License for Young Leaders: The leadership program for new managers

Concept

• This leadership program addresses the various challenges of the fast-paced day-to-day work of a leader that you, as a new leader, will face.
• At the heart of the leadership program are two intensive in-person seminars. These are supplemented by tutored practical and application phases that include webinars and a helpful e-learning library. This allows you to effectively develop, through hands-on training, the essential skills needed to take on a leadership role.
• The alternation between training sessions and practical application during the hands-on phase enables you to achieve lasting success in your new leadership role. If needed, you can also bring in complex initiatives and projects. A program tutor will support you during the hands-on phase as you put these into practice.
• The limited number of participants in a consistent group fosters a productive working environment and promotes a solution-oriented and sustainable approach to addressing participants’ own real-world cases.
• Personal feedback from experienced trainers and regular exchanges with your participant group specifically promote the further development of your leadership skills.
• The e-learning library is available to you for the entire duration of the program and up to one year after completion. Depending on your prior knowledge and available resources, you can close knowledge gaps and expand your existing knowledge.
• With an examination and a certificate, you increase your value for the company. Proven results on your leadership skills increase your effectiveness and your standing as a manager and team leader.

During the entire program

• Optional use of a comprehensive e-learning library.
• Apply what you've learned to your leadership practice.
   

Module 1: In-Person Seminar (3 days)
Taking the Lead: Defining and Shaping Your Role
To kick off the program for your transition into leadership, you’ll gain an overview and familiarize yourself with your new role as a leader. Through a practical overview of helpful leadership models, you’ll establish a solid foundation for your new leadership responsibilities. You’ll identify key areas of responsibility and competencies as a leader and utilize essential leadership and communication tools. Methods for self-management and self-efficacy will help you make a professional transition into your new role, which you’ll shape through your self-selected “My Case” practical project.

Contents
Orientation in the new role

• Your own role as a manager.
• The basis of good leadership.
• The basic leadership model.
• Dimensions and fields of action of leadership.
• Leadership in the context of new technologies, such as artificial intelligence.

Strengthening self-competence and self-efficacy as a manager

• My self-image as a manager.
• Demands and expectations of me as a manager.
• Requirements for my employees and my company.
• Challenges and development goals.

Core competencies for successful leadership

• The view of oneself: Self-competence, self-management and time competence.
• Social competence in employee management.
• Organizational competence in the team and in the company.
• (Inter-)cultural competence in the respective context.

Leadership and communication

• Know and apply leadership styles.
• Make targeted use of effective leadership tools.
• Effective preparation for meetings, feedback sessions, or presentations.
• Successful communication models for consistent leadership.
• Giving and receiving feedback.
• Consulting and coaching as elements of success in leadership and communication.

Practical transfer: Successful in the new position

• Connect the program content to your leadership responsibilities in a personalized “My Case” practical project.
• AI for brainstorming, documentation, or risk analysis in “My Case” projects.
• Next steps and developing a strategy for your project.
• Support from learning partners from the participant group.

Your benefit

With this module …

• you will learn the basics of leadership and examine your own leadership role and how you see yourself as a leader.
• you reflect on your communication behavior and train key tasks and situations for your leadership. You will optimize your leadership skills with effective leadership tools and communication tools.
• You will expand your expertise and use the latest tools for self-management and time management in preparation for your new role, and use this to develop sustainable strategies for improving your personal performance.
• you transfer your knowledge and insights from the "On-the-Job" program into your day-to-day management work.

Module 2: Self-study phase
Successfully implementing management know-how
In this phase, you transfer the knowledge you have gained from the training to your everyday work as a new manager. On request, a program tutor will support and accompany you in this process.

Insights MDI® Personality Analysis and Evaluation
The Insights MDI® personality analysis provides you with valid feedback on your talents and development potential as a leader.
During a personal interpretation session with yourtrainer in-depth insights into your key motivators and potential. You’ll use the results of your personality analysis to assess how you see yourself and how others see you. In addition, you’ll focus on your own employees, enabling you to better assess them and tailor your leadership approach accordingly.

E-learning library
If you wish, use the accompanying e-learning library and deepen your knowledge of core leadership topics at any time and from any location. You control the intensity and depth of learning yourself on a voluntary basis and adapt the learning material to your available resources.

E-Learnings:

• Future Leadership Skills.
• Leading at a distance.
• Virtual communication in a team. 
• Leadership in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.

Module 3: Webinar – Tools for Successful Leadership
As part of the first practice-oriented webinar, guided by your trainers, you’ll discuss your experiences, the benefits, and the challenges associated with leadership tools, and gain new insights into current leadership topics.

Module 4: Webinar – New Approaches to Leadership
As part of the second practice-oriented webinar, you’ll discuss your experiences in developing your leadership role—guided by your trainers—and receive practical leadership tools to help you explore your “new approaches to leadership.”
You’ll use the webinar and the subsequent application phase to enhance your leadership practice.

Module 5: In-person seminar (3 days) and online exam 
Leading the Future: Shaping Your Leadership Role for the Long Term
The second in-person seminar and the e-exam mark the completion of your training as a new leader. In a group setting, you’ll receive expert feedback on your leadership skills and your “My Case” practical project. You’ll expand your leadership knowledge in a targeted manner and gain concrete options for handling challenging leadership situations. This will help you strengthen your leadership position within your team and ensure that you can continue to handle challenging and critical leadership situations constructively, professionally, and confidently in the future.

Contents
Evaluation of the practical phase

• Presentation of your findings in the “My Case” practical project.
• Feedback on the topic and on yourself as a manager.
• Self-presentation, self-marketing, motivation.

Leadership models and trends in practice

• Situational leadership.
• The manager as entrepreneur:in.
• Culture-oriented leadership.

Management tasks and management tools

• Meetings: efficient and effective.
• Effective e-mail.
• Promoting innovation.
• AI as a sparring partner to help prepare for difficult conversations.
• Successful handling of virtual leadership situations.
• Strengthen trust and motivation.
• Responsibility and ethical behavior.

Team and leadership

• Leading teams successfully.
• Shaping team development.
• Essential control elements in team management.
• The Importance of a Future-Oriented Mindset in a Team.
• Shaping change effectively.

Dealing with difficult and critical leadership situations

• Know and strengthen your own conflict management skills.
• Apply helpful conflict resolution strategies.
• Effective tools for conflict resolution.
• Constructive communication.
• Developing your own resilience as a manager. 

Outlook

• Feedback and reflection.
• Developing a personal strategy for your own future management practice.
• Continue helpful transfer partnerships.
• Preparation for certification.

Your benefit

With this module …

• you will deal intensively with key aspects of leadership and innovative leadership approaches.
• In the group, you'll reflect on your "My Case" practical project and receive valuable feedback to help you grow.
• you use central leadership models and concepts confidently in your leadership practice.
• You have in-depth expertise as a change management specialist, which allows you to further strengthen your leadership position.
• You will provide targeted guidance to your teams, develop strategies to foster a constructive and forward-looking mindset within your team, and make a significant contribution to team development.
• you deal confidently and competently with difficult leadership situations and use helpful strategies in conflict-laden situations.

E-test for certification:

After attending the 2nd classroom seminar, you will take an e-exam lasting approx. 30 minutes on the content of the leadership training. We recommend that you complete the e-exam within 3 weeks of the training . Upon successful completion, you will receive a detailed certificate from the Haufe Akademie.