Digital Transformation Leadership

Introduction

This training course will help develop your understanding of digital leadership and learn how to apply it to help transform your organisation. As new digital technologies rapidly change, the demand for digital leaders is growing exponentially. Regardless of your background, this GLOMACS training course will give you opportunities to explore and learn how digital leaders can leverage and exploit new technologies for innovation and growth, and provides you with a further insight into the digital landscape. 

Information Technology (IT) is fast changing the world around us. This course will also provide you with an understanding of IT-enabled changes in the business environment, and how insightful executives leverage Information Technology (IT)  to create value and win competitive battles.

This GLOMACS training will highlight:

• Impacts of technological innovation on the industry
• Explorations of competition and business models in the high-tech industry (e.g. Google, Apple and Facebook)
• Competitive dynamics of industries that consume significant technology with emphasis on how technology has disrupted some industries
• How IT transforms cost structures of firms by helping them build information capabilities that significantly increase value chain efficiency
• Impacts of IT on innovation and decision-making within firms that ultimately impacts revenue growth

Objectives

Upon completing this training course, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the ways in which novel technologies can increase sales and increase return on investment for businesses.
• Develop an organizational skills framework to optimize the use of emerging technologies in commercial operations.
• Leveraging digital tools such as mobile applications, the Internet of Things, cloud services, and data analysis techniques can improve business management and strategic planning.
• Harmonize business goals with Information Technology (IT) strategies and implement them in the workplace while navigating IT-related challenges and limitations.
• Compare your organization's performance with competitors and distinguish the essential attributes necessary to achieve performance that surpasses the industry average.

Training Methodology

This GLOMACS training course uses a range of digital leadership and business models, methods and tools along with group work, reflective exercises, situational simulations, individual feedback and case studies.

Organisational Impact

Throughout this training course, you will acquire innovative methods for refining business leadership and managing the disruptive impacts of change, thereby aiding in creating a more proficient organization capable of reaching its full potential. Specifically, you will:

• Strengthen your ability to lead digitally and play a pivotal role in advancing your organization's digital transformation journey.
• Improve your business management and strategy through the integration of digital technologies.
• Navigate and resolve the challenges and limitations of implementing IT solutions within your organization.
• Establish effective strategic alignment using established digital business models to optimize organizational processes.
• Play an active role in fostering innovation and making decisions that directly contribute to increased revenue growth.
• By assisting your organization in developing its informational capabilities, you will dramatically enhance the efficiency of its value chain, leading to increased productivity and profitability.

Personal Impact

Participants will develop a whole new appreciation of their capacity for digital leadership through:  

• Articulating impacts of technological innovation on the industry
• Guiding their teams in weathering the disruptive innovation in workplaces
• Aligning business and IT strategies within the workplace
• Delivering superior than industry-average performance through business transformation
• Formulating digital strategies to increase sales and return on investment with new technology
• Applying proven digital business models to build an efficient strategic alignment