License for Young Leaders: The leadership program for new managers

Concept

• This leadership program reflects the expectations that will be placed on you as a new manager in the post-corona period.
• The core of your management program consists of two intensive face-to-face seminars. These are supplemented by tutor-supported practical and transfer phases with webinars and a helpful e-learning library. This allows you to train the essential skills you need to take on a leadership role in a practical and effective way.
• The alternation of training units and implementation in the practical phase enables sustainable success in the new management role. If required, you can also introduce complex plans and projects. A program tutor will support you during the practical phase.
• The limited number of participants ensures a productive working atmosphere and promotes the solution-oriented processing of individual practical cases.
• Personal feedback from experienced trainers and regular exchanges with your group of participants 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.
• Transfer the knowledge gained to your management practice.
   

Module 1: training training (3 days)
Taking the lead: Clarifying and shaping your own role
In the prelude to the programme for your entry into leadership, you will receive an overview and familiarize yourself with your new role as a manager. With a practical overview of helpful leadership models, you will develop a fundamental basis for your new leadership role. You will recognize key areas of activity and competencies as a manager and use essential tools for leadership and communication. Methods for self-management and self-efficacy will help you to make a professional start in your new role, which you will shape with the help of your own chosen MyCase 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.

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 management tools.
• 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

• Connection between program content and your management tasks in a personal MyCase practice project.
• Next steps and development of a strategy for your projects.
• Support from learning partners from the participant group.

Your benefit

• You will learn the basics of leadership and examine your own leadership role and how you see yourself as a leader.
• You will 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 know-how on self-management and time competence with regard to your new role and derive sustainable measures to improve your personal performance.
• You transfer your knowledge and the findings 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 day-to-day 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 manager.
In a personal interpretation meeting with your:your trainer , you will gain in-depth insights into key motivators and potential. You will use the results of your personality analysis to assess how you see yourself and how others see you. In addition, you will be able to look at your own employees, assess them better and align your leadership actions accordingly.

E-learning library
If you wish, you can use the accompanying e-learning library to 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.

Module 3: Webinar - Tools for successful leadership
As part of the first practice-oriented webinar, you will be guided by your trainers to exchange experiences, benefits and challenges with the leadership tools from Module 1 and receive new further impulses on current leadership topics.

Module 4: Webinar - New paths in leadership
As part of the second practice-oriented webinar, you will be guided by your trainers to share your experiences in the further development of your leadership role and receive practical leadership aids for your "new paths in leadership".
You use the webinar and the subsequent transfer phase for your leadership practice.

Module 5: Classroom training (3 days) and e-exam
Leading the future: Making the leadership role sustainable
The second face-to-face seminar and e-exam conclude your training as a new manager. In the group, you will receive qualified feedback on your leadership skills and your MyCase practical project. You will expand your leadership knowledge in a targeted manner and receive specific alternative courses of action for challenging leadership situations. In this way, you will strengthen your leadership position in your team and ensure that you will be able to deal with challenging and critical leadership situations constructively, professionally and confidently in the future.

Contents
Evaluation of the practical phase

• Presentation of your findings in the MyCase 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.
• 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.
• 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

• They deal intensively with key management aspects and innovative management approaches.
• You will reflect on your MyCase practical project in the group and receive valuable feedback for your further development.
• You use central management models and concepts confidently in your management practice.
• You have in-depth know-how as a designer of change processes and thus further expand your leadership position.
• You manage your teams in a targeted manner and make a significant contribution to team development.
• You will be able to 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-test 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.

Concept

• This leadership program reflects the expectations that will be placed on you as a new manager in the post-corona period.
• Two intensive online seminars form the core of your leadership program. These are supplemented by tutor-supported practical and transfer phases with webinars and a helpful e-learning library. This allows you to train the essential skills you need to take on a leadership role in a practical and effective way.
• The alternation of training units and implementation in the practical phase enables sustainable success in the new management role. If required, you can also introduce complex plans and projects. A program tutor will support you during the practical phase.
• The limited number of participants ensures a productive working atmosphere and promotes the solution-oriented processing of individual practical cases.
• Personal feedback from experienced trainers and regular exchanges with your group of participants 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.
• Transfer the knowledge gained to your management practice.
   

Module 1: training training (3 days)
Taking the lead: Clarifying and shaping your own role
In the prelude to the programme for your entry into leadership, you will receive an overview and familiarize yourself with your new role as a manager. With a practical overview of helpful leadership models, you will develop a fundamental basis for your new leadership role. You will recognize key areas of activity and competencies as a manager and use essential tools for leadership and communication. Methods for self-management and self-efficacy will help you to make a professional start in your new role, which you will shape with the help of your own chosen MyCase 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.

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 management tools.
• 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

• Connection between program content and your management tasks in a personal MyCase practice project.
• Next steps and development of a strategy for your projects.
• Support from learning partners from the participant group.

Your benefit

• You will learn the basics of leadership and examine your own leadership role and how you see yourself as a leader.
• You will 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 know-how on self-management and time competence with regard to your new role and derive sustainable measures to improve your personal performance.
• You transfer your knowledge and the findings 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 day-to-day 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 manager.
In a personal interpretation meeting with your:your trainer , you will gain in-depth insights into key motivators and potential. You will use the results of your personality analysis to assess how you see yourself and how others see you. In addition, you will be able to look at your own employees, assess them better and align your leadership actions accordingly.

E-learning library
If you wish, you can use the accompanying e-learning library to 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.

Module 3: Webinar - Tools for successful leadership

As part of the first practice-oriented webinar, you will be guided by your trainers to exchange experiences, benefits and challenges with the leadership tools from Module 1 and receive new further impulses on current leadership topics.

Module 4: Webinar - New paths in leadership
As part of the second practice-oriented webinar, you will be guided by your trainers to share your experiences in the further development of your leadership role and receive practical leadership aids for your "new paths in leadership".
You use the webinar and the subsequent transfer phase for your leadership practice.

Module 5: Online training (3 days) and e-exam
Leading the future: Making the leadership role sustainable
The second training training course and e-exam conclude your training as a new manager. In the group, you will receive qualified feedback on your leadership skills and your MyCase practical project. You will expand your leadership knowledge in a targeted manner and receive specific alternative courses of action for challenging leadership situations. In this way, you will strengthen your leadership position in your team and ensure that you will be able to deal with challenging and critical leadership situations constructively, professionally and confidently in the future.

Contents
Evaluation of the practical phase

• Presentation of your findings in the MyCase 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.
• 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.
• 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

• They deal intensively with key management aspects and innovative management approaches.
• You will reflect on your MyCase practical project in the group and receive valuable feedback for your further development.
• You use central management models and concepts confidently in your management practice.
• You have in-depth know-how as a designer of change processes and thus further expand your leadership position.
• You manage your teams in a targeted manner and make a significant contribution to team development.
• You will be able to deal confidently and competently with difficult leadership situations and use helpful strategies in conflict-laden situations.

E-test for certification

After attending the 2nd online seminar, you will take an approx. 30-minute e-exam 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.