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The Oxford Adaptive & Authentic Leadership

An Interactive 5-Day Training Course

The Oxford Adaptive & Authentic Leadership

Courage, Ethics & Change to Survive

NASBA
Classroom Schedule
Date Venue Fees
19 - 23 Jan 2026 Barcelona $ 5,950

Introduction

This GLOMACS Adaptive & Authentic Leadership training course addresses one of today’s most pressing leadership challenges: how to lead people effectively through constant change, uncertainty, and ethical complexity without losing credibility or trust. In an environment defined by disruption, technological acceleration, and rising stakeholder expectations, leaders can no longer rely on authority or technical expertise alone. They must combine adaptability with authenticity to remain relevant, influential, and resilient while guiding their organisations through continuous transformation.

This Adaptive & Authentic Leadership training course equips participants with the mindset, skills, and practical tools required to lead confidently in complex and high-pressure environments. By integrating adaptive leadership practices with authentic, values-based leadership, this programme develops leaders who can make sound decisions under uncertainty, mobilise people behind change, coach teams to high performance, and act with integrity. Participants will strengthen their ability to influence, empower, and sustain performance while balancing organisational demands with human and ethical considerations.

This training course will highlight:

  • Developing authentic leadership credibility, confidence, and self-awareness
  • Making effective decisions under uncertainty, complexity, and risk
  • Leading change through vision, communication, and experimentation
  • Coaching, empowering, and developing high-performing teams
  • Applying ethical leadership for sustainable organisational success

Objectives

At the end of this training course, you will learn to: 

  • Develop authentic and adaptive leadership capability
  • Apply effective decision-making under uncertainty
  • Lead change through vision and influence
  • Coach and empower high-performing teams
  • Demonstrate ethical and values-based leadership

Training Methodology

This training course uses a blended, participant-centred learning approach combining formal input with highly interactive and experiential methods. Learning is reinforced through group activities, individual reflection exercises, mini-case studies, and facilitated syndicate discussions. Practical tools and frameworks are introduced to support application in real organisational contexts. Participants are encouraged to share experiences, challenge assumptions, and experiment with adaptive and authentic leadership behaviours. This approach ensures high engagement, practical relevance, and immediate transfer of learning to the workplace.

Organisational Impact

Your organisation will benefit from leaders returning with the knowledge and skill of how to get the best from themselves and inspire others to engage more fully to improve their performance in today’s fast-moving environment.  

The Organisation will have the following benefits;

  • Stronger leadership credibility and trust
  • Improved decision-making in complex environments
  • Greater agility in managing change
  • Higher employee engagement and accountability
  • More effective coaching and talent development
  • Ethical leadership supporting sustainable performance

Personal Impact

This training course will give participants the confidence, drive, and skills to challenge themselves towards higher managerial performance.

At the end of this training course, the participants will gain the following;

  • Stronger self-awareness and leadership confidence
  • Improved decision-making under pressure
  • Greater influence and communication impact
  • Practical coaching and empowerment skills
  • Enhanced capability to lead change
  • Clearer ethical judgement and credibility

Who should Attend?

This GLOMACS training course is designed for professionals who are required to lead people, make decisions, and deliver results in complex and changing environments. It is particularly valuable for those seeking to strengthen their leadership effectiveness, influence, and ethical judgement while navigating uncertainty and organisational change.

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Professionals leading teams or cross-functional initiatives
  • Managers facing complexity, change, or uncertainty
  • Individuals responsible for decision-making and influence
  • Leaders developing people, performance, and engagement
  • Professionals preparing for broader leadership responsibilities
Course Outline
Day 1

Building the Adaptive & Authentic Leader

  • What authentic leadership is and what it can do
  • Characteristics of adaptive leadership
  • Building confidence, optimism and developing the right attitude
  • Courage and flexibility in leadership behaviour
  • Openness to new ideas
  • Self-knowledge and leading a creative climate
Day 2

Decision-Making & Creating Strong Connections in Complex Environments

  • Decision-making under uncertainty and complexity
  • High-risk decisions and accountability
  • Divergent and diverse thinking
  • Emotional intelligence and building rapport
  • Influence, authority, power and developing others as leaders
  • Tools and techniques in decision-making
Day 3

Vision, Communication & Experimentation

  • Communication as creating understanding, alignment and inspiration
  • Exploring diverse perspectives and thinking outside-the-box
  • Deliberate vs. experimental approaches
  • Goal setting, prioritization and planning for implementation
  • Test phases, pilot projects and implementation
  • Delegating to develop your people
Day 4

Leading Change through Coaching & Empowerment

  • Creating a vision to change
  • Dealing with resistance and managing the four states & reactions to change
  • Coaching fundamentals
  • Motivation, learning and other tools & techniques to assist the change process
  • Using feedback powerfully
  • Empowering individuals & teams
Day 5

Ethical Leadership & Team Development for Sustainable Success

  • Ethics, personal values and integrity to earn their respect
  • Ethical decision-making and dealing with ethical dilemmas
  • Building trust, respect, and psychological safety
  • Factors in team development
  • Dealing with conflict in teams
  • Corporate integrity check-ups and social responsibility
Certificates
  • On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.
  • Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE): In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance.
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Frequently Asked Question

No. Saudi GLOMACS delivers courses in Saudi Arabia and internationally, including delivery across Europe and Asia. This allows organisations and professionals to access training both locally and abroad.

No. While governance and leadership are part of the portfolio, Saudi GLOMACS delivers training across the entire business and professional lifecycle, including administrative, technical, legal, regulatory, and sector-specific training.

Yes. Saudi GLOMACS designs and delivers bespoke in-house training tailored to organisational objectives, sector requirements, and workforce needs. Training can be delivered in Saudi Arabia or internationally, depending on requirements.

Courses delivered in Saudi Arabia are adapted to reflect local regulatory frameworks, organisational structures, sector conditions, and professional expectations. This ensures training is relevant, practical, and aligned with Saudi workplace realities.

GLOMACS has been delivering professional training for over thirty years, with courses delivered across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and other international markets.

Saudi GLOMACS combines three decades of global training experience with a clear focus on Saudi market relevance. This allows it to deliver training that is both internationally credible and locally applicable, across a broader range of disciplines than niche or single-focus providers.

Saudi GLOMACS is a Saudi-based professional training provider delivering courses tailored to the Saudi market and applicable internationally. It operates within the global GLOMACS framework and draws on more than three decades of international training experience.

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Training supports professionals across all career stages, from operational roles to specialist and senior responsibilities.

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