Course description
Today’s technology leaders need strategy, leadership, and innovation skills to better manage and overcome the ever-evolving technology sector. There is a need to constantly innovate, build and implement value-based strategies in the administration of a technology organization.
How does technology influence leadership?
Advancements in technology have infiltrated almost every sector of society, with leadership and management not being left behind. Technology plays a crucial role in the administration of current services and organizations, enabling employees to reasonably implement a wide range of services. It allows leaders to manage and oversee the organization’s running from a distance while productivity and quality of services. With the aid of technology, leaders can inspect the number of tasks performed by team members in real time. It also allows leaders to communicate with workers, customers, and stakeholders in several ways, and social media presence also gives leaders and their organizations greater exposure and relevance.
Below are some of the ways technology influences leadership:
- Ability to manage anywhere in real-time
- Eliminate language and cultural barriers
- Automated management
- Offers greater flexibility to employees
- Improves service delivery
What are the qualities of good technology leaders?
Technology leadership involves the management and leadership of various technical departments within a company. Therefore, technology leadership skills are essential for leaders who make strong impacts within the technology sector. In the technology space, innovation is prized, and leaders within such environments must possess strong creative abilities and the ability to solve complex problems. In addition, the technology world is a highly competitive space, and technology leaders are required to possess the following leadership qualities:
- Effective communication skills
- Creative abilities
- Confidence and ability to inspire trust
- Embracing emerging technologies
- Interpersonal skills
- Selflessness
The Rcademy Innovative Technology Leader training course will provide attendees with the basics of innovative leadership and how to become a successful technology leader. The course covers how to respond to rapidly changing and complex challenges within the world of information technology. Participants will learn about design thinking and how to apply it in the running of their organization. Focus is also given to the post of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and their roles within the organization. Attendees will learn how to identify the key drivers of innovation and the importance of effective leadership.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
The Rcademy Innovative Technology Leader training course is designed to help participants achieve the following outcomes:
- Understand the basics of innovative technology leadership and the roles of an innovative leader
- Identify the tools and techniques used to drive technological changes within an organization
- Understand current trends in leadership and how to leverage technology for competitive advantage
- Learn about the roles of the chief technology officer in an organization
- Understand the needs of customers and users using the principles of design thinking
- Recognize various challenges of leadership and how to overcome them successfully
- Recognize global trends in leadership and how to build effective communication and management skills
- Learn how to build the qualities and characters in effective leadership
Training Course Content
Module 1: Introduction to Innovative Technology Leadership
- Overview and definition of terms
- The importance of technology leadership
- The characteristics of an excellent technology leader
- The Roles and Responsibilities of technology leaders
- Types of technology leaders
- The Principles of innovative leadership
- Innovation vs creativity
Module 2: Developing as an Innovative Leader
- The qualities of innovation
- Innovating for change
- Innovating with values
- The elements of innovative leadership
- Discovering your strengths and weaknesses
- Transforming from innovator to innovation leadership
- Self-awareness and creativity
Module 3: The Chief Technology Officer
- Overview and definition of terms
- The roles and responsibilities of the chief technology officer
- The challenges of chief technology officers
- The differences and similarities between chief technology officers and IT managers
- The chief technology officer, as a leader
- Becoming a chief technology officer
Module 4: Innovation and Design Thinking
- Overview and definition of terms
- The importance of design thinking
- The Principles of design thinking
- Integrating design thinking into the administration of the organization
- Rapid prototyping
- Iteration
- Feedback
- Collaboration
- Design thinking and innovation
- Challenges of design thinking
Module 5: IT Performance Metrics
- Building a measurement strategy
- Designing best practices
- Using key performance indicators
- Implementing metrics
- Integrating metrics into the strategic plan
- Managing by facts and results
Module 6: Innovating with Purpose
- Building an innovative personal style as a leader
- Empowering innovators
- Innovating for global impact
- Global trends in innovation
- Innovation and workplace culture
Module 7: Managing IT Quality
- Managing by process
- Deploying maturity models
- Applying international standards
- Using process management
- Defining quality
- The importance of process management
- Deploying maturing models
Module 8: Organising for Product Market Fit
- The facets of strategic leadership
- The challenges of maintaining long-term profitable growth and vision
- Setting strategic direction
- Managing the strategy-making process
- The interplays between corporate, business, divisional, and personal levels of strategy-making
Module 9: The Neuroscience of Decision-Making
- Understanding how customers make decisions
- The basic neural systems
- The Roles of Emotions in Customers’ decision-making process
- Shaping clients’ emotions for loyalty
- Liking and wanting systems
- The instinctual brain systems
- Practicing effective communications
Module 10: Leading and Managing the IT Unit
- The duties of the IT manager
- Valuing IT services
- The challenges of IT leaders
- Communicating IT Values to the management, end-users, and peers
- Developing and adopting new technologies
- The strategies for managing existing technology
- Effective management of assets
Course delivery details
This course is participant-oriented and is specially designed to meet participants’ expectations and enhance their knowledge and skills. Different renowned approaches and techniques that will ensure constant and active learning by the participants will be employed in presenting this course. Experts will teach the course with years of experience and practice. The course modules are curated from in-depth and extensive research on innovative technology leadership.
The Innovative Technology Leader integrates practical and theoretical learning by offering participants slides on the concept, case studies, lecture notes, and real-life scenarios. Attendees will also be able to partake in quizzes, presentations, seminar workshops, and constant feedback on the lessons learned to confirm their optimal satisfaction.
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