Junior Management Program (JuMP)
Management training: from high potential to high performer
4.5Certified by the Hochschule der Wirtschaft für Management (HdWM), Mannheim
This further training course was designed in cooperation with the Mannheim University of Applied Management Sciences and meets the university's quality standards in terms of overall concept, content, trainers and examination. As a result, participants benefit from high-quality qualifications with guaranteed topicality, high practical relevance and excellent trainers.
Module 1:
With the certified and globally recognized INSIGHTS MDI® Talent Insights personality analysis, you receive valid feedback on your talents and development potential as a manager. During a personal evaluation interview, you will gain in-depth insights into key motivators and potential. You will use the results of your personality test to assess your self-image and how you are perceived by others. In addition, you will be able to look at your own employees, assess them better and align your leadership actions accordingly. In this way, you can use the knowledge gained to transfer the seminar content to your further development in a targeted manner.
Module 2: Presence seminar Leadership & Personal Business (4 days)
Day 1/2: Leadership
Getting to know each other and getting started
- Contents, objectives and process of junior management.
- Getting to know the participants.
Levels of leadership success: The B6! Leadership Circle for your focused alignment
Where do you stand today as a manager in management?
- Honest assessment of the current understanding of leadership.
- Positioning: Balance between targets and freedom of action.
- Mastering the "positionposition" with confidence.
- Essential elements of leadership and what leaders should know about them.
- Leadership and AI: Future skills for staying in the pilot's seat.
Leadership personality through self-leadership - leadership starts with yourself
- The elements of self-management.
- Self-management in changing work contexts of the New Normal.
Employee management
- Strengths-oriented leadership in practice.
- Important elements of employee management.
- Building successful teams - even in a virtual context.
- Insights into AI-supported reflection, evaluation of feedback discussions.
Results-oriented leadership in all directions
- Future task: How do you organize your area of responsibility?
- Make and implement decisions.
- Present your concepts and ideas - to TOP management and employees.
Successful management tools
- Selected management tools based on practical examples.
- Practical input: Overview of AI tools for management practice; e.g. meeting preparation, communication, decision-making aids.
- Individual feedback and tips.
Day 3: HR Management 4.0 and change management in the digital transformation
The world of work in the digital transformation
- New Work - Gig Work - Industry 4.0: Competence maps and challenges of the world of work 4.0.
- Framework conditions and design options for HR Management 4.0.
- AI skills for management: data understanding, prompting, competence, legal and ethical aspects.
Business transformation and change management
- Basic models and thought patterns.
- Conceptual and personnel requirements.
- New roles and tasks in HR Management.
Day 4: Digital leadership and personnel development
Transformational HR Management and digital leadership
- Transformational behavior patterns.
- Leadership & Performance.
- Leadership in times of New Normal, New Work, Gig Work & Co.
- AI in HR Management: use of AI models in recruiting, onboarding and employee development. Responsible and innovative use of AI as a manager.
Fields of action for a digital learning and development culture
- Core processes and core competencies.
- Evidence-based recommendations for action.
Module 3:
In this phase, you will apply the knowledge you have gained from the training your everyday work as a manager. If you wish, the program tutor will support and guide you through this process. If you wish, you can use the accompanying e-learning library on the topics of future leadership skills, AI in everyday management, convincing presentations, and change management as a manager, and subsequently deepen your knowledge of the seminar content regardless of time and location. You can control the intensity and depth of learning yourself on a voluntary basis (duration of e-learning approx. 6 hours) and adapt the learning material to your available resources.
Please note: Completion of the e-learning is optional and not mandatory for successful completion of the program.
Module 4: Presence seminar Management Skills & Strategy (4 days)
Day 1: Basics of management
Strategic management
- Classic competitive strategies for companies and departments.
- Different strategic management processes, their phases and contents.
- Business planning: strategic planning, goals, and key performance indicator systems.
- AI-supported strategy development: how to use AI tools for scenarios and analyses?
- Critical reflection of AI-generated results.
Financial management and controlling
- Financial and operational accounting.
- Key figure systems for profitability and liquidity management: key figures, adjusting screws and options for exerting influence.
- Value orientation and value creation.
- Investment and financing decisions.
- Controlling as a management task.
Day 2: Business models in practice
Value proposition of business models
- Focus on customer benefits.
- Customer segmentation through customer-specific needs analyses and approaches.
- AI integration in new business models.
- Close customer relationships as a factor for economic success.
