Training Course in Leading with Inspiration: Creativity and Innovation for Modern Leaders
1Summary
Teams don't run on instructions alone — they run on energy, and that energy is set by the person leading them. This Arab British Fellowship Training Academy course looks at leadership from that angle: not as a set of controls to apply, but as the ability to inspire people toward genuinely high performance, on a regular basis rather than in occasional bursts.
Because inspiration without direction tends to fade quickly, the course also builds the practical framework leaders need around it: a shared vision the team can rally behind, and the conditions that let creativity and innovation actually take root inside an organisation.
2Objectives and target group
Who Should Attend?
- Managers, directors and team leaders.
- Anyone wanting to build a self-motivated workforce and communicate a vision more effectively.
- Professionals preparing to take on a leadership role.
Knowledge and Benefits:
By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:
- Understand not just why some people are naturally creative, but how anyone can develop their own creativity.
- Apply a range of creative-thinking methods and tools to generate ideas and solve problems.
- Put those methods and tools to use directly, to improve their own work and their team's output.
3Course Content
Module 1: Setting a Direction Worth Following
- Building a clear vision for the organisation and communicating it at every level.
- Creating a culture of trust so people believe in that direction.
- Reading team and organisational energy to keep the vision aligned.
Module 2: What Makes a Leader Inspirational
- Core leadership principles and the qualities that set inspirational leaders apart from traditional ones.
- The Kouzes and Posner leadership challenge.
- Building emotional intelligence to increase empathy.
Module 3: Turning Ideas into Innovation
- How creativity and innovation reinforce each other.
- Creating an environment that supports both.
- Phases of successful brainstorming: generating, selecting, implementing and presenting ideas.
Module 4: Commitment and Motivation in Practice
- Promoting collaboration beyond the boardroom and making creativity a regular team habit.
- Types of motivation and how to apply them, including praise and constructive feedback.
- Leadership by Wandering Around (LBWA).
Module 5: Leading Through Change
- Leading and managing transformational initiatives, including Kotter's 8-step process.
- Becoming an agent of positive change.
- Building confidence, trust and openness to change across the organisation.