Executive Leadership and Organisational Performance

Programme Summary

Executive leadership requires clear choices about strategy, culture, resources and accountability under uncertainty. This programme develops an integrated approach to leading organisational performance across functions and stakeholder interests. Participants examine a complex enterprise case, challenge assumptions and prepare a leadership agenda that connects strategic priorities, governance, talent and performance review with practical decisions and measurable followthrough.

Training Objectives

1 Strengthen enterprise perspective and strategic judgment; 2 Connect leadership behaviour with organisational culture; 3 Improve alignment of priorities resources and accountability; 4 Develop effective executive communication and governance; 5 Build a coherent organisational performance agenda.

Learning Outcomes

1 Diagnose enterprise challenges using multiple perspectives; 2 Prioritise strategic choices and resource tradeoffs; 3 Evaluate leadership and culture related risks; 4 Design an executive performance review structure; 5 Defend a practical organisational leadership agenda.

Target Audience

Executive Directors; General Managers; Business Unit Directors; Functional Directors; Country Managers; Senior Operations Leaders.

Target Industries

Manufacturing Groups; Healthcare Networks; Financial Services; Infrastructure Companies; Professional Services; Retail Groups.

Course Contents

• Module 1 Executive Role and Value: Enterprise responsibilities and strategic perspective; Leadership accountabilities and decision boundaries; Stakeholder expectations and organisational purpose.
• Module 2 Business Context and Uncertainty: External trends and competitive dynamics; Scenario assumptions and emerging risks; Distinguishing evidence from executive opinion.
• Module 3 Strategic Choices: Advantage positioning and value creation; Priorities tradeoffs and explicit exclusions; Testing coherence of strategic choices.
• Module 4 Organisational Performance Diagnosis: Financial operational and customer evidence; Capability constraints and systemic problems; Root causes behind performance patterns.
• Module 5 Governance and Accountability: Board management and operational interfaces; Decision rights and escalation responsibilities; Transparent reporting and challenge culture.
• Module 6 Capital and Resource Allocation: Investment choices and portfolio priorities; Capacity constraints and opportunity costs; Assumptions sensitivity and funding gates.
• Module 7 Executive Decision Quality: Decision framing and option generation; Cognitive bias and constructive challenge; Documenting rationale and uncertainty.
• Module 8 Culture and Leadership Behaviour: Values behaviours and organisational signals; Incentives consequences and ethical consistency; Psychological safety and speaking up.
• Module 9 Organisation and Operating Model: Structures processes and accountability alignment; Cross functional coordination and interfaces; Centralisation autonomy and service models.
• Module 10 Talent and Succession: Critical roles and capability requirements; Talent pipelines and succession exposure; Development opportunities and retention priorities.
• Module 11 Leading Senior Teams: Shared purpose and collective accountability; Productive challenge and team dynamics; Resolving executive tensions and dependencies.
• Module 12 Change and Transformation: Transformation priorities and readiness assessment; Sponsorship commitment and implementation capacity; Adoption barriers and sustained behaviour change.
• Module 13 Stakeholder Relationships: Influence trust and relationship priorities; Competing interests and expectation management; Partnerships regulators and community interfaces.
• Module 14 Executive Communication: Clear messages and strategic narratives; Communicating uncertainty and difficult decisions; Listening feedback and leadership visibility.
• Module 15 Risk and Resilience: Strategic risks and control ownership; Crisis preparedness and executive decisions; Continuity priorities and organisational learning.
• Module 16 Performance Measurement: Outcome drivers and balanced indicators; Data quality and unintended incentives; Reviewing leading and lagging evidence.
• Module 17 Execution Governance: Milestones dependencies and action ownership; Performance dialogues and intervention choices; Removing barriers and reallocating resources.
• Module 18 Ethical Leadership: Conflicts incentives and misconduct warning signs; Fairness transparency and professional conduct; Escalation investigations and leadership accountability.
• Module 19 Leadership Agenda Development: Translating diagnosis into priority actions; Sequencing resources and stakeholder commitments; Defining success evidence and review dates.
• Module 20 Executive Case Presentation: Defending a coherent enterprise recommendation; Responding to stakeholder challenge questions; Refining commitments and followthrough arrangements.

Assessment

• 100 single best answer questions, including applied scenarios; one mark per question.
• 150 minute invigilated digital examination with identity verification. Approved accessibility adjustments preserve the assessed competence.
• Supplied reference pack permitted; external internet and AI assistance prohibited.
• Individual applied assessment (90 minutes): Present an executive leadership agenda for a supplied enterprise, integrating strategic choices, resource priorities, culture actions and a performance review framework.
• Assessment criteria: Coherence of enterprise diagnosis and priorities; Quality of governance and resource tradeoffs; Practicality of leadership actions and measures.
• Pass each component separately: 75/100 written marks (75%) and at least 70% on the applied task.
• Individual results and feedback are provided. One reassessment may follow coaching under the published enrolment terms.

Certification

• Successful learners receive a TQCSI Arabia digital Certificate of Successful Completion.
• The certificate records the learner name, exact programme title, teaching hours, completion date and unique verification reference.
• Verified identity, full attendance and separate written and applied passes are required; all mandatory critical criteria must be met.
• Proposed issue target: within 30 calendar days of approved results and settlement of applicable fees.
• Records assessed executive leadership development; it does not confer a professional designation, board appointment or guarantee organisational results.
• Attendance confirmation may record completed hours for unsuccessful learners; it does not certify successful completion.

Programme Profile

Number of daysNumber of daysNumber of days

555

Total teaching hoursTotal teaching hoursTotal teaching hours

35 hours; breaks, pre course work and formal final assessments excluded.35 hours; breaks, pre course work and formal final assessments excluded.35 hours; breaks, pre course work and formal final assessments excluded.

Delegates allowedDelegates allowedDelegates allowed

Maximum 20 delegates.Maximum 20 delegates.Maximum 20 delegates.

Training prerequisitesTraining prerequisitesTraining prerequisites

Senior management responsibility and at least five years of management experience are recommended. Participants should understand business planning, organisational finance and people leadership.Senior management responsibility and at least five years of management experience are recommended. Participants should understand business planning, organisational finance and people leadership.Senior management responsibility and at least five years of management experience are recommended. Participants should understand business planning, organisational finance and people leadership.

Pre course assignment and assessmentPre course assignment and assessmentPre course assignment and assessment

Analyse a supplied enterprise case and complete a 45 minute leadership priorities diagnostic.Analyse a supplied enterprise case and complete a 45 minute leadership priorities diagnostic.Analyse a supplied enterprise case and complete a 45 minute leadership priorities diagnostic.

End of course assessmentEnd of course assessmentEnd of course assessment

100 question written exam (150 minutes) and individual applied task (90 minutes).100 question written exam (150 minutes) and individual applied task (90 minutes).100 question written exam (150 minutes) and individual applied task (90 minutes).

Passing criteriaPassing criteriaPassing criteria

75% written and 70% applied, passed separately; full attendance.75% written and 70% applied, passed separately; full attendance.75% written and 70% applied, passed separately; full attendance.