Leadership skills for managers with practical experience

Fundamentals of modern leadership

• Holistic understanding of leadership (leading yourself, leading others, leading the business).
• Leadership as a profession - impulses for your professionalism.
• The balance between management and specialist tasks.
• Understanding values as the basis for successful leadership.
• Stakeholder expectations.

Developing leadership skills

• Leadership as a success factor – personality tests and their significance.
• Reflect on management practice.
• The mindset: successfully dealing with change.
• The importance of resilience and dealing with stress.
• Efficient through appropriate relationships.

Leadership role & impact

• Your leadership style—effects on motivation and performance.
• Situational leadership.
• Special features in managing different generations.
• The tension between employee expectations and company interests.

Communication and conversation

• Communicating effectively: reviewing and practicing communication practices.
• Giving and receiving feedback.
• Inspire.
• Conflict communication and dealing with internal/external conflicts.
• Emotional competence in conflict situations.

Tools and methods for effective leadership

• Delegation and involvement of your employees.
• Obstacles to delegation – recognizing internal drivers.
• Prevent demotivation.
• Making and communicating decisions.
• The path from a problem-oriented to a solution-oriented perspective.
• Mobile working—sensibly integrating new working environments.
• Efficient networking within the team (virtual, hybrid, on-site).

Strategy, orientation, and future skills

• New Work, New Normal, VUCA & Co.
• Strategy management: vision, mission, purpose, and goals.
• SWOT analysis in a team – strategic planning as a joint task.

Practice transfer & personal transfer

• Current challenges in your leadership situation.
• Work on individual practical cases.
• Develop solutions and tolerate contradictions.
• 2 × 30 min. telephone coaching sessions on practical application.