Advanced Strategy for Directors & Leaders

COURSE DURATION    5 DAYS

Dates: 2^nd – 6^th March 2026

The current global landscape is getting more volatile and uncertain. Directors and senior leaders face unprecedented levels of complexity and uncertainty. Navigating economic disruptions, geopolitical tensions, and rapid industry shifts demands a strategic mindset equipped to respond with agility and foresight. This ALARDI Course is designed to provide senior decision-makers with the frameworks, tools, and insights required to lead their organisations through turbulent times with confidence.

This high-level training course encourages participants to evaluate strategic challenges, align internal capabilities with external realities, and engage stakeholders in developing sustainable, forward-thinking strategies. By combining expert instruction with interactive discussions and strategic simulations, delegates will enhance their ability to shape vision, steer transformation, and deliver impactful outcomes.

Objectives

At the end of this Advanced Strategy for Directors & Leaders course, you will learn to:

• Understand the challenge of strategy and managing uncertainty
• Develop business acumen in the use of key strategic tools
• Recognise the importance of leadership qualities such as developing clear messages
• Apply both data analysis and creativity to strategy development
• Develop skills in employee engagement and alignment to deliver the strategy

Who Should Attend?

This Senior & Executive Level Leadership Program is suitable for a wide range of professionals in communication and marketing, but will greatly benefit:

• CEOs
• Board Members
• Directors
• General Managers
• Commissioners
• Senior Management
• Industry Leaders
• Permanent Secretaries/ Undersecretaries
• Government Ministers
• Those aspiring to reach a senior level within their organization

Training Methodology

This course utilises a variety of proven, highly interactive adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension, and retention of the information presented. This includes facilitated group and individual exercises, case studies, role-play, and videos. The instructor will also facilitate learning by encouraging the delegates to test and critically appraise any theories and concepts on the training course.

Organisational Impact

Directors with a broad understanding of strategy will be better able to run agile organisations, which are more adaptable and better prepared to respond to unexpected external shocks, thereby improving decisions and aligning the organisation to make rapid and necessary adjustments. 

• Directors receive regular and accurate information about organisational capabilities
• Directors are briefed regularly on external factors: political, economic, environmental, social, and technological, to enable agile responses
• Directors ensure that the results of business analysis are heard and understood
• Directors recognise that organisational culture may impact decision-making
• Directors check that top-down and bottom-up communication channels are consistent and effective
• Directors ensure that performance management systems are fit for purpose

Personal Impact

The delegates will get the opportunity to enhance their strategic skills in a safe and challenging environment:

• Become adept at using different strategic analytical tools
• Recognise the psychological factors affecting the senior team’s decision-making
• Ensure that planning teams and processes are fit for purpose
• Recognise the key factors supporting organisational agility
• Ensure messages are clear and consistently communicated
• Enhance key leadership capabilities and skills

Course Outline

DAY 1: Navigating Strategy Through Uncertainty

• What strategy ‘is’ and ‘is not’?
• Defining the end point: Vision, mission, and objectives
• Stakeholders’ points of view
• The psychology of regret
• The challenge of decision-making

DAY 2: Strategic Business Analysis

• Analysis: External factors
• Industry analysis
• Product and industry life cycles
• Competitor analysis
• Determining priorities

DAY  3: The Role of Leaders in Delivering Strategy

• Leadership qualities for strategic management
• Cascading goals
• Managing conflict across organisational boundaries
• Developing and communicating a clear message
• Influence, negotiation, and persuasion

DAY 4: Striking a Balance between Data and Creativity

• Tracking business performance
• Converting data into usable information
• Does innovation stem from numbers?
• Imagining possible futures (scenarios)
• Planning for innovation

DAY 5: Alignment to Strategic Goals

• How effective is your performance management process?
• Engaging with and motivating staff
• Handling strategic drift and ever-changing goals
• Identifying change agents
• Delegating decisions
• Personal development planning

Certificate

• On successful completion of this training course, the ALARDI Africa Certificate will be issued to the participants.

Venue:

Kenya-Mombasa                          Cost USD 1850

Egypt-Cairo                                    Cost USD 2100

Singapore City, Singapore           Cost USD 3500

Dates: 2^nd – 6^th March 2026