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Crazy Days for Leaders

The completely different leadership training with Barbara Messer

This training is held in German.
Go crazy. Think differently. Lead in a new way. Do you see yourself as a doer and shaper in your organization? Using the same paths and strategies for all eternity has never been your thing? You are a leader. You want to make things happen. But not with the usual tools and empty buzzwords. You are looking for real impact - through different perspectives, unusual methods and creative actions. Welcome to the Crazy Days for Leaders - the leadership workshop with Barbara Messer. This is not about "yet another new tool". It's about you as a person and a leader. About your attitude. Your presence. Your way of thinking, communicating and acting. And above all: the courage to shift things - in your thinking, in your actions, in your team. This Rethink workshop will turn your established thought patterns upside down, change your mindset and challenge your personality!

Do you have the courage to turn the established upside down?
With the rethink training courses, you change your mindset and discover new horizons. 
 

Contents

More scope for courageous, creative leadership

  • Creativity as the key to innovation: creating the basis for enthusiasm.
  • Passion and creativity instead of too much security and control: living visions.
  • Bring about a change of perspective: The courage to break new ground.
  • Deep reflection on your own attitude and values as a manager.

A toolbox full of unusual ideas

  • Innovative methods for your tour: the museum, the sanatorium, the confessional.
  • Diverse forms of discussion as a source of change.
  • Unusual and effective questions bring new perspectives.
  • Crazy storytelling: using stories to engage and inspire people.

Desire for change - in yourself and in the team

  • Reflect on and adapt attitudes: Find the right posture before you start.
  • Communication principles for genuine and direct contact.
  • Breaking taboos and having difficult conversations "differently".
  • Living enthusiasm: The mindset of change before, during and after work.

Security in dealing with uncertainty

  • Stay calm when there's a fire: prudence in tricky situations.
  • Lead without fear: Being sure of yourself and making relationships safe.
  • Sensible principles for effective leadership in uncertain times.
  • Mindfulness and appreciation as the basis for stability in day-to-day management.

A clear inner attitude that inspires rather than manages

  • Be convincing: Living enthusiasm and clarity in leadership.
  • Reflection on your own values and their effect on the team.
  • Inspiring communication: using new forms of dialog.
  • Authenticity and a sense of purpose as guiding principles in day-to-day management.

Why CRAZY - Because crazy is often just right

  • Bold approaches, unusual conversations and a change of perspective for greater impact.
  • Normality is often the little brother of boredom.
  • Overcoming boundaries with courageous interventions: Questioning taboos and trying out new things.
  • Creativity as a driver for extraordinary results.
  • Creative leadership creates change and space for development.

Learning environment

In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.

Your benefit

In this extraordinary workshop

  • you will experience unusual settings such as the "Guiding Museum", the "Confessional" or the "World Creator".
  • you practise small, effective, perhaps even unorthodox interventions that noticeably change meetings, conversations and dynamics.
  • you reflect on your attitude, your values and your impact on others.
  • you develop new perspectives on yourself, your team and your role.
  • you will learn how you as a manager can establish a new way of working together.
  • you use a safe laboratory situation to get to know and practise unusual methods.
  • you work with formats that are both irritating and inspiring - for new results and genuine cooperation.
  • you will find unusual answers to real and current challenges in your day-to-day management work.
  • you will recognize how "crazy" ideas can motivate your employees anew.
  • you strengthen your role as an innovator and open up new horizons.
  • you are planting the seeds for a changed perception of your leadership personality.

In combination with the innovation workshop "New Leadership" (booking no. 36544), you will receive a comprehensive program for contemporary and forward-looking leadership with Barbara Messer.

Methods

You are part of an intensive, two-day experience - studio instead of seminar room. Movement instead of theory. Craftsmanship instead of PowerPoint. 

