Training Module

Leading with Management Systems

A focused 90-minute session for executives who want management systems to drive performance, risk control, and credibility, beyond certification

Training Module

Leading with Management Systems

A focused 90-minute session for executives who want management systems to drive performance, risk control, and credibility, beyond certification

Training Module

Leading with Management Systems

A focused 90-minute session for executives who want management systems to drive performance, risk control, and credibility, beyond certification

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You pay for compliance, but do you get strategic value?

This concise executive briefing shows how modern management systems work as strategic instruments, not just a cost of compliance. Learn how leadership behaviour determines whether ISO systems deliver real control, trust, and competitive advantage, or remain a box-ticking exercise.

Blurred view through a glass meeting room showing executives in discussion, conveying leadership, strategic decision-making, and the use of management systems beyond compliance.

You pay for compliance, but do you get strategic value?

This concise executive briefing shows how modern management systems work as strategic instruments, not just a cost of compliance. Learn how leadership behaviour determines whether ISO systems deliver real control, trust, and competitive advantage, or remain a box-ticking exercise.

Blurred view through a glass meeting room showing executives in discussion, conveying leadership, strategic decision-making, and the use of management systems beyond compliance.

You pay for compliance, but do you get strategic value?

This concise executive briefing shows how modern management systems work as strategic instruments, not just a cost of compliance. Learn how leadership behaviour determines whether ISO systems deliver real control, trust, and competitive advantage, or remain a box-ticking exercise.

Is this for you?
Is this for you?

Is this for you?

Agenda
Agenda

Agenda

Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes

Additional benefits
Additional benefits

Additional benefits

Delivery
Delivery

Delivery

Preparation
Preparation

Preparation

Training module overview

Training module overview

Training module overview

Understand

Understand

Understand

Implement

Implement

Implement

Manage

Manage

Manage

Audit

Audit

Audit

Many executives see ISO certifications as a cost of doing business rather than a source of value. This 90-minute executive session shows how management systems become leadership instruments that support strategy, risk control, and organisational credibility. Participants learn how leadership behaviour determines system effectiveness, how to steer systems without operational overload, and how to turn compliance into strategic advantage through clear executive actions.

Many executives see ISO certifications as a cost of doing business rather than a source of value. This 90-minute executive session shows how management systems become leadership instruments that support strategy, risk control, and organisational credibility. Participants learn how leadership behaviour determines system effectiveness, how to steer systems without operational overload, and how to turn compliance into strategic advantage through clear executive actions.

Applicable environments

This module is applicable across a wide range of management systems and organisational contexts. The concepts are not tied to a specific management domain or ISO standard and are used wherever organisations need best practice approaches to implement, steer, or improve management systems.

Target audience

Target audience

Target audience

  • Top management according to ISO management system standards

  • CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and board members

  • Division heads and functional leaders

  • Executives preparing for ISO certification or system redesign

  • Senior managers overseeing a management system domain

Decision support

Is this module for you?

It is a good fit if you…

  • are a member of top management accountable for an ISO-based management system.

  • see ISO certification as a necessary cost driver, with limited benefits beyond passing audits.

  • want clearer strategic value, steering, and assurance from management systems without increasing bureaucracy.

  • are a member of top management accountable for an ISO-based management system.

  • see ISO certification as a necessary cost driver, with limited benefits beyond passing audits.

  • want clearer strategic value, steering, and assurance from management systems without increasing bureaucracy.

If most of the points above apply, this module is likely a good fit.

It may not be the best fit if you…

  • are looking for detailed operational implementation or system design guidance.

  • want auditor training or clause-by-clause standard interpretation.

  • already use management systems as a trusted and effective leadership instrument.

  • are looking for detailed operational implementation or system design guidance.

  • want auditor training or clause-by-clause standard interpretation.

  • already use management systems as a trusted and effective leadership instrument.

Agenda

Agenda

Agenda

  • Management systems as a leadership instrument

  • Leadership commitments and tone at the top

  • Linking systems to performance and risk

  • Compliance versus competitive advantage

  • Executive actions that make systems work

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  • Management systems as a leadership instrument

  • Leadership commitments and tone at the top

  • Linking systems to performance and risk

  • Compliance versus competitive advantage

  • Executive actions that make systems work

Show detailed agenda...

