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Courage to lead - courage to feel

Your leadership: strong, authentic, emotional

This training is held in German.
Courage is indispensable and of the highest value for successful managers. Even if not all the facts are often available, important decisions in management positions require responsibility and clarity. In such an environment, courage becomes a key competence. But what exactly is courage? And how can I express courage effectively in my everyday life as a manager? Sensitize your self-reflection and power of perception in order to strengthen clarity and inner security. Get to know your own emotional and reaction patterns better so that you can also face pressureful external events with inner confidence. With effective methods and techniques from acting, dramaturgy and directing, you will gain a completely new perspective on yourself and your leadership with the support of experienced trainer . You will develop new forms of communication and be able to master conflicts and difficult situations with reflective behavior, clear decisions and courageous leadership.

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Contents

Knowing yourself well as the basis for courageous action as a manager

  • Reflection and self-analysis of my personality in relation to courage.  
  • When am I brave and why?
  • When am I not courageous and why?
  • IF YOU FEEL GOOD - THAT'S YOU.

Courage for my feelings - authentic leadership in practice

  • Know your own feelings, name them and show them appropriately.
  • Order in emotional chaos - differentiating feelings: Anger, sadness, fear and joy.
  • Use your own feelings as a motor for positive change and activity.
  • Know and consciously control the effects and consequences of my feelings.

Active communication as a manager

  • Courage not as proof of superiority, but as an offer of communication.
  • Approach others: Courage to act - courage to react.
  • The courage to lead: Embracing my role as a leader and living leadership.

Your own self-efficacy as the basis of a confident leader

  • Courage means stepping out of yourself in an authentic way.
  • Using fear and uncertainty to drive responsible and clear leadership.
  • Using courage as a potential for creativity and authenticity.

Leadership means being in honest contact with people

  • Courage and establishing contacts in organization and everyday professional life.
  • Authentic networking for successful relationships.
  • Close contact with my Employees is the key to effectiveness.
  • Show courage authentically for honest contacts.

Conflict and conflict resolution in a leadership context

  • Trust and courage: courageously engaging in disputes with an uncertain outcome.
  • Yes to conflict and crisis: courage as a catalyst for productive crises.
  • Courage to make clear and consistent decisions - even in the face of resistance.

Learning environment

Once you have registered, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services relating to this training course in your online learning environment.

Your benefit

In this special and personal training ...

  • you will get to know your fears and the different sides of your courage better in a protected space. You will shape your behavior and personal courage anchors in professional contexts on the basis of your personal reflection.
  • you will develop a personal courage biography and thus sustainably strengthen your self-efficacy and assertiveness as a manager.
  • learn to use courage as a personal resource to deal constructively and productively with difficult disputes and situations in your day-to-day work.
  • learn ways to approach others with courage and turn conflicts and crises into successes through courageous action.
  • In your area of responsibility, commit to an authentic culture of courage beyond commercial images and artificial behavior patterns.
  • Use the power of courageous situations to present yourself clearly and authentically both internally and externally as a manager with a strengthened leadership personality.
  • Use methods from acting, dramaturgy and directing to see yourself in a new light, reflect on your impact and find new, authentic ways to lead.

Methods

Resonance, essence and creative techniques from the art of acting, methods from dramaturgy and directing, reframing, attention and mindfulness exercises, role play, contact cycles in communication.

By engaging in the versatile acting methodology as a leader, you will foster the ability to recognize your courageous side, to play, to try out new ideas and to take innovative paths. The playful approach creates an environment in which you can try out new behaviors and solution options without serious consequences, creating valuable learning opportunities and new transfer for your leadership practice. This method encourages creativity, adaptability and the courage to take on new challenges. In addition, role plays strengthen teamwork and flexibility for optimal collaboration.

Recommended for

Leaders and managers who want to use courage as a personal resource and integrate reflection, dialog and experience into their leadership work with proven tools and exciting methods.

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36362
€ 1.690,- plus VAT
2 days
in 3 locations
3 Events
German
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15.09.2025
Stuttgart
Booking number: 36362
€ 1.690,- plus VAT.
€ 2,011.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
Hotel NH Stuttgart Airport
Hotel NH Stuttgart Airport
Bonländer Hauptstr. 145, 70794 Stuttgart
Room rate: € 128,49 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
Days & Times
2 days
Limited number of participants

Monday, 15.09.2025

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Tuesday, 16.09.2025

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.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
02.02.2026
Hamburg
Booking number: 36362
€ 1.690,- plus VAT.
€ 2,011.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
Radisson Blu Hotel Hamburg Airport
Radisson Blu Hotel Hamburg Airport
Flughafenstraße 1-3, 22335 Hamburg
Room rate: € 134,45 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
Days & Times
2 days
Limited number of participants

Monday, 02.02.2026

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Tuesday, 03.02.2026

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.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
07.07.2026
Frankfurt a. M.
Booking number: 36362
€ 1.690,- plus VAT.
€ 2,011.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
Flemings Hotel Frankfurt Main-Riverside
Flemings Hotel Frankfurt Main-Riverside
Lange Straße 5-9, 60311 Frankfurt a. M.
Room rate: € 115,40 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
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2 days
Limited number of participants

Tuesday, 07.07.2026

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Wednesday, 08.07.2026

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.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
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€ 1.690,- plus VAT.
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Limited number of participants
Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
Booking number: 36362
€ 1.690,- plus VAT.
€ 2,011.10 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.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
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