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Essentials of Successful Leadership

How to gain acceptance in your new leadership role

To be successful in your new leadership role requires to alter your leadership identity as you will face different responsibilities and tasks in your new position. This means developing new behaviours so you can face challenges and succeed in this responsible position. You will learn how to deal with various expectations whilst still being a reliable and motivating leader. Even within an international workforce.

Content

Aspects of the new professional role

  • Gaining acceptance in your new role.
  • Adapting sensibly to the new position.
  • Requirements and tasks of a leader.
  • Knowing about leadership styles.
  • Adjusting your leadership style for an international role.
  • Leadership skills: delegating, target setting, performance evaluation and feedback.

Being prepared - reflecting on your new role

  • What kind of leader and manager will I be?
  • What are my strengths and where are areas for development?
  • How can I transfer my strengths to my new international role?

Toolbox for leadership

  • Working with senior members of a team.
  • Trust and/or control - the leader-employee relationship.
  • Leader or friend, colleague or boss?
  • Successful delegation of specific tasks.
  • Professional feedback: Giving and receiving.

Impact on a team's performance

  • Building up high-performance teams.
  • Motivational factors for teams.
  • Fostering the relationship with colleagues and superiors.
  • Taking cultural diversity in your team into account.
  • Which management support is needed for each team member.

Getting through the "rookie period"

  • Avoiding the most common mistakes in the first 100 days.

Online Learning Platform

Once you have registered, you will be able to access your online learning platform, including extra materials for consolidating what you have learned.

Benefits

This well-stocked toolbox for leaders will help you to

  • prepare for your new responsibilities as a leader,
  • develop your own approach to your new leadership role,
  • be confident even in difficult situations,
  • moderate and lead effective communication,
  • set and achieve motivating targets for yourself and your team.

Methods

The training consists of a mixture of input and exercises. You will actively participate in the learning process, thus helping you to avoid pitfalls in real life situations. The methods used will include group work, reflection, theoretical input and interactive exercises.

Who should attend

This seminar is for junior managers, team leaders and project managers who are more about to move into a leadership role or have recently been promoted to a leading position in international business.

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Attendees comments

"Open and friendly atmosphere induced by the trainer, well organized, good hotel."

Dr. Matthias Heinze
Pfizer Pharma GmbH, Berlin

"Professionally organized and structured course."

Alina Bun
Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH, Hannover

"Great experience of the teacher, possibility to discuss real cases and real examples of leadership in daily business. The training was really helpful for my daily activities in the company."

Alessandro Pasquino
EADS, Stuttgart

Seminar Reviews of „Essentials of Successful Leadership“

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Trainer expertise:
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Participant orientation:
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Method variety:
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5670
€ 1.540,- plus VAT
2 days
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06.03.2025
Stuttgart
Booking number: 5670
€ 1.540,- excl. VAT
€ 1.832,60 incl. VAT
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Parkhotel Messe-Airport
Parkhotel Messe-Airport
Filderbahnstrasse 2, 70771 Stuttgart
Room rate: € 140,- excl. VAT
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Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
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2 days
limited number of participants

Thursday, 06.03.2025

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Friday, 07.03.2025

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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The stated participation fee includes a group lunch per full seminar day, refreshments during breaks and extensive course handouts. The participant must settle accommodation costs directly with the hotel. Regarding the booking of the hotel, you will find a reservation form in your online learning platform.

09.04.2025
Hamburg
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Best Western Plus Hotel Böttcherhof
Best Western Plus Hotel Böttcherhof
Wöhlerstr. 2, 22113 Hamburg
Room rate: € 110,28 excl. VAT
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Wednesday, 09.04.2025

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Thursday, 10.04.2025

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The stated participation fee includes a group lunch per full seminar day, refreshments during breaks and extensive course handouts. The participant must settle accommodation costs directly with the hotel. Regarding the booking of the hotel, you will find a reservation form in your online learning platform.

26.06.2025
Frankfurt a. M./Eschborn
Booking number: 5670
€ 1.540,- excl. VAT
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Venue
Best Western Plus iO Hotel
Best Western Plus iO Hotel
Graf-Zeppelin-Straße 2, 65824 Frankfurt a. M./Eschborn
Room rate: € 103,54 excl. VAT
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Thursday, 26.06.2025

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Friday, 27.06.2025

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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The stated participation fee includes a group lunch per full seminar day, refreshments during breaks and extensive course handouts. The participant must settle accommodation costs directly with the hotel. Regarding the booking of the hotel, you will find a reservation form in your online learning platform.

16.07.2025
Berlin
Booking number: 5670
€ 1.540,- excl. VAT
€ 1.832,60 incl. VAT
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Mercure Hotel Berlin Tempelhof
Mercure Hotel Berlin Tempelhof
Hermannstraße 214-21, 12049 Berlin
Room rate: € 133,68 excl. VAT
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Wednesday, 16.07.2025

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Thursday, 17.07.2025

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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The stated participation fee includes a group lunch per full seminar day, refreshments during breaks and extensive course handouts. The participant must settle accommodation costs directly with the hotel. Regarding the booking of the hotel, you will find a reservation form in your online learning platform.

23.09.2025
Köln
Booking number: 5670
€ 1.540,- excl. VAT
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PULLMAN Cologne
Helenenstraße 14, 50667 Köln
Room rate: € 172,33 excl. VAT
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Tuesday, 23.09.2025

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Wednesday, 24.09.2025

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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The stated participation fee includes a group lunch per full seminar day, refreshments during breaks and extensive course handouts. The participant must settle accommodation costs directly with the hotel. Regarding the booking of the hotel, you will find a reservation form in your online learning platform.

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Booking number: 5670
€ 1.540,- excl. VAT
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Details
2 days
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Fee includes

The stated participation fee includes a group lunch per full seminar day, refreshments during breaks and extensive course handouts. The participant must settle accommodation costs directly with the hotel. Regarding the booking of the hotel, you will find a reservation form in your online learning platform.

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