Leading in matrix organizations, agile networks & Co.

Successful leadership outside the traditional hierarchy

This training is held in German.
Leadership is taking place less and less within the framework of traditional hierarchical line organizations. Instead, matrix organizations, network organizations and other self-organized and cross-hierarchical forms of work are changing leadership. Find out what these organizational changes mean for your day-to-day management and your role as a manager. Reflect on your attitude to leadership and use practical tools and helpful management instruments to break down silo thinking and strengthen successful company-wide cooperation.

Contents

Your leadership role in the context of your company

  • Compare classic and new forms of organization.
  • Understanding the drivers of organizational change.
  • Develop an understanding of the organizational structure of your own company.
  • Understand the influence of the organizational form on my leadership role.

Actively tackling new challenges in the leadership role

  • Convince and influence outside the classic line hierarchy.
  • Identify and implement necessary changes in your leadership role.
  • Mastering complexity and ambiguity in day-to-day management and using them positively.
  • Dealing confidently with typical areas of conflict in complex organizations.

Concrete implementation in management practice - using effective management tools

  • Leading with credible visions and values.
  • Using classic and proven management tools in complex organizations in a modified form.
  • Use innovative, participative and agile management methods.
  • Integrate coaching tools into employee management.
  • Effectively demand and promote cooperation internally and externally.
  • Leading heterogeneous groups and teams.
  • Successfully managing knowledge as a resource and promoting knowledge sharing.

Development of an individual implementation strategy for day-to-day management in your specific management situation

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 know the typical pitfalls of leadership in complex organizational forms and reflect on these in relation to your area of leadership and your position in the company.
  • You will learn about the opportunities and benefits of more complex forms of collaboration.
  • You reflect on your attitude to leadership and recognize the powerful influence on your leadership success within complex constellations.
  • You will receive new impulses and innovative suggestions for the professional organization of your leadership role in a complex environment.
  • You use concrete tools that help you to effectively manage Employees and colleagues in a complex organizational environment - with or without disciplinary authority.
  • You clarify your individual challenging leadership situation and develop an implementation strategy for your organization.

Methods

Structured trainer input, guidance for individual reflection, work in small groups, trainer feedback, work on participants' own cases.

Recommended for

Managers at all levels who take on management tasks in complex organizations.

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Leading in fluid matrix organizations

In the 1960s, the matrix organization celebrated great success in companies such as Citibank, Nestle, Xerox and ABB - at least on paper. The classic matrix structure with two superiors formed the core of this structure - for example, the marketing manager of a company reported to both the international marketing manager and the country manager. The fact that working in a matrix structure [...]

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Articles, interviews or whitepapers on the topic

Leading in fluid matrix organizations

In the 1960s, the matrix organization celebrated great success in companies such as Citibank, Nestle, Xerox and ABB - at least on paper. The classic matrix structure with two superiors formed the core of this structure - for example, the marketing manager of a company reported to both the international marketing manager and the country manager. The fact that working in a matrix structure [...]

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15.12.2025
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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.

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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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: 33493
€ 1.540,- plus VAT.
€ 1,832.60 incl. VAT.
Details
2 days
Limited number of participants
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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