Productivity is a key driver of economic prosperity across all international business landscapes. As businesses strive to navigate evolving markets, digital technology advancements, and competing international markets, the ability to optimise productivity becomes paramount.
In this video, course lead Professor Bart van Ark discusses what delegates can look forward to by joining this course, and the target audience.
Key Information
Fees:
£3,990
Duration:
4 days
Upcoming Sessions:
4 - 7 November 2025 |
Delivery:
Face-to-face
Location:
Manchester
Key Information
Course topics
This course will be underpinned by the Strategic Productivity Framework, a tool developed by the
Productivity Institute which brings together research into what makes a business productive.
During your time of this course, you will explore five core pillars of productivity – access to finance,
innovation and digital, worker skills and well-being, leadership and management, marketing and
communication – to help you future proof your business.
Day one: Motivation, Measurement and Management of Productivity
- What is productivity?
- Why does it matter for economy, strategy and society.
- Why has productivity growth slowed and can we expect it to recover?
- Introducing the three I’s for productivity: Innovation, Investment and Institutions
- Measurement and management of productivity
- Long-term vs. short-term focus in strategy
- The role of the CEO / Managing Director
- Developing a productivity narrative for your business
Day two: Innovating for Productivity
- The concepts of business efficiency and business innovation
- Research & development
- Digital technology, AI and digital adoption
- Servitization and platformatization
- Workforce effects
- The role of technology, innovation and digital leaders
- Create a business innovation strategy
Day three: Investment for Productivity
- Finance and investment for productivity
- Skills and management competencies
- Flexible teams
- The role of the finance leader
- The role of the human capital leader
- Develop an investment plan for strategic assets
Day four: Collaborating for Productivity
- Internal collaboration & communication
- Marketing and brands as productive assets
- External collaboration: the ecosystem concept
- Boardroom dynamics: bringing productivity angles into the boardroom
- Develop a boardroom agenda for productivity
Throughout the course, you will take part in a productivity driven project and present your work to the group on the final day, where you will gain insightful feedback from your peers on how you can implement your learnings back into your organisation.
There will be a networking drinks reception on evening one where you will get to know your course colleagues. There will also be a course dinner on evening three, offering the opportunity for your class to come together with a wider cohort of short-course learners to expand your networking opportunities.
How you learn
Throughout the course, you will hear from leading industry experts, network with a variety of business leaders and work with other delegates to apply core aspects of the course to your organisation.
During your time on this course, you will gain several stand-out learning experiences, including:
Applied Learning – A learning environment created by the course facilitator that draws on the experience and input of your course peers.
Knowledge Transfer – A steady stream of feedback from participating peers with diverse business backgrounds to help build your leadership skills.
Reflection – A rare time-out to contemplate your own leadership capabilities and challenges while engaging with our world-class faculty.
Network Expansion – An expanding professional network drawn from your peers.
Personal Growth – An expanding self-awareness of your own leadership competencies and how they can be honed.
Behavioural Change – An adoption of new rationales and mindsets that improve your managerial skills.
How you benefit
- Cultivate a strategic mindset allowing you to identify which metrics to measure to start improving productivity
- Develop a clearer understanding of why productivity matters and how it can positively impact your business
- Align your businesses productivity processes with wider strategic goals, and learn how to make tactical day-to-day decisions to achieve them
- Understand the social and ESG impact of investing in your business’s infrastructure
- Build a strong professional network of industry experts, opening doors to future collaboration and mentorship
Who should attend
This course is for senior leaders from businesses with a staff base of 250+ who are engaged with the strategic decisions, performance management, and operational activity of their organisation.
Delegates are welcomed from a broad variety of industries, ranging from construction to retail, as well as international leaders travelling to Manchester from overseas.
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