Setting the course: successful specialist or management career?

Check potential - recognize strengths - make decisions

This training is held in German.
Are you currently or in the foreseeable future faced with the question: Do I want to concentrate on my further professional qualifications or take the path towards becoming a manager? By taking part in this training , you can gain clarity about the resulting opportunities and challenges. You will gain a picture of the tasks that await you as a manager, the skills you need to develop for this and what you might have to give up to take this step. This training course will give you a concrete picture of what it means to be a manager today. Experience yourself in practical situations, find out what your heart beats for and make a confident decision.

Contents

Leadership - a challenging task

  • What leadership is all about: leadership skills and personality.
  • What leadership responsibility requires: Responsibility in the matter and for the employees.
  • What it means to master sandwich positions: Loyalty to management - recognizing employee interests.

Guided tour - first-hand experience

  • My personal view of leadership.
  • My personal experience of leadership situations.
  • My reflection on these experiences and the derivation of concrete steps for my own decision.

Leadership - your own potential and areas for development

  • Positioning: Where do I currently stand in the company/organization?
  • What image of humanity guides me?
  • What values do I represent?
  • What talents and strengths do I have and how could I use them as a manager?
  • Which of my own stress reactions do I know and how do I deal with them?

Specialist or management career?

  • Weigh up the pros and cons in a change of perspective.
  • Prepare the concrete details of my further professional development path.
  • Celebrating the plan for the future.

Learning environment

In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this qualification measure after you have registered.

Your benefit

 

  • You will gain a picture of what it means to be a manager and can clarify for yourself whether and how this role can fit into your personal life plan.
  • Using situations from your own everyday working life, you will gain clarity about your own potential, your skills and areas for development with regard to leadership.
  • You will develop the necessary basis to make a conscious decision for a specialist or management career and will be able to argue this to third parties.
  • You will develop your ability to self-reflect as an essential basic competence for authentic leadership.

Methods

Trainer input, case studies and best practice examples, exercises, discussion and exchange of experience, group work. Seminar documents support reflection and assimilation of the content.

Recommended for

subject matter experts who want to prepare and make their decision regarding a specialist or management career.

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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Trainer expertise:
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Whitepaper: 10 essential tips for new managers

Everything you need for your entry into management As a new manager, there are plenty of challenges waiting for you. You will be exposed to the expectations of various hierarchical levels that you were not familiar with as an employee.

The first 100 days are particularly decisive for a future as a successful manager, as the first impression of your leadership activities on the team and with superiors is particularly lasting.

During this time, you can demonstrate your skills and abilities. Our tips will help you to create the basis for a successful and trusting collaboration with your team during this initial period.

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Articles, interviews or whitepapers on the topic

 

Whitepaper: 10 essential tips for new managers

Everything you need for your entry into management As a new manager, there are plenty of challenges waiting for you. You will be exposed to the expectations of various hierarchical levels that you were not familiar with as an employee.

The first 100 days are particularly decisive for a future as a successful manager, as the first impression of your leadership activities on the team and with superiors is particularly lasting.

During this time, you can demonstrate your skills and abilities. Our tips will help you to create the basis for a successful and trusting collaboration with your team during this initial period.

Download free of charge

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4373
€ 1.540,- plus VAT
2 days
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15.09.2025
Stuttgart
Booking number: 4373
€ 1.540,- plus VAT.
€ 1,832.60 incl. VAT.
Venue
Hotel NH Stuttgart Airport
Hotel NH Stuttgart Airport
Bonländer Hauptstr. 145, 70794 Stuttgart
Room rate: € 128,49 plus VAT.
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Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
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2 days
Limited number of participants

Monday, 15.09.2025

09:00 am - 5:30 pm

Tuesday, 16.09.2025

08:30 am - 4:00 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.
Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
29.09.2025
Berlin
Booking number: 4373
€ 1.540,- plus VAT.
€ 1,832.60 incl. VAT.
Venue
centrovital Hotel
centrovital Hotel
Brauereihof 6, 13585 Berlin
Room rate: € 126,16 plus VAT.
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Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
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Monday, 29.09.2025

09:00 am - 5:30 pm

Tuesday, 30.09.2025

08:30 am - 4:00 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.
Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
09.10.2025
Hamburg
Booking number: 4373
€ 1.540,- plus VAT.
€ 1,832.60 incl. VAT.
Venue
Mercure Hotel Hamburg City
Mercure Hotel Hamburg City
Amsinckstraße 53, 20097 Hamburg
Room rate: € 132,97 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Train tickets to this event starting at € 51,90.
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Limited number of participants

Thursday, 09.10.2025

09:00 am - 5:30 pm

Friday, 10.10.2025

08:30 am - 4:00 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.
Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
04.12.2025
Cologne
Booking number: 4373
€ 1.540,- plus VAT.
€ 1,832.60 incl. VAT.
Venue
PLAZA Premium Hotel Köln
PLAZA Premium Hotel Cologne
Clevischer Ring 121-23, 51063 Cologne
Room rate: € 82,42 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

Thursday, 04.12.2025

09:00 am - 5:30 pm

Friday, 05.12.2025

08:30 am - 4:00 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.
Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
18.03.2026
Munich
Booking number: 4373
€ 1.540,- plus VAT.
€ 1,832.60 incl. VAT.
Venue
Holiday Inn Unterhaching
Holiday Inn Unterhaching
Inselkammerstraße 7-9, 82008 Munich
Room rate: € 128,39 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

Wednesday, 18.03.2026

09:00 am - 5:30 pm

Thursday, 19.03.2026

08:30 am - 4:00 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.
Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
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Booking number: 4373
€ 1.540,- plus VAT.
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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.
Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
Booking number: 4373
€ 1.540,- plus VAT.
€ 1,832.60 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.
Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
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