Service provision
- Process and cost optimization.
- Forms of financing from private equity to mezzanine.
Yield mechanics
- Revenue models for generating sales.
- Contribution margins for controlling product management and product cycles.
- Cost structure in the company.
Day 3: Management skills in the new economy
Megatrends in the economy and their impact on strategy
- Digitalization, globalization, sharing economy.
- Mass customization and individualization.
- Working environments 4.0, New Work and new work tools.
- Sustainability - Business with sustainable use of resources.
- Influence of megatrends on all areas of the company.
Spotlight AI
- Influence of generative AI on business models.
- Optimize work processes and organization with AI support.
- Leadership requirements in the context of AI.
- Shaping the AI mindset in your own area of responsibility.
Toxic business models and their dangers
- Disruption, disintermediation, substitution, size regression & Co.
- Which business models will survive?
- The importance for your company.
Know and evaluate modern management approaches
- Agility, autonomy, ambidexterity, unbundling, objectives and key results & Co.
- Effects and derivations for your management area.
Day 4: Innovation, disruptive markets and what you can learn from start-ups
Central role of management in innovation and change processes.
- Know and drive growth strategies.
- Product and market development.
- The Blue Ocean strategy.
- Frugal and disruptive innovations.
Know and integrate innovation processes and methods
- Design thinking as a methodical approach.
- Scrum - agile success model for product and project management.
- Kanban - focusing on the essentials.
- Lean Start-up — Hypotheses and prototypes as the basis for success.
- AI as a driver of innovation.
Start-up culture
- Importance of roles and qualifications.
- Transfer of competencies.
- Holacracy: Transparency and participatory involvement in networks.
Module 5:
Transfer the knowledge you have gained to your day-to-day work as a manager with the support of the program tutor. If you wish, you can also take advantage of up to 2 hours of accompanying virtual coaching. Here you can reflect on individual projects and integrate the new impulses into your practice. If required, use the accompanying e-learning library on the topics of business administration and controlling (duration of the e-learning courses up to 6 hours) and deepen your knowledge of the seminar content afterwards, regardless of time and location. You control the intensity and depth of learning yourself on a voluntary basis and adapt the learning material to your available resources. Please note: Completing the e-learning is optional and not mandatory for successful completion of the program.
Module 6:
In an in-depth 90-minute practical webinar, you will have the opportunity to meet your seminar group again in a virtual space, without having to travel, and to reflect on the knowledge you have gained from the training with the support of an expert and to complete the know-how for your everyday work as a manager.
Contents
Module 1: INSIGHTS MDI® Talent Insights personality analysis
The certified and globally recognized INSIGHTS MDI® Talent Insights personality analysis provides you with valid feedback on your talents and development potential as a manager. You can use the results of your personality test to assess your self-image and how others perceive you. In addition, you can turn your attention to your employees, assess them more accurately, and align your leadership actions accordingly.
Module 2: Presence seminar Leadership & Personal Business (4 days)
Day 1/2: Leadership
Getting to know each other and getting started
- Contents, objectives, and procedure of junior management.
- Getting to know the participants.
Levels of leadership success: the B6! Leadership Circle for your focused alignment
Where do you stand today as a manager in management?
- Honest assessment of the current understanding of leadership.
- Positioning: Balance between targets and freedom of action.
- Mastering the "positionposition" with confidence.
- Essential elements of leadership and what leaders should know about them.
- Leadership and AI: Future skills for staying in the pilot's seat.
Leadership personality through self-leadership - leadership starts with yourself
- The elements of self-management.
- Self-management in changing work contexts of the New Normal.
Employee management
- Strengths-oriented leadership in practice.
- Important elements of employee management.
- Building successful teams - even in a virtual context.
- Insights into AI-supported reflection, evaluation of feedback discussions.
Results-oriented leadership in all directions
- Future task: How do you organize your area of responsibility?
- Make and implement decisions.
- Present your concepts and ideas - to TOP management and employees.
Successful management tools
- Selected management tools based on practical examples.
- Practical input: Overview of AI tools for leadership practice; e.g., conversation preparation, communication, decision-making aids.
- Individual feedback and tips.
Day 3: HR Management 4.0 and change management in the digital transformation
The world of work in the digital transformation
- New Work - Gig Work - Industry 4.0: Skills maps and challenges of the world of work 4.0.
- Framework conditions and design options for HR Management 4.0.
