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Description

Managerial Leadership: Setting Direction, Leading by Example and Bringing the Team With You

Building influence founded on clarity of direction and consistency rather than on hierarchical position

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Intermediate
  • Up to 6 participants

A manager can hold the same role for years without the team knowing where he or she intends to take it. Decisions then appear to be dictated by circumstances and priorities shift with every urgent matter. Each person retreats into their own remit and initiative disappears.

These two days address the personal dimension of the management role. Participants clarify what they want their team to experience, then work on how they express and embody it day to day. The programme deals with leadership exercised within a line-management structure, whereas the cross-functional programme addresses influence without authority.

Learning objectives

  • Identify your dominant leadership style and its effects on the team
  • Articulate a team vision that every team member can understand
  • Adapt your stance to situations and to individuals
  • Strengthen your credibility through consistency between words and decisions
  • Develop autonomy and initiative within your team

What makes this programme different

A leadership style self-assessment cross-referenced with feedback from other participants
A presentation to the group with feedback on the clarity of the message
A team vision drafted and then tested with peers

Programme

1What Leadership Is Built On

Hierarchical position and genuine influence

  • The sources of a manager's credibility
  • The gaps between stated intent and the team's perception
  • Leadership styles and their respective effects
  • Situations in which each style becomes counterproductive

2Clarifying Your Vision

Knowing where you are taking your team

  • Connecting team objectives to the organisation's direction of travel
  • Articulating a direction that every team member can understand
  • Identifying the operating principles you want to see respected
  • Anticipating objections to the direction proposed

3Embodying and Communicating

Delivering a message that secures commitment

  • Addressing the team on a subject that matters
  • Choosing the words that make the direction concrete
  • Standing behind an unpopular decision in front of the group
  • Maintaining consistency between what is said and what is decided

4Growing the Team

Leadership in the service of autonomy

  • Creating the conditions for individual initiative
  • Responding to a mistake without discouraging risk-taking
  • Identifying and developing potential within your team
  • Sustaining your own development as a manager

Who is it for

Experienced managers and department heads seeking to strengthen their influence with their teams.

Prerequisites

Several months of experience in a line-management role.

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.