Step Up to Leadership: The New Leader’s Mindset Shift 

Learning Units

• Learning Unit 1: The Captain’s Mindset (Opening & Introduction)
  • Transitioning from “Star Player” to Team Captain.
  • The P.A.T.H. operating system overview.
• Learning Unit 2: Module P – The Playbook (Prioritisation)
  • The “Expert Reflex” vs. the Captain’s Playbook.
  • The Eisenhower Matrix: Moving from firefighting to system building.
  • Case Study: The Variance Report—Building the person, not just the paper.
• Learning Unit 3: Module A – The Alliance (Alignment)
  • Moving from “Begging” to the “Value Swap.”
  • Case Study: The Marketing Budget Cut—Turning a hostile mandate into a strategic partnership.
• Learning Unit 4: Module T – Tactics (Tactical Negotiation)
  • Acting as the Gatekeeper: Protecting the team’s bandwidth.
  • Case Study: The Last-Minute Presentation—The “3-Bullet Pivot” and the “Yes, If” strategy.
• Learning Unit 5: Module H – The Huddle (Habits/SBI)
  • Standardising accountability: The SBI Engine.
  • Case Study: The High-Performer’s Decline—Stripping away the noise to focus on the signal of the work.
• Learning Unit 6: Diagnosis & Commitment
  • “Diagnosing the Game”: Holistic P.A.T.H. synthesis.
  • The Captain’s Commitment: The Captain’s First Monday – one immediate change.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Systematise Impact (P): Apply the “Playbook Filter” to categorise tasks between Individual Contributor work and Team Captain responsibilities, enabling leaders to shift focus from technical execution to team enablement.
• Build Peer Alliances (A): Utilise the “Value Swap” technique to map cross-departmental dependencies and secure critical support from peers by aligning with their specific organisational KPIs.
• Defend Team Integrity (T): Demonstrate the “3-Bullet Pivot” to redirect high-pressure, low-capacity demands from senior stakeholders, ensuring the team remains focused on mission-critical objectives.
• Standardise Accountability (H): Execute the “Situation-Behaviour-Impact (SBI) Huddle Engine” to resolve performance gaps or behavioural issues in a data-driven manner, effectively decoupling personal relationships from professional performance standards.
• Synthesise the P.A.T.H. (Holistic): Evaluate current leadership challenges through the P.A.T.H. framework to diagnose whether a bottleneck originates from a weak Playbook, poor Alliance building, failed Tactics, or a stalled Huddle.