- AI skills for management: data understanding, prompting, competence, legal and ethical aspects.
Business Transformation and Change Management
- Basic models and thought patterns.
- Conceptual and personnel requirements.
- New roles and tasks in HR Management.
Day 4: Digital leadership and personnel development
Transformational personnel managementmanagement and digital leadership
- Transformational behavior patterns.
- Leadership and performance.
- Leadership in times of New Normal, New Work, Gig Work & Co.
- AI in HR Management: use of AI models in recruiting, onboarding and employee development. Responsible and innovative use of AI as a manager.
Fields of action for a digital learning and development culture
- Core processes and core competencies.
- Evidence-based recommendations for action.
Module 3: Practical transfer: utilizing success levers and design options
In this phase, you will apply the knowledge you have gained from the training your everyday work as a manager. If desired, the program tutor will support and guide you in this process. If necessary, use the accompanying e-learning library on the topics of future leadership skills, AI in everyday management, convincing presentations, and change management as a manager to deepen your knowledge of the seminar content at your own pace and at a time and place of your choosing. You can control the intensity and depth of learning yourself on a voluntary basis (e-learning courses last up to 7 hours) and adapt the learning material to your available resources.
Module 4: Presence seminar Management Skills & Strategy (4 days)
Day 1: Basics of management
Strategic management
- Classic competitive strategies for companies and departments.
- Different strategic management processes, their phases and contents.
- Business planning: strategic planning, goals, and key performance indicator systems.
- AI-supported strategy development: how to use AI tools for scenarios and analyses?
- Critical reflection of AI-generated results.
Financial management and controlling
- Financial and operational accounting.
- Key figure systems for profitability and liquidity management: key figures, adjusting screws and options for exerting influence.
- Value orientation and value creation.
- Investment and financing decisions.
- Controlling as a management task.
Day 2: Business models in practice
Value proposition of business models
- Focus on customer benefits.
- Customer segmentation through customer-specific needs analyses and approaches.
- AI integration in new business models.
- Close customer relationships as a factor for economic success.
Service provision
- Process and cost optimization.
- Forms of financing from private equity to mezzanine.
Yield mechanics
- Revenue models for generating sales.
- Contribution margins for controlling product management and product cycles.
- Cost structure in the company.
Day 3: Management skills in the new economy
Megatrends in the economy and their impact on strategy
- Digitalization, globalization, sharing economy.
- Mass customization and individualization.
- Working environments 4.0, New Work and new work tools.
- Sustainability - Business with sustainable use of resources.
- Influence of megatrends on all areas of the company.
Spotlight AI
- Influence of generative AI on business models.
- Optimize work processes and organization with AI support.
- Leadership requirements in the context of AI.
- Shaping the AI mindset in your own area of responsibility.
Toxic business models and their dangers
- Disruption, disintermediation, substitution, size regression & Co.
- Which business models will survive?
- The importance for your company.
Know and evaluate modern management approaches
- Agility, autonomy, ambidexterity, unbundling, objectives and key results & Co.
- Effects and derivations for your management area.
Day 4: Innovation, disruptive markets and what you can learn from start-ups
Central role of management in innovation and change processes
- Know and drive growth strategies.
- Product and market development.
- The Blue Ocean strategy.
- Frugal and disruptive innovations.
Know and integrate innovation processes and methods
- Design thinking as a methodical approach.
- Scrum - agile success model for product and project management.
- Kanban - focusing on the essentials.
- Lean start-up - hypotheses and prototypes as the basis for success.
- AI as a driver of innovation.
Start-up culture
- Importance of roles and qualifications.
- Transfer of competencies.
- Holacracy: Transparency and participatory involvement in networks.
Module 5: Practical transfer and coaching: successfully implementing management know-how
Transfer the knowledge you have gained to your day-to-day work as a manager with the support of the program tutor. If you wish, you can also take advantage of up to 2 hours of accompanying virtual coaching. Here you can reflect on individual projects and integrate the new impulses into your practice. If required, use the accompanying e-learning library on the topics of business administration and controlling (duration of the e-learning courses up to 6 hours) and deepen your knowledge of the seminar content afterwards, regardless of time and location. You control the intensity and depth of learning yourself on a voluntary basis and adapt the learning material to your available resources.
Module 6: Webinar for successful practice transfer
In an in-depth 90-minute practical webinar, you will have the opportunity to meet your seminar group again in a virtual space, without having to travel, and to reflect on the insights you have gained from the training with the support of a speaker and to complete the know-how for your everyday work as a manager.
