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Leadership and Management

Advanced Team Leadership for Department Heads

Aimed at those leading leaders, this senior programme addresses the added complexity of managing multiple teams, competing priorities and second line management structures. Participants explore how to maintain consistency and culture across teams of teams, coach subordinate managers, and resolve conflict that escalates beyond the immediate team level.

Course objectives

  • Lead multiple teams and subordinate managers with consistent standards
  • Coach and develop first line managers to strengthen their team leadership
  • Resolve cross team conflict and resource competition
  • Build a coherent culture across teams with different working styles
  • Design escalation and decision rights that empower managers below them

Who should attend

  • Department heads and senior managers with managers reporting to them
  • Regional and branch managers overseeing multiple sites
  • Operations directors responsible for several functional teams
  • Senior professionals moving into second line leadership

Course outline

  1. 01The challenges of leading leaders
  2. 02Coaching and developing subordinate managers
  3. 03Managing cross team conflict and competing priorities
  4. 04Building a consistent culture across diverse teams
  5. 05Decision rights, escalation and empowerment
  6. 06Measuring and reporting team performance upward

Scheduled sessions

Scheduled sessions for Advanced Team Leadership for Department Heads
DatesVenueFormatPriceRegister
9 to 11 October 2026Online, OnlineOnlineR6,500 per delegateRegister Now
11 to 13 January 2027Pretoria, South AfricaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
5 to 7 March 2027Windhoek, NamibiaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
15 to 17 May 2027Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now