My Leadership Journey

• Identify Your Most Important Leadership Challenges and Insights to Address These Challenges
• Describe AMA’s Total Professional Model and Leader Level Competencies
• Identify Your Strengths and Development Needs Based on AMA’s Leader Level Competencies
• Evaluate the Relationships Between Your Leadership Challenges and Your Assessment Results

Strategic Leadership

• Describe Leadership and Management Behaviors and Their Relationship to Your Role in Your Organization
• Define the Elements of Strategic Leadership and a Strategic Plan
• Focus on the Vision, Mission, and Values for the Area You Lead and Draft the Components
• Apply the Essence of Goal Setting to Set Goals That Will Be Accomplished
• Focus on the Significance of Prioritization Based on a Sense of Urgency and Importance

Leveraging Professional Effectiveness

• Define Emotional Intelligence and Its Importance
• Identify Your EI Strengths and Development Needs
• Apply Techniques and Practices to Develop Your Emotional Intelligence
• Refine Your Strategy and Practice Professional Effectiveness, Communication and Leadership/Executive Presence Skills

Developing the Talents of Others

• Identify the Relationships Between Work Environment and Individual Factors of Performance
• Recognize the Relationships Among Strategy and Individual Performance
• Apply Strategic Leadership Skills to Develop Team Members
• Practice a Coaching Process to Support Self-Reliant Problem Solving and Personal Accountability

Aligning Organizational Culture and Engagement with Strategy

• Recognize the Importance of Shaping Organizational Culture
• Assess the Culture of Your Organization or Team
• Consider the Alignment of Your Personal Values with the Values of Your Organization
• Identify the Types of Organizational Cultures and Their Influence on Members
• Describe the Importance of Leading and Trust with Your Team Members

The Art and Science of Inspirational Leadership

• Create and Share a Personal Crest That Describes Your Authentic Leadership Attributes
• Describe the Relationship Between Leadership and Employee Engagement
• Differentiate Between Recognition and Reward Practices Based on the Personal Preferences of Others (Onsite and Virtually)
• Identify Actions You Will Take to Create a More Motivating Workplace

Leadership Development Plans

• Prepare and Plan for Your Continued Leadership Development
• Complete and Receive Feedback on Your Leadership Development Plan

Context of Strategic Thinking

• Define Strategic Thinking and Recognise How It Can Be Used in Your Day-to-Day Work
• Compare and Contrast Strategic Thinking to Analytical Thinking, Critical Thinking, and Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
• Identify the Characteristics of Strategic Thinkers

Strategic Thinking Process and Skills

• Explain a Model for Strategic Thinking in Day-to-Day Activities and Work Applications
• List Skills and Tools That Can Be Used to Support Strategic Thinking

Assess the Current State

• Identify the Influences and Relationships at Different Levels of an Organization That Can Impact a Strategy
• Recognise and Identify Patterns of Interaction and Development That Are Likely to Influence the Effectiveness of a Strategy
• Incorporate Multiple Perspectives on a Possible Strategy, and Assess Different Influences on the Potential Success

Envision a Desired Future State

• Envision a Desired Future State
• Recognise and Use Thinking Skills That Support Imagining New Ways of Relating to the Market and Customers

Build Your Path on Paper

• Identify and Sequence the Multiple Steps to Move from the Current State of the Issue/Opportunity to the Desire Future State
• Anticipate the Reactions/Responses of Others in the Larger Systems Impacting Your Situation
• Identify and Conduct Experiments and Tests That Point Your Way Forward

Implement Your Strategic Knowledge and Skills

• Assess What You Gained from Applying Strategic Thinking Tools to Your Project
• Anticipate Pitfalls You May Encounter as a Strategic Thinker
• Create an Action Plan for Development of Strategic Thinking Skills