The Leadership Masterclass
- Articulate a personal leadership philosophy and test it against real dilemmas raised by peers.
- Apply a structured decision framework to a high-stakes leadership decision with competing interests.
- Evaluate personal crisis leadership readiness using a crisis simulation debrief.
- Diagnose the effectiveness of one's leadership team and define improvement priorities.
- Develop a succession and leader development plan for critical roles in one's area.
- Commit to a focused leadership agenda with personal practices for the coming year.
- Leadership Philosophy and Identity
- Defining personal leadership principles
- Values in action and leadership dilemmas
- Feedback on leadership impact
- High-Stakes Decision Making
- Decision frameworks for complex choices
- Balancing stakeholders and ethics
- Learning from decision failures
- Leading in Crisis
- Crisis leadership behaviours
- Communication under scrutiny
- Simulation exercise and debrief
- Leadership Teams and Culture
- Building a cohesive leadership team
- Culture as a leadership responsibility
- Addressing toxic behaviours
- Developing Leaders and Successors
- Identifying and growing talent
- Coaching and mentoring other leaders
- Succession planning for critical roles
- Personal Mastery and Renewal
- Energy, focus and reflection practices
- Peer consultation circles
- Personal leadership agenda
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Program Professional Framework
The Leadership Masterclass
Program Overview
This intensive masterclass brings experienced leaders together to sharpen judgement on the toughest leadership questions rather than revisit basics. Each session centres on a demanding theme: making high-stakes decisions with incomplete information, leading in crisis, building leadership teams, shaping culture, developing successors and maintaining personal effectiveness and integrity under pressure. The format combines short expert inputs, executive cases, structured peer consultation and personal reflection. Cases are drawn from Gulf organisations and global examples, inviting participants to test their own leadership philosophy, learn from peers facing similar challenges and leave with a sharper, more deliberate leadership agenda.
Learning Outcomes
- ✓Articulate a personal leadership philosophy and test it against real dilemmas raised by peers.
- ✓Apply a structured decision framework to a high-stakes leadership decision with competing interests.
- ✓Evaluate personal crisis leadership readiness using a crisis simulation debrief.
- ✓Diagnose the effectiveness of one's leadership team and define improvement priorities.
- ✓Develop a succession and leader development plan for critical roles in one's area.
- ✓Commit to a focused leadership agenda with personal practices for the coming year.
Target Audience
- Senior managers and directors with significant leadership experience
- Heads of departments and business units
- Executives preparing for broader leadership responsibilities
- Leaders of large or geographically distributed teams
Detailed Program Modules
01Leadership Philosophy and Identity
- Defining personal leadership principles
- Values in action and leadership dilemmas
- Feedback on leadership impact
02High-Stakes Decision Making
- Decision frameworks for complex choices
- Balancing stakeholders and ethics
- Learning from decision failures
03Leading in Crisis
- Crisis leadership behaviours
- Communication under scrutiny
- Simulation exercise and debrief
04Leadership Teams and Culture
- Building a cohesive leadership team
- Culture as a leadership responsibility
- Addressing toxic behaviours
05Developing Leaders and Successors
- Identifying and growing talent
- Coaching and mentoring other leaders
- Succession planning for critical roles
06Personal Mastery and Renewal
- Energy, focus and reflection practices
- Peer consultation circles
- Personal leadership agenda
Training Methodology
Applied Project & Assessment
Applied Project
Participants bring a current leadership challenge to a structured peer consultation, then submit a personal leadership agenda capturing their leadership philosophy, a decision plan for the challenge, a leadership team improvement plan and a succession development plan for one critical role.
Assessment
Short diagnostic at the start, practical tasks linked to each learning outcome, and evaluation of the applied project against published criteria.


