The Siemens Global, Virtual Leadership Programme (#Alumni)

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Siemens Digital Enterprise

​This programme is designed for senior leaders who are ready to make a serious commitment to their future leadership - it includes:

  • building your confidence and authority when working virtually, remotely and across geographical boundaries - not just as a response to current CoVid19 working practices, but to set up for a future which is likely to be dominated by digitally-enabled leadership.
  • enhancing your skills in leading purposefully, creating trust and energy across diverse, networked teams to achieve high performance.
  • learning how to lead change, innovation and resilience during times of high complexity and disturbance.

How ready and confident are you in these areas?

Why continue to invest in your virtual leadership development?

The shift in practice demanded by increasing virtual leadership is an essential element of the transformation of your organisation.  Having completed an earlier version of this amazing programme, you are now invited to rejoin the community, with access to the latest tools, tips and learning materials as they develop.

Since starting this programme as a way of engaging with the ‘virtual’ part of the new leadership challenge – it has developed to fully embrace a broad spectrum of issues demanded in the new ‘agile’ and global working environment.  From virtual skills, to global sensitivity … and from tools that enhance current performance, to examination of the future networked, adaptive and innovative leadership that ‘industry 4.0’ is demanding.

Alumni resources

  • VL – Get ready to learn and lead in the virtual space
    18 minutes
  • VL – What changes when we lead ‘virtually’?
    20 minutes
  • VL – Checklists, tips and hygiene factors for productive virtual meetings
    45 minutes
  • VL – Stay connected when remote – tips and tech for community productivity and social health
    30 minutes
  • Siemens VL Virtual Community Space Alumni
  • Know self to lead others
    40 minutes
  • Understand your personal ‘drivers’
    45 minutes
  • Learning and change preferences
    40 minutes
  • VL – Be fully present at your best
    45 minutes
  • Siemens VL Virtual Community Space Alumni
  • VL – Focus, attention and engagement – multitasking, concentration and improving efficiency
    50 minutes
  • VL – Focus, attention and engagement – good practices for productive meetings
    45 minutes
  • Siemens VL Virtual Community Space Alumni
  • VL – Personal presence and voice
    15 minutes
  • VL – Video or audio for virtual meetings?
    45 minutes
  • The gift of skilful listening
    90 minutes
  • Siemens VL Virtual Community Space Alumni
  • Understand human needs to build trust
    60 minutes
  • Trust and trust-building
    60 minutes
  • Global culture and trust-building
    30 minutes
  • Siemens VL Virtual Community Space Alumni
  • Global contexts and cultures
    90 minutes
  • Global culture and communication
    30 minutes
  • Global culture and influencing, persuading and motivating
    30 minutes
  • Global culture and evaluating, challenging and feeding back
    45 minutes
  • Global culture and power, authority, hierarchy and decision making
    30 minutes
  • Siemens VL Virtual Community Space Alumni
  • What drives top team performance?
    60 minutes
  • Group development and maturation
    60 minutes
  • The power of purposeful teams
    60 minutes
  • The power of purposeful teams – workshop templates for purpose, strengths and values
    60 minutes
  • Siemens VL Virtual Community Space Alumni
  • The art of the question
    20 minutes
  • Challenge, support and the ‘drama triangle’
    25 minutes
  • Mastering a broad range of interventions
    60 minutes
  • Siemens VL Virtual Community Space Alumni
  • Designing and leading meetings that get results
    120 minutes
  • Rapid prototyping and hackathon design for virtual and f2f groups
    120 minutes
  • Project architectures and methodologies in the blue and red zones
    50 minutes
  • Siemens VL Virtual Community Space Alumni
  • Rethinking organisations for adaptability and antifragility
    120 minutes
  • Hosting, convening and facilitating
    180 minutes
  • Dialogue and generativity (draft)
    0 minutes
  • Introducing growth mindset
    45 minutes
  • Siemens VL Virtual Community Space Alumni
  • Growth mindset ‘under fire’ – stress, anxiety and threat
    45 minutes
  • Working positively with resistance
    120 minutes
  • Difficult conversations and feedback
    40 minutes
  • Siemens VL Virtual Community Space Alumni
  • VL – Learn from 2020/21 – Why you need to mitigate risks of burnout and lost productivity/connection
    120 minutes
  • Restore your sense of autonomy and control – practices to build choice and impact in the ‘new normal’
    90 minutes
  • Boosting cognitive, emotional and social resourcefulness (draft)
    0 minutes
  • Your ‘bounce-forward’ toolkit to share with your team (draft)
    0 minutes
  • Siemens VL Virtual Community Space Alumni

