. You also have to manage potential pressure points between your own values and those expected of you by your organisation.

Coaching as a Leadership Style: WHY?WHAT?

Day 3

Coaching as a Leadership Style: HOW?

Coaching as a Leadership Style: PRACTICE?

Becoming an Adaptive Leader**

Adaptive leadership is a leadership approach developed to help leaders succeed in highly uncertain times. When facing new challenges for which the correct response is unknown, adaptive leadership provides a proven approach to engaging and motivating individuals and teams to take on challenges and come up with innovative solutions

Day 4

Cognitive Diversity and High Performing Teams

In this session, we will talk about the diversity challenge facing managers in modern organizations. But while effectively managing diversity is challenging, it also creates important opportunities for building teams highly effective, cognitively diverse teams.

Building an Innovative Culture

Innovation culture is the work environment that leaders cultivate in order to nurture unorthodox thinking and its application. Workplaces that foster a culture of innovation generally subscribe to the belief that innovation is not the province of top leadership but can come from anyone in the organization.

Crucial Conversations

Some conversations are important yet have the potential to result in conflict and negative emotions. At the same time, not all potentially conflictual conversations need to be had. How do you decide which difficult conversations you need to have and how can you best approach these conversations?

Managing your Boss

Managing your manager means building a relationship with your boss where he/she think highly of you, advocate for you and are active participants in advancing your career.

Industry View: Digital Disruption

Day 5

Using Big Data to Innovate

Big data is one of the most important new digital technologies. But sometimes it seems more hype than actuality. In this session, we will explore the potential of big data to revolutionize innovation in organizations and what leadership capabilities are required to get the most from big data.

Managing Your Personal Brand

Leaders in organizations are more successful when followers and peers know and understand what they stand for and what their core capabilities and goals are. Understanding and managing your personal brand is therefore an important leadership capability and has an important impact on leadership success

Industry View: How leaders can manage their physical and mental well-being for sustained leadership success

Programme Wrap-Up and Certificates

Programme content – Online

This eight-week virtual programme features 90-minute live faculty lectures with a Q&A at the end of each session. The sessions include engaging “try-it” and crowdsourcing features that help create an interactive, personalised and supportive learning experience.

Topic 1: Welcome Session Who are you as a leader? Why are you the way you are? Where do you want to go and what are your leadership goals?

Topic 2: Leading the Digital Enterprise Digital transformation is happening whether we like it or not. How does it affect you as a leader? What tools and approaches can make you more effective as a leader in a digital enterprise?

Topic 3: Digitally Human This session will feature an industry expert who will share their experience and showcase how you can implement your learnings in your organisation.

Topic 4: Coaching as a Leadership Style: Why Learn to adopt a coaching mindset so you can expand from being a manager who organises to a leader who inspires.

Topic 5: Coaching as a Leadership Style: What, How, Practice We will discuss the What and How roadmap, explore learning models, learning cycle, situational leadership as well as the importance of psychological contracting.

Topic 6: Authentic Leadership To be an Authentic Leader you have to know who you are at your core. You also have to manage potential pressure points between your own values and those expected of you by your organisation.

Topic 7: Finding your Leadership Purpose In what sort of leadership situations are you really at your best? In this session, we will discuss what makes you distinctive and unique as a leader and challenge you to explore the implications of your leadership purpose for your leadership practice and career goals.

Topic 8: Managing your Boss Managing your manager means building a relationship with your boss where he/she thinks highly of you, advocates for you and are active participants in advancing your career.

Topic 9: Difficult Conversations Some conversations are important yet have the potential to result in conflict and negative emotions. At the same time, not all potentially conflictual conversations need to be had. How do you decide which difficult conversations you need to have and how can you best approach these conversations?

Topic 10: Cognitive Diversity & High Performance Teams In this session, we will talk about the diversity challenge facing managers in modern organisations. But while effectively managing diversity is challenging, it also creates important opportunities for building highly effective teams and cognitively diverse teams.

Topic 11: Managing Your Personal Brand Leaders in organisations are more successful when followers and peers know and understand what they stand for and what their core capabilities and goals are. Understanding and managing your personal brand is therefore an important leadership capability and has an important impact on leadership success.

Topic 12: Emotional Intelligence Emotional Quotient (EQ) is a powerful tool for leadership development. In this session, we will discuss EQ and explore how you can use this tool to enhance your leadership.

Topic 13: Leading High Performance Teams Cath will share her experience of being in and leading high performance teams to showcase how you can implement these learnings in an organisation.

Topic 14: Summary of the Programme In this session the Programme Co-Directors will conclude the programme and consolidate your learning.