Table of Contents

UNDERSTANDING STRATEGIC LEADERSHIPTool No 1. The Seven Core Competencies of LeadershipTool No 2. The ongoing debate about leadership and managementTool No 3. The Leadership process hierarchyTool No 4. Levels of leadershipTool No 5 Political and networking skills at the strategic levelUNDERSTANDING YOURSELFTool No 6. A general leadership audit Tool No 7. Understanding your personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats and preferencesTool No 8. Your Leadership Impact Index LI2Tool No 9. Understanding the principle of exposing selective weaknesses to build rapportTool No 10. What?s really important to you ? your personal valuesTool No 11. Developing your personal knowledge baseTool No 12. Decision making under pressureTool No 13. Do people trust you? CREATING DIRECTIONTool No 14. The power of a compelling visionTool No 15. Handling information and uncertaintyTool No 16. Strategic Goal SettingTool No 17. Creating your Strategic MapLEADING OTHERSTool No 18. Understanding what makes others tick - meta programmesTool No 19. How credible and believable are you as a leader?Tool No 20. Developing your sense of Tough EmpathyTool No 21. The importance of developing Emotional IntelligenceTool No 22. The power of reframingTool No 23. Winning Hearts and MindsTool No 24. Developing Intellectual Capital through a learning cultureTool No 25. Enabling and empowering othersTool No 26. Building confidence and improving moraleTool No 27. Developing emotional capitalTool No 28. Strategic coaching skillsVISIBILITY AND COMMUNICATIONTool No 29. How visible are you as a leader?Tool No 30. Accessibility and approachabilityTool No 31. The pros and cons of the open door policyTool No 32. The power of the role model - do you set a good example?Tool No 33. Using language and rhetoric to inspire othersDEVELOPING INTELLIGENT OBJECTIVITYTool No