Two energy-sector team leaders can attend the same strategy meeting, hear the same targets, and walk away with completely different results six months later. The difference is rarely the strategy itself - it is whether the leader can translate it into daily decisions, motivated people, and measurable action. This Leading Strategy and People in the Energy Sector training course from Arab British Fellowship Training Academy is built around closing exactly that gap.

The course opens with strategy itself: how it is developed, where stakeholders disagree, which strategy tools actually hold up under pressure, and how to read the business environment specific to energy, before turning to self-awareness, because a leader who does not understand their own default behaviours struggles to read anyone else's.

From there, attendees build the relational and communication skills that make strategy land with real people: emotional intelligence, trust, and the ability to communicate a vision internally, externally, and virtually without it turning into "just words." A dedicated module covers the operational side - planning, delegation, recruiting, and coaching a team through both strong and weak performance.

The course finishes on leading through change and innovation, using tools such as red-and-blue-ocean thinking and Adair's action-centred leadership, and closes with a personal action plan so attendees leave with a concrete next step, not just notes.

Objective: by the end of this course, attendees will learn to:

• Read the strategic challenges specific to the energy industry and use analytical tools within their real limits.
• Build self-awareness of your own leadership behaviours and thinking style.
• Communicate a vision persuasively - internally, externally, and virtually - and build trust through emotional intelligence.
• Run the management cycle: planning, delegating, aligning objectives, and setting SMART goals.
• Recruit, coach, and manage team performance, including difficult conversations and feedback.
• Lead teams through innovation and organisational change, and build a personal action plan.

Who Should Attend?

This course is ideal for:

• Managers
• Supervisors and Team Leaders
• Those preparing for leadership roles
• Leaders wishing to update their skills
• Professionals who need strategic thinking skills
• Professionals wanting a refresher in strategy

How Will Attendees Benefit?

• Industry-specific leadership skills: manage complex operations, lead in high-risk environments, and adapt to regulatory change in the energy sector.
• Sharper, data-informed decisions: evaluate risk and read energy market trends to make better operational calls.
• Practical crisis and change management: lead teams through hostile conditions and organisational change with real tools.
• Stronger communication and influence: work across departments and technical, cross-functional environments with confidence.
• Aligned performance and productivity: connect leadership strategy to organisational goals and operational efficiency.
• A forward focus: progressive approaches to sustainability, innovation, and new energy technologies.

Module 1: Why Strategy Dies in Execution

• Strategy development, planning, and stakeholder consensus in the energy sector
• Popular strategy tools and their real-world limits
• Business, product, and market life cycles, and reading the business environment
• Turning strategy into measurable action: balanced scorecards and strategy maps

Module 2: Knowing Yourself Before Leading Others

• The changing nature of leadership and the leader's role today
• Self-assessment of leadership behaviours and thinking style
• Leadership from within

Module 3: Influence, Relationships, and Communication

• Emotional intelligence and flexibility across personality styles
• Building a credible circle of trust and resilient leadership
• Vision, mission, and values as more than words: culture, power, and influence
• Communicating internally, externally, and virtually; influencing, persuading, negotiating

Module 4: Running the Team: Productivity and People

• The management cycle: planning, organising, aligning objectives to strategy, SMART goals
• Delegation, empowerment, and critical success factors
• Recruiting, equipping, and resourcing the team; key performance indicators
• Mentoring, coaching, handling poor performance, and delivering feedback

Module 5: Leading Change, Innovation, and Your Own Next Step

• Problem solving, motivating the team, and leading high-performance teams
• Leading creativity, innovation (red and blue oceans), and organisational change
• Adair's action-centred leadership and different levels of engagement
• Turning measurement into forecasting and information, and building a personal action plan