Leading Through Transformation

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Course Overview

This executive program for senior leaders navigates the unprecedented changes sweeping Saudi Arabia. In the era of Vision 2030, leaders are called to be more than reform implementers: they must become architects of transformation who redefine how their organizations think, work, and lead. This program equips them with the mindset and methods required to deliver results in high-ambition environment

Andrej M.
Associate Director – Executive Education
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Key Takeaways

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Diagnose and flex your change style
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Translate strategy into disciplined execution
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Mobilize hearts, build resilience, and hold teams accountable
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Lead adaptively through complexity and continuous learning
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Think in systems and multiple futures

HEC Paris
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HEC Paris is a globally recognized leader in executive education, making a lasting impact on organizations through the design and delivery of cutting-edge, customized learning solutions. Leveraging global resources from its branch campus in Qatar, HEC Paris provides proximity and ensures relevance for organizations operating throughout the region. Founded in 1881 by the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, HEC Paris is an internationally renowned Business School ranked among the world leaders in education. Executive Education at HEC Paris expanded significantly throughout the late 1990s to meet the professional educational needs of senior managers and executives and today offers a comprehensive range of specialized programs. HEC Paris shares consistent foundations across all its activities — a teaching approach with a strong international focus, academic partnerships with prestigious universities and schools, close working relationships with major companies, a network of 80,000 alumni worldwide, and a renowned and multicultural faculty. Through its Executive Education activities, HEC Paris plays a major role in the professionalization of managers and the transformation of the economy.

Course Outline

Day 1
Embracing Complexity and Uncertainty: The Old and the New – Escaping the Success Trap

Description: How to recognize and leverage uncertainty and paradox as strategic tools in complex environments, and how past winning mindsets and tools can become barriers in new and shifting environments.
 

+ Learning Objectives:

→ Recognize the defining features of complex problems

→ Understand why certainty-seeking behaviors fail in ambiguous contexts  

→ Develop comfort with uncertainty as a leadership asset rather than a weakness

→ Identify the cognitive and behavioral patterns reinforced by past success

→ Understand how familiar frameworks create blind spots in novel contexts

→ Recognize early signals that a context shift demands a new approach

Day 2
Building Your Leadership Team to Address Difficult Challenges: Leadership and Teamwork Under Pressure

Description: How past winning mindsets and tools can become barriers in new and shifting environments, and how to create sound decision-making spaces when facing high uncertainty and complexity.
 

+ Learning Objectives:
 

→ Define the capabilities needed to lead through complexity

→ Identify gaps and biases within existing team compositions

→ Build collective sense-making practices across the team

→ Distinguish between decision-making models suited to stable vs. volatile contexts

→ Design conditions that improve judgment quality under stress

→ Build reflective routines to learn and adapt from decisions made under pressure

Day 3
Change in the context of national ambition and frameworks for change through adopting multiple perspectives.

Description: Explore change management and the unique challenges and opportunities of leading change in Saudi Arabia’s transformative era, alongside an introduction to a change framework that incorporates multiple perspectives for change agents.
 

+ Learning objectives:
 

→ Understand your own and other assumptions about change

→ Apply frameworks to diagnose a real-world change challenge thru Analyzing a Change Case

→ Team presentations: Case Analysis

→ Present findings and receive peer/instructor feedback

→ Learn to adopt diverse perspectives (e.g., cultural, structural, human) to tackle change challenges.

→ Frameworks for change: Adopting Multiple Perspectives

→ Work in groups to apply frameworks to your own change challenge and draft an action plan.

Day 4
Introduction to Change Simulation and Change Implementation

Description: This session focuses on change implementation and introduces a process framework for planning and executing change interventions. Through interaction with a computer-based simulation, teams receive immediate feedback on their implemented tactics and can continuously adjust their approach.
 

+ Learning Objectives:
 

→ Diagnose driving and restraining forces in a simulated change scenario

→ Know how to plan and execute change initiatives

→ Diagnose driving and restraining forces in a simulated change scenario

→ Know how to plan and execute change initiatives

→ Change Management Simulation: Case analysis and theory

Who Should Attend?

Senior Leaders

This executive program for senior leaders navigates the unprecedented changes sweeping Saudi Arabia. In the era of Vision 2030, leaders are called to be more than reform implementers: they must become architects of transformation who redefine how their organizations think, work, and lead. This program equips them with the mindset and methods required to deliver results in high-ambition environments marked by uncertainty, complexity, and intense performance pressure.

FAQ

What language will the course be taught in and what level of English do I need to take part in an LEORON training program?
Most of our public courses are delivered in English language. You need to be proficient in English to be able to fully participate in the workshop and network with other delegates. For in-house courses we have the capability to train in Arabic, Dutch, German and Portuguese.
Are LEORON Public courses certified by an official body/organization?
LEORON Institute partners with 20+ international bodies and associations.We also award continuing professional development credits (CPE/PDUs) for:1. NASBA (National Association of State Boards of Accountancy) 2. Project Management Institute PDUs 3. CISI credits 4. GARP credits 5. HRCI recertification credits 6. SHRM recertification credits
What is the deadline for registering to a public course?
The deadline to register for a public course is 14 days before the course starts. Kindly note that occasionally we do accept late registrations as well, but this needs to be confirmed with the project manager of the training program or with our registration desk that can be reached at +1071 4 1075 5711 or [email protected].
What does the course fee cover?
The course fee covers a premium training experience in a 5-star hotel, learning materials, lunches & refreshments, and for some courses, the certification fee and membership with the accrediting bodies.
Does LEORON give discounts?
Yes, we can provide discounts for group bookings. If you would like to discuss a discount on a corporate level, we will be happy to talk to you.

Reviews

  • Review:
    Certified Professional in Quality and Patient Safety
    We have been working with LEORON for the past two years and will be working with them again this upcoming year. The programs they delivered were fruitful and exciting and our organization has received positive feedback from the participants. What our organization aims to do is to provide at no cost training for all the private sector employees so that they may benefit from our offered programs in Innovation and Professional development. Leoron has helped us achieve this goal. We look forward to continuing this service and wish them the best of luck. Regards,
    Nasser M. Al-Subaie
  • Review:
    Certified Professional in Quality and Patient Safety
    Since the partnership was signed between BAE Systems Saudi Development & Training and LEORON in 2017, we have been working together to offer the Saudi market a complete portfolio of training solutions benefiting from the wide and extensive experience of both parties. Recognizing the great success of this partnership, we are looking for further collaborations in the future that will position both companies as one of the leading training providers in Saudi Arabia. We thank the LEORON team for their full cooperation and continuing support, and look forward to further success together in the years to come.
    Emad Alrajih
  • Review:
    Certified Professional in Quality and Patient Safety
    Dating back to 2014, Mobily’s “LEORON” experience has grown from a single collaboration to a long-term partnership. We consider “LEORON” Institute as a strategic partner, whose contribution has been nothing but premium in equipping our staff with field-based knowledge and information. Past three years have resulted with an expanded collaboration with superior customer service and support. Best Regards,
    Turki S. Alsahaan
  • Review:
    IAMM Internal Audit Maturity Model
    In recognition of their dedication and contribution supporting IKEA Saudi Arabia in arranging training programs during 2017 & 2018, looking forward for more development and exciting effort this year. On behalf of IKEA Saudi Arabia, THANK YOU!
    Dalal Kutbi