Proposed five-day professional program. Approximately 25-30 training hours. Final arrangements are confirmed in the written proposal.
Course Overview
Build productive working relationships with senior sponsors and decision-makers.
This proposed five-day program combines practical case analysis, guided exercises and peer discussion. Participants adapt the course concepts to organizational circumstances and prepare a executive engagement plan.
Learning Outcomes
Assess executive expectations and working preferences.
Evaluate concise updates and decision requests.
Apply a structured approach to constructive challenge and disagreement.
Develop practical recommendations for escalation timing and sponsor alignment.
Prepare and present a executive engagement plan.
Who Should Attend
Managers, department heads, strategy professionals and organizational leaders.
Relevant work experience is recommended. The participant profile, prerequisite knowledge and case complexity are reviewed during planning.
Training Methodology
Facilitated discussion, worked examples, anonymized case analysis, practical exercises, peer review and an applied final assignment.
Learning assessment may include a baseline discussion, review of exercise outputs and a final presentation. Attendance and completion requirements are confirmed in the proposal.
Course Tools and Templates
Executive expectations and working preferences worksheet – proposed exercise document.
Concise updates and decision requests worksheet – proposed exercise document.
Constructive challenge and disagreement worksheet – proposed exercise document.
Escalation timing and sponsor alignment worksheet – proposed exercise document.
Executive engagement plan – proposed exercise document.
Delivery Requirements
Classroom, live online and in-house delivery can be arranged by agreement. The trainer, language, venue or platform, timetable and required materials are confirmed in writing.
A laptop may be needed for analytical or planning activities. Software availability, licenses and access requirements are agreed before delivery.
Course Customization
The indicative five-day sequence can be adapted to participant experience, industry context and agreed learning objectives. Final dates, fees, agenda, certificate details and delivery arrangements are confirmed in the written proposal.
Proposed Five-Day Course Outline
Day 1 – Executive expectations and working preferences
Define the business context, assess current practices and clarify the decisions relating to executive expectations and working preferences.
Practical output: Executive expectations and working preferences worksheet
Day 2 – Concise updates and decision requests
Interpret representative information and compare practical approaches to concise updates and decision requests.
Practical output: Concise updates and decision requests worksheet
Day 3 – Constructive challenge and disagreement
Use the course tools in a realistic case focused on constructive challenge and disagreement, documenting assumptions and recommendations.
Practical output: Constructive challenge and disagreement worksheet
Day 4 – Escalation timing and sponsor alignment
Review responsibilities, risks and follow-up measures through a practical exercise on escalation timing and sponsor alignment.
Practical output: Escalation timing and sponsor alignment worksheet
Day 5 – Executive relationship simulation
Integrate the learning through executive relationship simulation, present the final assignment and propose workplace actions.
Practical output: Executive engagement plan
