OFFTHE SYLLABUS
Leadership and influence

Vision and direction

Set a clear course, get it shared by those who have to carry it, and hold it in your decisions.

  • 14 steps
  • At your own pace
  • Computer and phone
  • Certificate of achievement

What you will be able to do

  • Tell apart vision, mission and objectives, and start with why.
  • Put into words a vision that is clear, desirable and credible.
  • Build the vision with your team, and bring the sceptics on board.
  • Turn the vision into a few measurable priorities, and tell it as a story.
  • Use the vision to make trade-offs, and keep it alive over time.

Who it is for

For anyone who leads a team or a project and needs to give it a direction. The method works whatever your job: at a front desk, in a workshop, at a patient's bedside, behind a screen, on a building site or at the head of a team. The module follows taking over a digital team that no longer knows where it is going, but the exercises and the exam put you in many other situations.

How the module unfolds

  1. 1IntroductionWhat the skill covers, and what the module will teach you to do.
  2. 2A running story, “A studio without a course”The same working situation stays with you from one step to the next, with a character from the story who plays the role of mentor.
  3. 3The theory, with everyday examplesIn each lesson, the method set out simply, with examples drawn from working life.
  4. 4The game, “The pole star”Each step you complete moves the game forward, right to the last one.
  5. 5The signature exercise, “The compass test”The module's method, to apply to your own situations.
  6. 6Two role playsTwo conversations to see through to the end, with detailed feedback on your choices.
  7. 7The examTen random questions about new situations. Eight correct answers unlock The Method and your certificate.