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Leadership without a script: improvisation as a factor for success

Leading in the moment. Clear. Lively. Effective.

Training
This training is held in German.
Thistraining transform your established leadership and behavioral patterns, change your mindset, and challenge your personality. In a working world where surprises are the norm, leadership needs one thing above all else: flexibility in thinking and acting. In Lead & Let Go, renowned director and management coach Violeta Mikić and experienced theater educator and actress Tessa Nadjafian create a safe space for you. Here, far away from your everyday work routine, you can experiment, improvise, and discover how presence, intuition, and clear perception shape your leadership skills. Acting improvisation serves as an extraordinary training method. Here, you can try out new leadership strategies and unfamiliar reactions and behavior patterns in a safe environment without risk, so that you can then give them the success they deserve on the stage of everyday life—easily, immediately, and with noticeable practical benefits.

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Contents

Perceiving and acting in the moment

  • Sharpen your sensitivity to body language, signals, and impulses.
  • Assess situations without jumping to conclusions.
  • Develop presence: clear in contact, clear in expression.

Make spontaneous decisions

  • Developing viable actions from small impulses.
  • Dealing confidently with uncertainty.
  • Have the courage to take the next step—even without complete information.

Leadership strength through expression and intuition

  • Consciously use your voice, posture, and spatial behavior.
  • Use intuition as a source of guidance.
  • Making improvised actions powerful and authentic.

Experience improvisational acting

  • Exercises from improvisational theater and acting techniques.
  • Change of perspective and spontaneous scene work.
  • Situational invention without a script – collaborative and playful.

Emotional regulation and self-management

  • Perceive, name, and control emotions depending on the situation.
  • Stay stable when speed or complexity increases.
  • Bring inner clarity and outer impact into balance.

Reflection and transfer

  • Systematic evaluation at the end of the training.
  • Recognize patterns, strengths, and areas for development.
  • Derive relevant ideas for leadership, communication, and collaboration.

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

  • Experience-based learning: 80% active participation, 20% structured evaluation – free from typical business role-playing games.
  • Safe learning environment: Appreciative, transparent, error-friendly—failure serves as a driver for learning.
  • Expanded capacity to act: More options, more flexibility, more agility in unforeseen situations.
  • Improvisation as an attitude: "Keep building instead of blocking" – solution-oriented, creative, and open to new ideas.
  • Strong self-management: controlling emotions, consciously shaping impact, increasing presence.
  • Cooperation and trust: Intensive shared experiences strengthen team dynamics and trust.

Methods

Acting improvisation forms the core of the seminar: exercises from improvisation techniques, dramaturgical elements, body-oriented work, and perception and mindfulness formats create a lively, intuitive learning experience. Spontaneous play gives rise to new perspectives, impulses, and approaches to solutions. Participants experience how moments of surprise give rise to clear decisions, creative actions, and effective communication.

Key teaching principles

  • Learning without a business context – focus on neutral play.
  • Reflection window at the end: connecting experience and everyday work.
  • Clear group framework: voluntary participation, appreciation, no evaluation.

Recommended for

Managers, project leaders, and teams who want to act with greater confidence, presence, and flexibility in dynamic environments.
For anyone who wants to discover improvisation as a resource and expand their leadership style with greater ease, intuition, and expressiveness.

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Booking number
36362
€ 1.690,- plus VAT
2 days
in 2 locations
2 Events
German
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07.07.2026
Frankfurt a. M./Oberursel
Booking number: 36362
€ 1.690,- plus VAT.
€ 2,011.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
elaya hotel frankfurt oberursel
elaya hotel frankfurt oberursel
Zimmersmühlenweg 35, 61440 Frankfurt a. M./Oberursel
Room rate: € 128,49 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
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Days & Times
2 days
Limited number of participants

Tuesday, 07.07.2026

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Wednesday, 08.07.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
Participants will be charged directly by the hotel for their hotel accommodation. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
21.10.2026
Munich/Feldkirchen
Booking number: 36362
€ 1.690,- plus VAT.
€ 2,011.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
Hotel Bauer Feldkirchen
Hotel Bauer Feldkirchen
Münchner Str. 6, 85622 Munich/Feldkirchen
Room rate: € 126,63 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Travel at reduced rates by booking via the learning environment.
Days & Times
2 days
Limited number of participants

Wednesday, 21.10.2026

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Thursday, 22.10.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
Participants will be charged directly by the hotel for their hotel accommodation. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
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Booking number: 36362
€ 1.690,- plus VAT.
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Details
2 days
Limited number of participants
Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
Participants will be charged directly by the hotel for their hotel accommodation. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
Booking number: 36362
€ 1.690,- plus VAT.
€ 2,011.10 incl. VAT.
Details
2 days
Limited number of participants
Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
Participants will be charged directly by the hotel for their hotel accommodation. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
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