E-learning library
If you wish, you can use the accompanying e-learning library for the practical transfer phases (Module 3 and Module 5) and deepen your knowledge of the seminar content afterwards (you have free access for up to one year after the program), regardless of time and location. You control the intensity and depth of learning yourself on a voluntary basis and adapt the learning material to your available resources.
Please note: Completion of the e-learning is optional and not mandatory for successful completion of the program.
E-learning content:
- Future Leadership Skills.
- Leadership in the age of artificial intelligence.
- Convincing presentations.
- Change management.
- Business administration for managers.
- Controlling for managers.
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
You benefit from:
- You will receive targeted leadership training for successful leadership in your new position position.
- You professionally implement change projects within the company.
- You know the levers and controls for successful HR Management account the constantly changing conditions of digital transformation.
- You will expand your knowledge of classic management approaches and basic management skills.
- You will learn how generative AI such as ChatGPT or Gemini can make your everyday management tasks more efficient—not by replacing humans, but by serving as a powerful assistance tool.
- You incorporate the latest technologies into your strategy work.
- You can analyze your company's business models and adapt them to the situation, using the latest tools and insights.
- You know what skills the new economy demands from managers and how to deal with the challenges of global and disruptive competition.
Companies benefit through:
- Targeted promotion of junior managers from our own ranks.
- Increased management and leadership competence in-house.
- A stronger bond between the participants and their own company.
- Inexpensive management training for your own employees without having to set up costly programs yourself.
- Direct benefit for your own management projects thanks to high transfer reliability.
Methods
Optimal knowledge building and learning transfer through training, consolidation, and personal exchange. Specialist lectures, case studies, individual and group work, role-playing, exchange of experiences, discussions, and individual feedback. Practical and transfer phase, needs-based use of the e-learning library, INSIGHTS MDI® personality test: online personality test with telephone evaluation interview, transfer webinar. Due to the intensive group dynamic processes, the training can only be booked as a continuous course.
Tool
Recommended for
Managers and experts with their first higher-level management tasks who want to develop themselves, their personality, their employees and their area of responsibility in a targeted manner.
- Customized training courses
- Direct application in practice
- Efficient use of time and resources
Ratings and feedback from our participants
Start dates and details
The next booking ensures this course will take placeEspecially when you’re just starting out in a management role, it’s important not only to take on responsibility but also to actively shape it. This training you consciously make the transition from technical expertise to effective leadership. You’ll gain a clearer understanding of your role, strengthen your position the company, and feel more confident in your decisions and next steps.
Confidence comes primarily when you don’t just formally assume your role, but truly embody it. This happens when you understand what is expected of you, how to lead effectively, and how to strategically develop your area of responsibility. The program, which combines personality assessments, coaching, leadership content, and a business focus, helps you fulfill your new position and success. This not only expands your knowledge but also builds your confidence in your own management effectiveness.
Especially in entry-level management roles, it is important to shift your focus from day-to-day operations to the bigger picture. This is where the value of this program comes into play. You’ll learn not to view your management tasks in isolation, but to link them to the company’s strategic goals. This will give you greater clarity regarding priorities, decisions, and leadership behavior. As a result, your actions will be better aligned with the company’s objectives while simultaneously increasing your effectiveness within your own area of responsibility.
AI is becoming an increasingly integral part of modern management. This training you how to use AI in a meaningful, thoughtful, and practical way in leadership and management. It’s not just about tools, but also about understanding data, crafting effective prompts, and addressing legal and ethical considerations. You’ll learn how to capitalize on opportunities while acting responsibly.
You’ll gain more than just a set of tools. You’ll gain a clearer understanding of your role, greater confidence in your managerial responsibilities, a keener insight into your employees, and a better sense of how to develop your department in line with strategic goals. Through personality assessments, coaching, application phases, and practical learning methods, this process fosters growth that is not only inspiring but also delivers tangible results in your day-to-day work.
The learning approach is designed to ensure long-term implementation. Expert presentations, case studies, individual and group work, role-playing exercises, discussions, sharing of experiences, and personalized feedback ensure that you not only understand the material but also actively engage with it. In addition, there is a practical and application phase, an application webinar, and on-demand access to the e-learning library. It is precisely this combination that enhances the likelihood of successful application and makes the development particularly relevant to your day-to-day management work.
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