Arben Consulting's Digital Leadership courses is designed to equip aspiring or new CIOs with the skills, knowledge and mindset needed to be effective information leaders in the age of digital dependence. The live course is delivered online over a series of afternoons and will empower your business to move from operational to strategic IT.
Drawing on deep experience and vital industry knowledge, our business IT consultants will provide significant insight into what it takes to become a successful technology leader. With work undertaken in small teams participants will draw on their own experiences and build a network of colleagues.
Delivering actionable strategies
through key topics
We delve into various relevant topics in this Instructor-led live online CIO course. All course material is delivered electronically over two 3-hour sessions per week, through a week-on, week, off format over ten weeks. Topics covered include:
Session 1: Strategy
Actionable strategy through objective and in-house input. We explore the challenges and available risk management solutions to allow your leadership team to plan strategically for the future.
Session 2: Personal Leadership
Session 2: Personal Leadership
Understanding emotional intelligence and uncovering personal leadership styles. We focus on how individuality contributes to the overall health of an organisation.
Session 3: Leading Teams
Unpacking the dynamics of team leadership and giving a platform for feedback to weed out dysfunction and create a cohesive unit.
Session 4: Introduction to Change
With a focus on communication, we aim to drive successful change through overcoming leadership obstacles, engaging stakeholders and implementing critical digital systems.
Session 5: Successful Business Cases
Session 5: Successful Business Cases
By analysing successful business cases, we can identify benefits from investments, understand what defines a compelling business case and the role of finances and align budget projections.
Session 6: IT Governance in Practice
Session 6: IT Governance in Practice
Understanding IT Governance and maturity. Focussing on governance standards and the six principles for successful practice, including the role of the ISSP. This also highlights the parts and skills required to deal with ethical challenges.
Session 7: Security
Session 7: Security
Understand cyber posture and cyber risk mapping techniques through a practical risk and compliance approach to cybersecurity governance. Includes advice on communicating the benefits of security investments to critical stakeholders.
Session 8: Developing Critical Influencing Skills For Better Outcomes
Session 8: Developing Critical Influencing Skills For Better Outcomes
Understanding communication and influencing styles for better technology outcomes. Coursework includes a scenario-based approach to critical influence skills and covers group-meeting tips and the benefits of an outcome-focused approach.
Session 9: Conflict Management and Negotiation
Session 9: Conflict Management and Negotiation
Identifying the sources of conflict and discerning between healthy and unhealthy conflict approaches. We will uncover common negotiating tactics and look at alternatives to meet both parties' needs.
Cost: Price On Request