The British Museum’s Great Court roof, the Smithsonian’s courtyard canopy, the terminal building at Beijing’s new airport — each of these landmark projects was only possible because the organisation behind it had already solved a harder problem: building a team capable of leading digital transformation, not just adopting digital tools. Parametric design, BIM, and generative design only pay off when the right people are leading them, which is exactly the gap most organisations underestimate.

This training course by the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy focuses on that gap. It gives business and HR leaders a practical framework for identifying who belongs on a digital leadership team, how to qualify and develop them, and what it takes to sustain digital leadership as an ongoing organisational capability rather than a one-off project.

Who Should Attend?

• Business leaders and HR professionals responsible for building organisational capability.
• Digital transformation leaders committed to developing the talent their company needs to compete digitally.

Programme Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Define what a digital leadership team actually requires, and identify who should — and shouldn’t — be on it.
• Organise, develop, and support that team in a way that sets it up to succeed.
• Apply a practical framework for identifying requirements and qualifying potential team leaders.
• Build the competencies, capabilities, and momentum needed to establish the company as a digital leader — and keep it that way.

Module 1: Finding and Qualifying Digital Leaders

• Where to look for candidates for a digital leadership team.
• How to qualify potential team leaders.
• Building the initial digital dream team from the ground up.

Module 2: Roles, Responsibilities, and Management Practices

• Overview of team roles and responsibilities.
• Detailed responsibilities for individual team members.
• Management processes and day-to-day practices.

Module 3: Developing the Team’s Strategic Capabilities

• Building professional skills and capabilities within the team.
• Leading digital strategy and transformation planning.
• Creativity, leadership, prioritisation, and time management.

Module 4: Advanced Leadership and Strategic Thinking

• Advanced teamwork skills and efficient team leadership.
• Executive leadership, innovative strategic planning, and goal management.
• Applying modern leadership mechanisms and strategic thinking.

Module 5: Sustaining Excellence Under Pressure

• Excellence in leadership, planning, control, and guidance.
• Administrative innovation in organisation, planning, and coordination.
• Managing pressure, time, and prioritisation cycles.
• Ongoing planning, follow-up, and building an innovative work environment.