GmbH Managing Director Expert Program

Strategy, law, business administration and personal development

Qualification program
This qualification program is held in German.
The GmbH management has a responsible position in the company. The range of tasks of this position is diverse and correspondingly extensive. It is responsible for the smooth running of day-to-day business and is the point of contact for business partners, banks and shareholders. The GmbH management should be aware of the economic situation of the company at all times and intervene to steer it if necessary. Its main tasks include strategic corporate management, targeted employee management and development, increasing productivity, investments, expanding customer and supplier relationships, introducing product and technology innovations, quality management, securing the order situation and business stability. In addition to personal skills such as a sense of responsibility, entrepreneurial thinking, a confident manner, communication skills and leadership qualities, this position also requires technical skills such as commercial, business and legal knowledge.
Recommended procedure

Compulsory seminars:

  • General Management for Executives (3 days).
  • Rights and obligations in GmbH management (1 day).
  • Reading balance sheets correctly and understanding them better (1 day).
  • Key figures in the company (1 day).
  • "Individual Practical Transfer" module (includes an MDI personality analysis and a corresponding evaluation discussion, phone, and e-learning).

Election seminars:

Select two elective seminars.

  • Erfolgsmodell GmbH: Legal foundations for small and medium-sized enterprises and family-owned companies (1 day).
  • Labor law for managers (1 day).
  • AI legal practice: from theory to application (1 day).
  • Due diligence in practice (1 day).
  • Intensive company valuation (2 days).
  • The path to a successful business model (1 day).

The GmbH Management Expert Program offers you a compact, practice-oriented qualification program for (prospective) managing directors. It combines key topics from business administration, strategy, law, leadership, and personal development.

The program comprises eight seminar days and an accompanying coaching session focused on your individual development. You will also receive 12 months' access to an e-learning library with around 20 hours of learning material.

Modules 1 to 4 cover the essential business, strategic, and legal fundamentals. In Module 5, you can set your own individual priorities by choosing two seminar days. Module 6 focuses on your personal development in management and leadership.

You can choose the time and place of the seminars flexibly. The seminars are self-contained and thematically coordinated. We recommend using telephone coaching after completing Module 1. All seminars should be completed within two years.

Compulsory modules

This is the recommended schedule for the compulsory modules. The dates can be selected in the shopping cart.
1
Rights and obligations of the GmbH management
Act with legal certainty - minimize liability risks
1 day
at 11 locations and online
2
Key figures in the company
Determine, analyze and interpret KPIs
1 day
at 4 locations and online
3
General Management for Executives
Strategic management, operational control, future-oriented action
3 days
at 8 locations and online
4
Read balance sheets correctly and understand them better
Crash course for managers
1 day and 2 hours
at 6 locations and online
5
Individual practice transfer: management and leadership
Strengthen skills - grow personally
0.5 days
online

Elective modules

You can select 2 elective modules in your shopping cart. These are already included in the discounted package price.
Employment law for managers
Legal certainty in difficult management situations
1 day
at 8 locations and online
Due diligence in practice
Recommendations for action for a professional company analysis
1 day
at 5 locations and online
The path to a successful business model
The business model canvas method
1 day
at 3 locations and online
Success model GmbH
Legal basis for SMEs and family companies
1 day
at 2 locations and online
Company valuation in practice
Valuation approaches and valuation for use in practice
2 days
at 5 locations and online
AI legal practice: from theory to application
EU law, copyright, data privacy and innovative AI tools in everyday working life
1 day
online

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 course ...

  • you will deepen and intensify the most important management aspects of accounting and controlling and gain new insights by analyzing your own company.
  • you will develop possible strategic management measures on the basis of your own balance sheet analysis.
  • you will learn everything you need to know about current GmbH law and your rights and obligations as a managing director.
  • you will find out which duties to act are imposed on management, especially in times of crisis, and how you can avoid the contractual or even criminal consequences that may affect you.
  • you can set different priorities and deepen your knowledge by selecting 2 seminar days from a range of relevant topics.
  • you have the opportunity to share and discuss new findings and results in the group.
  • you design your own personal development in the area of leadership within a set framework.
  • you complete the renowned "INSIGHTS MDI® Talent Insights" analysis and are shown your personal strengths and development potential in an evaluation interview.
  • you will receive telephone coaching on a topic of your choice and can discuss your current questions and problems and develop solutions and strategies for challenging situations.
  • the transfer of what has been learned into everyday life is supported by the e-learning library provided.

With the knowledge you gain, you minimize your personal liability risk and create a sound basis for important business decisions.

Recommended for

Active and future GmbH managing directors, shareholders.

Open Badges - Show what you can do digitally too.

Open Badges are recognized, digital certificates of participation. These verifiable credentials are the current standard for integration in career networks such as LinkedIn.

With them, you digitally demonstrate the competences you possess. After successful completion, you will receive an Open Badge from us.

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Managing director: tasks, further training & salary

As the highest executive position in a company, the managing director is largely responsible for the success or failure of a company. He or she is responsible for both the corporate strategy and the management of employees, and has numerous areas of responsibility. The most important facts in brief What does a managing director do? The managing director bears overall responsibility for strategic and operational management [...]

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Articles, interviews or whitepapers on the topic

Managing director: tasks, further training & salary

As the highest executive position in a company, the managing director is largely responsible for the success or failure of a company. He or she is responsible for both the corporate strategy and the management of employees, and has numerous areas of responsibility. The most important facts in brief What does a managing director do? The managing director bears overall responsibility for strategic and operational management [...]

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GmbH Managing Director Training

Setting up a GmbH takes your company to a new level of professionalism. However, founding a company is only the first administrative step. This is because managing a GmbH involves a whole range of obligations and regulations that must be complied with and taken into account. It is therefore particularly important for newcomers to management to acquire the necessary knowledge in order to avoid mistakes. With this GmbH managing director training course, you will lay the foundation for correct management and action within the framework of the legal requirements.

Familiarize yourself with the tasks of GmbH management

As the future managing director of a GmbH, the tasks are varied and cover many areas. Whether it's customer management, employee management, company management or correct payroll accounting, you have to keep track of everything. This is the only way to ensure that you can fulfill your duty to manage the company economically. 

Read more about the job description of a managing director here.

With the Haufe Akademie 's GmbH Managing Director training, you can rely on a proven combination of knowledge transfer and practical application. Thanks to the modular structure, you can adapt the individual seminars perfectly to your needs.

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3784
€ 6.190,- plus VAT
Approx. 9 days
4 compulsory seminars, 2 elective seminars and individual practice transfer with coaching
with certificate
German
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Train several employees internally
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  • Customized training courses according to your needs
  • Directly at your premises or online
  • Cost advantage from 5 participants
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Approx. 9 days
4 compulsory seminars, 2 elective seminars and individual practice transfer with coaching
In-person or Online
with certificate

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