Exciting New Course: Executive Leadership Development in the Public Sector
This intensive five weeks course serves as a data collection function for a PhD Research Project. The course aims to address the factors affecting the quality of leadership competencies within public sector organizations in The Bahamas (PSOB). Executive leaders will be equipped with cutting edge information on the dynamics and components of leadership development. Emphasis will be placed on the interconnectedness of leadership theory and leadership styles. In this investigative discourse, through the use of a series of live lectures and open discussions, participants will share their lived experiences with leader development opportunities or the lack thereof within PSOB.
Topics to be covered:
- Executive leadership development: a refresher’s overview, Part I;
- The interconnectedness of leadership theory and leadership styles;
- Perceived negative and positive factors affecting ELD initiatives in PSOB;
- Components of an executive leadership development programme and Competency Model;
- Factors affecting the quality of leadership competencies among executives;
- Leadership: perceptions, observations, knowledge, skills, attitudes and lived experiences; and
- Executive leadership development: a refresher’s overview, Part II.