Motivating leadership: How to create the framework for commitment & efficiency

Essentials for management practice

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This training is held in German.
New Leadership – What Does This Mean for You as a Leader? Hybrid collaboration, changing teams, and often leadership without disciplinary authority are now common features of many organizations. This makes it all the more important to consciously foster motivation. You’ll learn to identify individual motivations, engage employees in tasks, and set the right level of challenge—so that collaboration succeeds and strong results are achieved.

Contents

Motivating leadership

  • Leadership and Mindset – How Does Your Leadership Style Affect Employee Motivation?
  • You'll learn how to strengthen team dynamics, engagement, and performance by building a foundation of psychological safety.
  • You recognize the connections between the mix of tasks, routines, and challenges—and their impact on motivation.
  • We’ll look at how you can prevent demotivation, avoid pitfalls and blunders, and create a positive impact.

Motivational psychology in everyday management

  • You'll gain an overview of the latest findings from neurobiological and psychological research on how to lead with greater emotional intelligence.
  • The factors that determine motivation: What truly moves, drives, motivates, and guides people over the long term.
  • How to maintain and sustain engagement and performance in the face of constant change.

Motivational structures as a lever for motivational leadership

  • You'll learn about basic motivations and driving factors.
  • You can identify individual motivators and lead in a way that takes personality into account.
  • How can I avoid the effects of being overworked or underchallenged?
  • You'll come to realize that finding the right level of challenge is key to staying motivated.
  • You understand the limits of motivation and demonstrate responsible clarity in your leadership.

Motivating leadership in everyday life

  • The motivational power of small steps.
  • How to encourage active participation, foster a willingness to contribute, and build personal responsibility.
  • Conduct conversations as equals: motivate rather than unsettle.
  • Staying on track with a focus on results: Motivational communication that takes your collaboration to the next level.
  • Helpful tips to maintain connection and motivation—whether working remotely, from home, in flexible work settings, or in a traditional office environment.

We training your real-world case studies in the training —feel free to bring them up!

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 will receive an understandable overview of current and important findings in positive motivational psychology, condensed to the essentials.
  • You will lay the groundwork for boosting your ability to motivate your employees.
  • You’ll learn how to strengthen and sustain your employees’ sense of purpose, personal responsibility, and the courage to take on everyday challenges.
  • You’ll gain a better understanding of basic motivations and individual differences in motivation, and you’ll learn how to use this knowledge to effectively motivate the people you work with and avoid making mistakes that could demotivate them.
  • Learn how to structure communication with your employees and colleagues so that clarity and confidence define your collaboration. 

Methods

Our lively and interactive training on knowledge input, alternating with individual and group work. You can expect transfer exercises, individual reflections, training and exchange of experiences, experience-oriented learning based on cases from the participants' practice, consulting sequences and feedback within the group of participants, as well as personal action planning for motivational leadership.

Recommended for

Managers at all levels and across all industries who want employees and strengthen their employees motivation and align their leadership practices with the latest findings in motivation research are in the right place and are welcome here.

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07.04.2026
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Tuesday, 07.04.2026

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29.04.2026
Frankfurt a. M./Eschborn
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Best Western Plus iO Hotel
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18.05.2026
Düsseldorf/Hilden
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PLAZA-Hotel Hilden GmbH
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Tuesday, 19.05.2026

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20.05.2026
Munich
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15.07.2026
Stuttgart
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22.07.2026
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Wednesday, 22.07.2026

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Thursday, 23.07.2026

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08.09.2026
Neuss
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Dorint Kongresshotel Düsseldorf/Neuss
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Tuesday, 08.09.2026

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29.09.2026
Hamburg
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Amsinckstraße 53, 20097 Hamburg
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03.12.2026
Munich
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16.12.2026
Frankfurt a. M.
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18.01.2027
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24.02.2027
Cologne
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Berlin
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