Within this framework, you will deal with topics and exercises that may seem unfamiliar at first glance. However, they will unfold their full effect if you bring openness, curiosity and a willingness to engage with new methods and perspectives. Let yourself be surprised and take the opportunity to reflect intensively on your leadership personality, shape your role as a leader in a sustainable way and discover new approaches to your leadership work through innovative approaches. It would be particularly valuable if you come with real concerns - issues for which you are looking for unusual solutions, need new perspectives or want to develop different attitudes and options for action. With the courage and willingness to think outside the box and embrace new methods and ideas, you give your leadership the opportunity to explore new and unexpected paths. Let yourself be "shifted" in a positive sense, be surprised and open yourself up to unexpected turns and alternative courses of action for individual and distinctive leadership. 

Please also plan to have dinner with the group on the evening of the first day of the event. This dinner is included in the seminar price and we ask you to keep this evening free.

Recommended for

Executives and managers who would like to reflect on and develop their personality and leadership role in an unusual and unusual training format.

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Seminar evaluation for "Crazy Days for Leaders"

4.3 from 5
with 14 ratings
training content:
4.3
Content comprehensibility:
4.1
Practical relevance:
4
Trainer expertise:
4.7
Participant orientation:
4.4
Method variety:
4.3
On-site training together
Booking number
35024
€ 1.990,- plus VAT
2 days
in 4 locations
4 Events
German
Events
Train several employees internally
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23.09.2025
Mannheim
Booking number: 35024
€ 1.990,- plus VAT.
€ 2,368.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
Leonardo Royal Hotel
Leonardo Royal Hotel
Augustaanlage 4-8, 68165 Mannheim
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Travel at reduced rates by booking via the learning environment.
Days & Times
2 days
Limited number of participants

Tuesday, 23.09.2025

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Wednesday, 24.09.2025

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
Participants will be charged directly by the hotel for their hotel accommodation. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.

The price includes a group dinner on the first evening.

09.03.2026
Cologne/Lower Kassel
Booking number: 35024
€ 1.990,- plus VAT.
€ 2,368.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
Hotel Clostermanns Hof
Hotel Clostermanns Hof
Heerstraße 2A, 53859 Cologne/Niederkassel
Room rate: € 125,13 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Travel at reduced rates by booking via the learning environment.
Days & Times
2 days
Limited number of participants

Monday, 09.03.2026

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Tuesday, 10.03.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
Participants will be charged directly by the hotel for their hotel accommodation. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.

The price includes a group dinner on the first evening.

18.05.2026
Munich/Feldkirchen
Booking number: 35024
€ 1.990,- plus VAT.
€ 2,368.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
Hotel Bauer Feldkirchen
Hotel Bauer Feldkirchen
Münchner Str. 6, 85622 Munich/Feldkirchen
Room rate: € 126,63 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Travel at reduced rates by booking via the learning environment.
Days & Times
2 days
Limited number of participants

Monday, 18.05.2026

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Tuesday, 19.05.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
Participants will be charged directly by the hotel for their hotel accommodation. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.

The price includes a group dinner on the first evening.

28.09.2026
Hamburg/Ahrensburg
Booking number: 35024
€ 1.990,- plus VAT.
€ 2,368.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
Hotel am Schloss Ahrensburg
Hotel am Schloss Ahrensburg
Am Alten Markt 17, 22926 Hamburg/Ahrensburg
Room rate: € 125,55 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Travel at reduced rates by booking via the learning environment.
Days & Times
2 days
Limited number of participants

Monday, 28.09.2026

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Tuesday, 29.09.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
Participants will be charged directly by the hotel for their hotel accommodation. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.

The price includes a group dinner on the first evening.

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Booking number: 35024
€ 1.990,- plus VAT.
€ 2,368.10 incl. VAT.
Details
2 days
Limited number of participants
Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
Participants will be charged directly by the hotel for their hotel accommodation. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.

The price includes a group dinner on the first evening.

Booking number: 35024
€ 1.990,- plus VAT.
€ 2,368.10 incl. VAT.
Details
2 days
Limited number of participants
Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
Participants will be charged directly by the hotel for their hotel accommodation. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.

The price includes a group dinner on the first evening.

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