  • Management systems as a leadership instrument

  • Leadership commitments and tone at the top

  • Linking systems to performance and risk

  • Compliance versus competitive advantage

  • Executive actions that make systems work

Show detailed agenda...

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes

Key outcomes

  • Understand what modern ISO-based management systems actually deliver and how they contribute to strategic advantage

  • Distinguish between formal compliance and genuine system effectiveness that supports performance, trust, and competitiveness

  • Identify clear leadership priorities that turn management systems into a source of sustainable competitive advantage

  • Understand what modern ISO-based management systems actually deliver and how they contribute to strategic advantage

  • Distinguish between formal compliance and genuine system effectiveness that supports performance, trust, and competitiveness

  • Identify clear leadership priorities that turn management systems into a source of sustainable competitive advantage

Additional capabilities

  • Recognise the leadership commitments required by standards and how they link to value creation, risk control, and trust

  • Understand how leadership behaviour influences audit outcomes, staff engagement, and external perception

  • See how management systems integrate with governance, risk, and other strategic agendas at executive level

  • Recognise the leadership commitments required by standards and how they link to value creation, risk control, and trust

  • Understand how leadership behaviour influences audit outcomes, staff engagement, and external perception

  • See how management systems integrate with governance, risk, and other strategic agendas at executive level

Additional benefits

Additional benefits

Additional benefits

Learning materials

  • Slide deck

  • Participant workbook

Templates & tools

Practical, reusable artefacts to apply the module directly to your organisation.

  • Leadership action checklist

  • System maturity self-assessment

  • Executive review prep notes

  • Leadership action checklist

  • System maturity self-assessment

  • Executive review prep notes

Confirmation

  • Certificate of completion

Module ID

HAM-AG-E-01

Domain

Agnostic

Audience

Executive

Language

English

German (on request)

Delivery

Live virtual

Duration

1.5 h

List price

CHF 550

Excl. VAT. VAT may apply depending on customer location and status.

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Bespoke options

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Delivery & learning format

Delivery & learning format

Delivery & learning format

Virtual live teaching

This module is delivered live, with a strong focus on discussion, practical application, and direct interaction with the instructor.

Sessions work through realistic examples, clarify concepts in context, and apply methods directly to participants’ organisational realities.

Custom delivery options

For organisations with specific constraints or learning objectives, the module can be adapted in format or scope, including in-house delivery and contextualised case material.

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Preparation guidance

This module is designed as part of a modular training approach. Topics are deliberately distributed across modules and are not repeated in full, in order to avoid unnecessary redundancy. Each module is self-contained and can be taken on its own. Where prior knowledge or experience is helpful, this is indicated below so you can decide whether any preparation is useful for you.

For an optimal learning experience

Preparation guidance

This module is designed as part of a modular training approach. Topics are deliberately distributed across modules and are not repeated in full, in order to avoid unnecessary redundancy. Each module is self-contained and can be taken on its own. Where prior knowledge or experience is helpful, this is indicated below so you can decide whether any preparation is useful for you.

For an optimal learning experience

Preparation guidance

This module is designed as part of a modular training approach. Topics are deliberately distributed across modules and are not repeated in full, in order to avoid unnecessary redundancy. Each module is self-contained and can be taken on its own. Where prior knowledge or experience is helpful, this is indicated below so you can decide whether any preparation is useful for you.

Assumed background

Management, executive or supervisory role in an organization.

Management, executive or supervisory role in an organization.

Continuous learning

Follow-up modules

Continuous learning

Follow-up modules

Continuous learning

Follow-up modules

After completion of this module, the following modules are ideal to further deepen your competence. If you are looking for a structured learning path, modules can also be taken as part of a professional track.

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Ready to improve your management systems?

We support continuous improvement by embedding ISO requirements into everyday practice and daily operations.

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Ready to improve your management systems?

We support continuous improvement by embedding ISO requirements into everyday practice and daily operations.

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