Psychology for managers

Improve knowledge of human nature - increase effectiveness

This training is held in German.
In order to lead successfully, it is important to understand human behavior patterns. This is because they are reflected in the different ways your employees act and react. As soon as you recognize these patterns, you can deal with them more easily. In this training , you will learn how to sensitize your perception when dealing with employees in order to better assess and motivate them. Using insights and practical tools from psychology, you will directly increase the effectiveness of your day-to-day professional leadership.

Contents

Basic assumptions of psychology

  • Images of man in psychology.
  • Explanatory models for human behavior.
  • Translation of psychological theories to everyday management.
  • Better understand the interplay between mind, emotion and behavior.
  • Recognize and use contradictions.

Psychological aspects of leadership

  • What psychological understanding of my role do I have and how do I come across as a manager?
  • The manager in the psychological field of tension.
  • How can I use psychological insights in my leadership role?
  • Dealing with opposites such as closeness, distance, stability or change.

Sharpening your knowledge of human nature

  • What does my image of people have to do with my leadership?
  • Dealing with different personality types.
  • Recognize and understand your own patterns of perception and behaviour.
  • Experience the interplay of self-image and external image.

Motivation of employees

  • What motivates whom? Recognize employees' motives.
  • Deploy employees optimally and win them over for common goals.

Special psychological challenges for managers

  • Manage conflict-laden leadership situations confidently and appropriately.
  • Constructive criticism.
  • Recognize team conflicts and resolve them with psychological understanding.

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

  • Together with an experienced trainer, you will deal in detail with basic psychological models.
  • On this basis, you will reflect on your role and your own behavior as a manager and identify possible fields of action.
  • You sharpen your perception and learn to interpret the signals you perceive correctly.
  • You will receive important psychological information that can help you to see through the background and react appropriately, especially in difficult situations.

Methods

Trainer input, group and individual work, discussion in plenary, models, practical work on participants' concerns.

Recommended for

Managers at all levels.

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Berliner Stadtreinigungsbetriebe, Berlin

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REWE Markt GmbH, Rosbach

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Better leadership with knowledge of human nature
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Leadership psychology

In leadership psychology, the focus is on the interaction between a manager and an employee. Psychological leadership strategies can be used, for example, to promote motivation and team spirit and improve employee performance. Psychological knowledge makes it easier to establish a relationship of trust, improve leadership behavior and refine knowledge of human nature. Understanding leadership psychology makes a manager's life easier.

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8178
€ 1.590,- plus VAT
2 days
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05.06.2025
Frankfurt a. M./Offenbach
Booking number: 8178
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Leonardo Hotel Offenbach Frankfurt
Leonardo Hotel Offenbach Frankfurt
Kaiserleistraße 39, 63067 Frankfurt a. M./Offenbach
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Thursday, 05.06.2025

09:00 am - 5:30 pm

Friday, 06.06.2025

09:00 am - 4:00 pm

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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.

14.07.2025
Hamburg
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Best Western Plus Hotel Böttcherhof
Best Western Plus Hotel Böttcherhof
Wöhlerstr. 2, 22113 Hamburg
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Monday, 14.07.2025

09:00 am - 5:30 pm

Tuesday, 15.07.2025

09:00 am - 4:00 pm

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  • 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.

18.08.2025
Live-Online
Booking number: 32234
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Monday, 18.08.2025

09:00 am - 5:30 pm

Tuesday, 19.08.2025

09:00 am - 4:00 pm

25.09.2025
Stuttgart
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Pullman Fontana
Pullman Fontana
Vollmoellerstrasse 5, 70563 Stuttgart
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Thursday, 25.09.2025

09:00 am - 5:30 pm

Friday, 26.09.2025

09:00 am - 4:00 pm

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  • 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.

16.10.2025
Cologne
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Mercure Hotel Köln West
Mercure Hotel Cologne West
Horbeller Str. 1, 50858 Cologne
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Thursday, 16.10.2025

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Friday, 17.10.2025

09:00 am - 4:00 pm

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  • 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.

20.11.2025
Berlin
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RIU Plaza
RIU Plaza
Martin-Luther-Straße 1, 10777 Berlin
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Thursday, 20.11.2025

09:00 am - 5:30 pm

Friday, 21.11.2025

09:00 am - 4:00 pm

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  • 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.

24.11.2025
Munich
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Holiday Inn Unterhaching
Holiday Inn Unterhaching
Inselkammerstraße 7-9, 82008 Munich
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Monday, 24.11.2025

09:00 am - 5:30 pm

Tuesday, 25.11.2025

09:00 am - 4:00 pm

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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.

11.12.2025
Live-Online
Booking number: 32234
€ 1.590,- plus VAT.
€ 1,892.10 incl. VAT.
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Thursday, 11.12.2025

09:00 am - 5:30 pm

Friday, 12.12.2025

09:00 am - 4:00 pm

17.12.2025
Frankfurt a. M.
Booking number: 8178
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Lindner Congress Hotel
Lindner Congress Hotel
Bolongarostraße 100, 65929 Frankfurt a. M.
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Wednesday, 17.12.2025

09:00 am - 5:30 pm

Thursday, 18.12.2025

09:00 am - 4:00 pm

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  • 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
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Leonardo Hamburg Altona
Beerenweg 1A, 22761 Hamburg
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Monday, 02.02.2026

09:00 am - 5:30 pm

Tuesday, 03.02.2026

09:00 am - 4:00 pm

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  • 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.

19.03.2026
Stuttgart
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Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn
Mittlerer Pfad 25-27, 70499 Stuttgart
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Thursday, 19.03.2026

09:00 am - 5:30 pm

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