This resource package offers

Lasting access to latest material

Having completed your main programme, you now have lasting access to this resource package.

Each lesson here will be updated regularly, and it will always represent the most recent, and useful, version of the contents.

Dip into it, follow your interest and different needs as a leader from time to time.

Note - the structure in which the lessons and content is organised might be different to your original programme - as we are constantly updating the course flow as well.  But everything that you originally had access to (and more) is still here!  And you never know - there might be new material too - not offered in your original programme.

Different types of media to suit all needs

As on your main programme, each lesson will mix videos to watch, with material to read.

Plus there are downloadable handouts, worksheets, templates and checklists to print and take away, and keep for future reference.

Help always at hand

While your programme support system may have come to an end, you can still message us via your Dashboard, put items up on the Alumni Discussion Forum (which we can see and respond to), or email your previous PSG Facilitator directly. 

We are always happy to help and we love hearing the stories of how you are implementing and applying your learning.

Frequently asked questions

How long can I access a programme or course?

Your programme, course or module will be accessible to you for 1 year from the time you start it.

However in each lesson there are also PDFs, tools, products and exercises, that we think you will want to keep - you can download them, or print them.

You may also have an Alumni version of the programme to be transferred onto at the end of your specific 'cohort' programme.  If this is the case, you will have enduring access to all the materials via this product, for as long as your organisation is running the overall programme.

What if I fall behind and out of step with the programme timing?

All significant learning commitments require some dedication.  This means making conscious choices, and carving out the time to acquire, experiment with, and reflect on what you are exploring.  Sometimes, this is going to clash with other priorities and occasionally it might feel a little overwhelming - even for the most dedicated learner.  If you know that a busy period is coming up, plan for catch-up time in the weeks that follow.

You should plan, right from the start, to allow for between 1 and 3 hours per week (depending on your course intensity and structure) studying and then applying the ideas at work, to keep up.  Some people prefer 'binge-learning' (stacking it up and taking a whole day to sink into the module, but do it less regularly) and others like to do one or two hours each week.  Whatever your style is, we recommend that you book the time in your diary, and protect it when it comes under pressure.

Our client customised programmes usually mean you are following a routine - with new modules 'starting' at a given time, within a given cohort group.  This might tie in with Peer Support Group meetings, or workshops or webinars.  If this is the case for your programme, an important aspect is that you are not alone - but in a community of learners in your organisation.  The timings of 'live' experiences or group meetings are rarely changed once the programme starts, as this would impact negatively on your colleagues and co-learners.  Keeping up with others, so that you share your learning and benefit from their experience, is important.

If you have concerns about whether you will be able to do this, and if you fall behind at any time, just reach out to us and we will try to help.

Can I commission custom courses for my organisation?

Many of our programmes (like these for your organisation) have been originally developed especially for a client.  It is our clients around the world that 'pull' new content and commission what we go on to build, to meet their needs at any given time.

If you would like to either curate a custom programme from our existing stock, or you have an area of new content that you would like us to look at, just contact us and we can help.

What if I'm not satisfied with my course?

Our courses and materials are getting great feedback from users inside your organisation - but of course it might not suit exactly what you are looking for.

If you have any concerns or feedback, or you think you have been enrolled on the wrong course for you - please speak to us, or to your Learning Co-ordinator/HR person (whoever you would normally arrange these things with inside your company).

If you are registered and confirmed as a participant on this programme, then you are also already enrolled and can get started.

Click on the MENU button, and then follow through to your Dashboard.  You can launch your course from there.