Leadership for Impact

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Course Overview

In today’s fast-paced business environment, managers are
increasingly expected to step beyond operational excellence
and become impactful leaders. This transition requires
new capabilities—navigating ambiguity, inspiring teams,
influencing without formal authority, and driving sustainable
performance across diverse contexts.
Through interactive sessions, simulations, and peer dialogue,
participants will gain practical tools to elevate their leadership
impact and accelerate their transition from managing tasks
to leading people and outcomes. By the end of this program,
leaders will have:
• Greater self-awareness and leadership presence
• Practical strategies for influencing, engaging, and aligning
teams
• Confidence in making decisions under pressure
• Tools for leading change and sustaining high performance
in diverse environments

Egzona A.
Senior Adviser – Executive Education

Key Takeaways

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Develop personal leadership awareness and presence
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Lead diverse, high-performance teams
3
Influence stakeholders across complex, multicultural environments
4
Guide self and others through change and transformation.
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As one of the world's leading and largest graduate business schools, INSEAD offers participants a truly global educational experience. With locations in Europe (France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi) and North America (San Francisco) and alliances with top institutions, INSEAD's business education and research spans the globe. Our 165 renowned faculty members from 42 countries inspire more than 1,500 students in our degree and PhD programmes. In addition, more than 11,000 executives participate in INSEAD's executive education programmes each year.

Course Outline

DAY 1
Leading in a High-Performance, High-Pressure, Environment

Strategic Rationale: Senior executives must sustain results in contexts of pressure and ambiguity. This session builds awareness of the leadership habits that enable clarity, trust, and performance—especially in culturally diverse or fast-paced environments. Learning Objectives: • Identify leadership behaviors that drive or drain morale • Communicate with strategic clarity across functions and geographies • Build trust and psychological safety while upholding accountability • Adjust tone and presence to reinforce organizational values Learning Experience: Through case analysis and guided peer reflection, participants explore how subtle shifts in behavior and communication can elevate performance culture across different teams and markets.

Leading Teams for Results

Strategic Rationale: High-performing senior teams are the backbone of organizational success. This session helps senior executives architect environments that support both collaboration and high standards, especially when leading across functions, generations, or geographies. Learning Objectives: • Diagnose and improve senior team dynamics • Create clarity of roles, expectations, and norms • Manage conflict constructively and with cultural sensitivity • Foster inclusion, accountability, and trust Learning Experience: Participants engage in a simulation reflecting C-suite collaboration challenges. Facilitated debriefs extract lessons on how to enable high-impact teamwork through behavior, structure, and leadership presence.

DAY 2
Strategic Decision-Making Under Pressure and Ambiguity

Strategic Rationale: Top-level decisions are often made with incomplete data and high stakes. This session enhances judgment under pressure and equips leaders to align others in complex environments. Learning Objectives: • Recognize decision-making traps and biases • Improve quality and ownership of decisions by involving others • Use framing techniques to drive clarity and commitment • Lead confidently through ambiguity and complexity Learning Experience: Through an immersive simulation, participants confront highstakes trade-offs involving diverse stakeholders. Tools include decision framing models and engagement checklists to apply with executive teams.

Navigating Power and Politics of Influence Dynamics

Strategic Rationale: Senior executives must influence across boards, investors, regulators, and teams—often without using their formal authority. This session strengthens participants’ ability to mobilize others through credibility, shared purpose, and adaptive communication. Learning Objectives: • Build trust and credibility with diverse stakeholders • Use narrative and framing to align around a shared vision • Map informal influence networks and leverage social capital • Adjust influence strategies for varying resistance levels Learning Experience: Participants role-play influence scenarios such as winning board support, aligning cross-functional teams, and managing pushback. Tools include an evidence-based influence playbook and a checklist for effective communication tools.

DAY 3
Strategic Thinking for Impact

Strategic Rationale: Strategic leadership is about making hard choices and aligning the organization around them. This session deepens strategic framing and prioritization capabilities, enabling senior executives to clarify direction and generate strategic alignment. Learning Objectives: • Distinguish between strategic and operational issues • Apply frameworks to assess opportunities and risks • Communicate strategy in ways that mobilize action • Prioritize initiatives for long-term impact Learning Experience: Participants use frameworks such as the Strategy Filter and Three Horizons Model to analyze case challenges and their own organizational realities. Peer feedback and facilitated discussion sharpen insight and alignment.

From Vision to Execution

Strategic Rationale: Great strategies often fail in execution. This session equips leaders to turn strategic priorities into disciplined, coordinated, and adaptive action across the organization. Learning Objectives: • Identify and remove barriers to execution • Sequence and resource initiatives effectively • Build mechanisms for accountability and momentum • Adapt execution without losing strategic focus Learning Experience: Participants use tools like the Execution Roadmap and Enablement Grid to map how vision translates into sustained action. Group consulting exercises generate insight into executional blockages and how Senior executives can overcome them through alignment, structure, and culture.

Who Should Attend?

Department heads and team leaders

Managers

High-potential professionals preparing for executive
responsibilities

Project and functional leads managing cross-functional or
multicultural teams

Professionals driving organizational change or innovation
initiatives

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