About This Course
The Visionary Leader course is about setting direction and inspiring movement – not through slogans, but through clear choices, stories and everyday leadership behaviours that people can feel.
You will learn how to shape a vision rooted in reality, connect it to strategy, communicate it in simple language and align teams and stakeholders around it. By the end, you’ll have practical tools to lead with a clearer “north star” in your role, function or organisation.
Syllabus Overview
Module 1
Vision, Strategy & Story
- What Vision Really Is – picture of a better future, not just targets
- From Vision to Strategy – choices about where to play and how to win
- Leader as Storyteller – making strategy understandable and memorable
- Crafting a Leadership Narrative – past, present and desired future
- Signals from the Outside – customers, competitors, technology, trends
- Exercise: Draft a one‑page vision & narrative for your team or area
Module 2
Alignment, Influence & Stakeholders
- Translating Vision into Objectives – themes, priorities, focus areas
- Stakeholder Mapping – allies, sceptics, decision‑makers and influencers
- Influence without Authority – framing, listening, negotiation basics
- Leadership Communication – townhalls, team meetings, 1:1s
- Dealing with Resistance – understanding concerns, adapting the story
- Exercise: Map key stakeholders and plan simple alignment conversations
Module 3
Culture, Change & Everyday Leadership
- Culture as “How We Do Things Here” – behaviours, symbols, routines
- Leading Change – setting pace, sequencing, quick wins and guardrails
- Role Modelling – decisions, trade‑offs and how you show up
- Empowering Others – creating space for ideas, ownership and risk‑taking
- Learning Loops – feedback, retrospectives, course correction
- Exercise: Identify 3–5 leadership behaviours you will start / stop / continue
*Examples are adapted based on learners’ contexts (product, operations, sales, IT services, shared services, startups, etc.).
Practice
Vision Canvases, Communication Plans & Leadership Playbook
- Vision & narrative canvases, priority maps, stakeholder plans
- Case study: re‑focusing a team or function around a new direction
- Creating your personal “Visionary Leader Playbook”
