"Leaders are those who empower others"
Professor Martin Lockett
PhD, University of Cambridge/Professor of Strategic Management
Professor Martin Lockett’s career brings together the academic and business worlds. After 13 years’ research and teaching in leading universities (Cambridge, Open University, Imperial College, Oxford), he spent 16 years in a variety of senior business roles including general management, strategy consulting, business development, and management of major change programmes. This included working for John Lewis, KPMG, American Management Systems, Sapient and Arthur D Little with experience in Europe, Asia, US, Middle East and Africa.
He then moved back to the academic world at Ashridge where he became Dean of Academic Development. In 2017, he moved to his current role as Dean of the Faculty of Business at UNNC. Martin has taught on a wide range of degree programmes including undergraduate and masters/ MBA at universities and business schools including Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial College, Open University and Ashridge as well as visiting roles at Birkbeck College London and Syracuse University.
Overview
In today’s society, human capital is even more important than financial capital. With the continuous development of Chinese and international companies, competition is increasingly fierce. The global environment is becoming more complex. So companies need more and higher quality leaders to help them achieve success. This module will enhance the efficiency of your company’s leadership to maximize their contributions to the company.
Who should attend
The module will be customized according to the needs of executives, managers and professionals from different organization levels: middle / senior executives / managers and professionals
How you will benefit
This module will enable you to:
- Expand your horizons with innovative, international leadership ideas
- Understand the unique features of a highly effective leader in China
- Lead and inspire others more effectively as individuals and in teams
- Understand different leadership styles and their effectiveness
- Develop awareness of your strengths and how to use them
- Understand others to build trust, influence and deal with conflicts
- Lead organizational change more effectively
Key Focus
Cross-cultural Leadership
- The value of diversity
- Cross-cultural differences
- Managing across cultures
- Strengths and challenges of Chinese culture and leadership
The Future of Leadership
- Leadership in a VUCA [volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous] world
- Leading a changing workforce
- Managing virtual teams
- Your personal leadership vision
Leading Organisations
- Developing vision and strategy
- Connecting leadership and financial success
- Trust and leadership by example
- Creating psychological safety for staff
Innovative Leadership
- The importance of innovation
- People and success in innovation
- Creativity and design thinking
- Developing innovative leadership
Developing Teams
- Why teams can and do differ
- Stages of team development
- Analysing and overcoming team issues
- Strengths-based team development
Leading Change
- Understanding change as a process
- Planned and emergent models of change
- Building an organization that treat a change as a potential opportunity
- How to lead change successfully
The Fundamentals of High-Performance Leadership
- What makes good leaders at all levels of organisations
- Key leadership styles
- Situational leadership and coaching
- Leadership transitions
Strengths-based Leadership Development
- Strengths-based versus traditional approaches
- Identifying and recognising your personal strengths
- Developing a personal action plan
- Using your personal strengths as a leader
Executive Education
Room 404, IEB, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, 199 Taikang East Road Ningbo, 315100, China
Tel: +86 (0)574 8818 0000-8812 Email: ExecEd@nottingham.edu.cn