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Executive Assistant in Management
Strategic expertise, methods and tools - effective support for strategic projects
Contents
Introduction to strategic corporate management and the role of the assistant
- Strategy as a central component of entrepreneurial activity
- Goals and challenges in strategy development – pitfalls and solutions
- Difference between operational and strategic management
- The role of assistants in the strategy process: contributing ideas, helping to steer the process, and helping to shape the outcome
Method and toolbox for strategic assistance
- Strategic pillar: Understanding the vision and mission and translating them into day-to-day business
- SWOT analysis in practice: Evaluating projects, identifying potential, and structuring risks—also with the support of AI tools
- Translate strategic intent into concrete measures
- Stakeholder analysis: Identifying interests, managing relationships in a targeted manner, and reflecting on them with AI-supported insights
Supporting and managing strategic projects
- From operational task manager to strategic project co-pilot
- Identify and mitigate obstacles to strategy implementation
- Develop measures and action plans: From broad goals to concrete to-do lists—supported by structured AI input
- KPI and OKR methodology: Derive and measure goals, and critically examine them with AI-based evaluations
Communication as the key to the strategy process
- Communication as a success factor in strategic projects: From information to impact
- Managing the "Strategy" project efficiently with AI tools: preparing and developing status reports, milestone updates, and escalations
- Supporting change management: Guiding employees and teams through change
- Recognizing obstacles and turning them into opportunities
Assistance as a helmsman in the strategy process
- The role in the strategy cockpit: leveraging responsibility, influence, and scope
- Show presence and raise your profile in strategic projects
- The toolbox for practical use: Classic and AI-based tools and methods that work
- From training the workplace: planning implementation in your own environment
Learning environment
Your benefit
In this training , you will sharpen your understanding of strategic projects and learn what is important when implementing strategies and how you can provide targeted support as an assistant. You will work with proven tools and methods as well as modern AI-supported applications using practical examples and apply these to your own tasks. You will deepen your knowledge of the strategy process, its phases and challenges and learn how to support and manage projects efficiently. You will expand your methodological skills in order to act as a competent and sought-after sparring partner at eye level with managers, teams and relevant interfaces.
This is how you position yourself as a valuable support in the implementation of strategic initiatives in top management.
Methods
Mix of theoretical input, practical tips and applications, exchange of experience, discussion and individual and group work based on the challenges faced by the attendees.
- Analysis and discussion of real corporate strategies
- Development of your own strategy project
- Practical application based on case studies
- Feedback and reflection sessions to consolidate what has been learned
- Conclusion: Transfer of knowledge into your own everyday work
Recommended for
Assistants and other employees who want to support their superiors in the strategy process and improve their strategy skills.
Start dates and details
Thursday, 05.02.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 06.02.2026
09:00 am - 4:30 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
Tuesday, 09.06.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, 10.06.2026
09:00 am - 4:30 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
Thursday, 03.09.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 04.09.2026
09:00 am - 4:30 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
Wednesday, 10.03.2027
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 11.03.2027
09:00 am - 4:30 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
