Leadership skills for architects and other technical leaders training

You're skilled at developing technology and guiding projects. But knowing the right direction to take is one thing – getting all the stakeholders to buy in is another. And it's a vital skill: if you aren't able to get everyone aligned, you might spend your precious time arguing, eventually even implementing the wrong solutions. It's a short step from there to unnecessary costs and frustration. You want to make sure that doesn't happen. As a technical leader, you need to steer both the project and the company in the right direction. To do that, you must be able to convince stakeholders, influence without authority and exhibit personal leadership. You'll learn how to do all these things in our four-day program (split into 2 two-day sessions), specifically designed for architects, head engineers, and project leads who want to increase their impact.

This training is available for open enrollment as well as for in-company sessions.

How do you effectively structure a project and guide its stakeholders in the absence of direct authority? How do you transform resistance into buy-in? You do it by developing three key qualities: insight into your organization, a deep understanding of the different interests involved, and the skill to concretely affect them.

The course covers the following topics:

• The key traits of the technical leader's role;
• Knowing your stakeholders (“step into the shoes of..”);
• Communication essentials;
• Effective meetings with multiple stakeholders;
• Personal leadership;
• Influencing without authority;
• Personal action plan.

This in-depth course is designed for technology professionals engaged in complex system development.