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Strategic Leadership In
The Asian Context

High-impact Program for
Current and Aspiring C-Suite Leaders

Aug 3-4, 20262 Days In-Person
PKR 190,000Program Fee
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More About The Strategic Leadership

Most senior leaders arrive at the top of their organisations having mastered a function or a business unit. What they are rarely given is a structured opportunity to step back and ask: am I leading this organisation as effectively as I am managing it?

This programme addresses that gap. It is built around one conviction: the performance of the organisation is the ultimate measure of leadership effectiveness — and that performance is the product of deliberate leadership, rigorous strategy, disciplined execution, and high-performing teams governed by an accountable board.

For senior leaders across Asia, the competitive environment has never been more demanding, and this programme equips leaders to meet that standard.

Resilience at the Boardroom

This programme recognises that leadership in Asian organisations requires a different approach to the models typically promoted in Western business culture. The programme facilitator is the author of Leadership Insights — one of the early published contributions focused on leadership through an Asian lens — and the programme draws on that foundation throughout.

What Makes This
Programme Different

Built for the Asian context, not adapted from the West.

Leadership in Asian organisations operates on different foundations — hierarchy, consensus, relational trust, and family ownership dynamics all shape how strategy is developed and executed.

Introduces Financial Quotient (FQ) alongside Emotional Quotient (EQ).

FQ — the financial literacy that enables leaders to govern results, not merely pursue them — is taught as a leadership capability, not an accounting exercise.

Strategy frameworks used by the world's leading consulting firms.

Participants work with proven strategic tools

Addresses the AI trap in strategy.

An explicit case for why the process of strategy development — the debate, the choices, the alignment — is where the real value lives, not in an AI-generated document.

Dedicated board governance content.

How effective boards govern strategy, challenge management, and hold organisations accountable — relevant to both executives and board members.

Every participant leaves with a concrete deliverable.

A personalised Strategic Leadership Action Plan completed during the programme, covering leadership, strategy, execution, teams, and governance.

Developed and delivered by practitioners.

Grounded in real boardroom and operational leadership across multiple markets.

Strategic Gains

By the end of the program, participants will leave with:

Leadership Clarity:

A personal leadership vision grounded in honest self-assessment, with greater awareness of your EQ and FQ strengths

Strategic Capability:

Mastery of world-class strategy frameworks that equip you to make better strategic choices and position your organisation for growth

Execution Discipline:

Tools to translate strategy into business plans, KPIs, and organisational accountability

Governance Confidence:

How boards govern strategy, challenge management, and hold organisations accountable for performance

Team Performance

Techniques to build and sustain high-performing teams with a culture of accountability

A Personal Action Plan:

A completed Strategic Leadership Action Plan you take back and begin implementing immediately

Who Should Attend

  • CEOs and Managing Directors: Setting direction and driving organisational performance
  • C-Suite Leaders: CFOs, CROs, CSOs with P&L or strategic accountability
  • Board Members: Exercising strategic oversight and governance
  • Senior Managers: Leaders preparing for broader organisational responsibility

DAY1— The Strategic Leader

  • The Effective Leader — Vision, Attributes, EQ and FQ
  • Developing Strategy — The Process Is the Point
  • Strategic Thinking and the Strategy Toolkit

DAY2 — Strategy to Results

  • From Strategy to Performance — Planning, Execution and Results
  • Teams, the Board and Governance
  • Leading Change and Your Strategic Leadership Action Plan
Amer Qureshi, FCA

Amer Qureshi, FCA

Amer Qureshi is an Australian Fellow Chartered Accountant, international management consultant, and author with over two decades of hands-on experience across Australia, the Middle East, and Pakistan. His career spans senior leadership roles including CFO and CEO, alongside advisory work with global institutions such as the IFC (World Bank Group) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Amer serves as a Master Trainer for the IFC's ESG capacity-building initiatives and is a Faculty Member at the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance (PICG). He brings deep advisory experience in Pakistan, having served as a strategic advisor to numerous leading Pakistani family groups, guiding them through complex generational transitions, governance restructuring, and high-stakes leadership successions.

He has served as faculty and Director of the SME and Entrepreneurship Centre at LUMS, and as a Director at Deloitte Australia. He is the author of multiple books published internationally, including Leadership Insights — one of the early contributions focused on leadership through an Asian lens. He is a graduate of the Australian National University with an Executive Education Programme completed at Harvard Business School.

Program Fee:

Two-day
Workshop:
Rs 149,000
With
Add-ons:
Rs 169,000

Program Dates:

July 1–2, 2026
2 Full Days • In-Person
Immersion

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