Lead Further
The Explorer Mindset
Senior Leadership Development Programme
Møller Institute at Churchill College,
University of Cambridge
in association with Coach Guru
Prepare yourself for new frontiers in Leadership
This senior leadership development programme is designed for the C-suite, partners, founders and other senior managers (with 8+ years management experience), and is sector-agnostic.
About the program
We have developed the Explorer Mindset, a unique senior leadership development program, to equip senior executives with the cognitive, emotional and behavioural resources required to confidently lead their organisations through one of the most competitive and unpredictable environments for centuries.
The Need for an Explorer’s Mindset
The gap between available technology and human ability to use that technology for creating a better world has never been greater.
The gap between a networked, interconnected world and the growing forces of nationalism and protectionism has never been wider.
Advanced robotics and ‘smart factories’ combining automation and artificial intelligence are poised to re-shape manufacturing.
The ‘gig economy’ and rise of flexible and remote working is already redrawing concepts of work and workplaces.
Millennials demand transparency and authenticity in leadership.
Organisations increasingly experience socio-economic and cyber risks, intense global competition and high-speed change.
Who is the Program for?
Whatever your background, academic qualifications or career path, the Explorer Mindset can help you achieve your development goals; a highly interactive and experiential programme that will cater for diverse learning styles.
Limited to just 25 participants, this all-inclusive full-board residential program provides access in Cambridge (UK) to some of the brightest minds, most engaging facilitators and most experienced leadership practitioners operating internationally.
This programme is for you if you consider yourself to be:
Excited by the opportunities and challenges presented by disruption and volatility in your business, marketplace, sector and beyond
A highly committed and self-aware leader; you know the world is changing; you know a new leadership mindset is needed to navigate these turbulent times
Ambitious and successful; you are always looking to improve your entrepreneurial and innovation skills so you can reach higher attainment and execute new ideas
Passionate about building the best organisational environment in which your people can excel in their performance
Open to exploring new possible futures, new ways of thinking and to challenging convention
Highly motivated to be a leader who effectively navigates your organisation through uncertain and challenging waters towards new horizons and opportunities
Proud to be considered a ‘thought leader’ in your field or an experienced ‘safe pair of hands’ by your peers. You enjoy making conceptual connections and being ‘in the know’
Invigorated by learning from some of the leading thinkers in leadership development and personal effectiveness, and networking with global business leaders
Engaged and motivated by peer networking, a leader who enjoys drawing on the wealth of experience of other senior leaders from different sectors and geographies
Excited by the immersive nature of a residential executive education programme in Cambridge, Møller Institute, Churchill College in the University of Cambridge.
Program Overview
Personal growth and team performance
- Personal leadership development and personal brand
- Self awareness and authenticity
- Developing an effective leadership coaching style
- Communication and impact
- Managing and leading high performing teams
Organisational growth and development
- Innovation and creativity
- Value creation and organisational growth
- Commercial and societal beneifts of leading a sustainable business
- Strategy, competitiveness, complexity and futures thinking
- Leading change
- Organisational culture
- Cross-cultural leadership and diversity
The five dominant forces
The five dominant forces outlined below are challenging ambitious leaders at a personal, team and organisational level. These will be inter-woven in the Explorer Mindset course:
- Implications of Globalisation
- Socially Created Information
- Resurgence of Nationalism
- Digital Technologies
- Millennial Demographics
While these factors pose threats and opportunities for all organisation leaders, the Explorer Mindset senior leadership development programme is designed to equip you with the cognitive, emotional and behavioural resources to confidently lead your organisation at this critical point in history.
Learning Outcomes
Personal Impact
Apply creativity and imagination skills to the leadership demands inherent in a complex, inter-connected digital world
Improve my decision-making by identifying and tackling unhelpful mind talk and cognitive biases
Gain awareness of management mindsets that I have become ‘stuck’ on and adopt new, more fit-for-purpose mindsets
Develop a deeper understanding of my personal purpose and its role in my leadership style
Draw on my purpose-driven management style as a source of empowerment, confidence and courage
Build on my positive leadership communication skills to develop even more impactful communication styles
At this inflection point, allow myself to step back from daily management pressures to develop personally for more effective and enjoyable leadership
Team Impact
Understand how to use my personal purpose to motivate my team to work together to achieve aspirational common goals
Understand the complexities of team dynamics to build optimum-performance teams
Learn how to inspire highperformance teams, drawing on values-led leadership
Understand the importance of innovation in leadership and how to execute a disciplined innovation process
Gain practical methods for developing a culture of innovation, creativity and collaboration among people in my organisation
Effectively communicate my leadership through the successful development and execution of organisational strategy
Learn sustainability leadership practices to drive team and organisational performance
Understand how my role as a coach makes me a more effective team leader