Relationship skills in business

Expanding your knowledge of human nature - acting in an appreciative and goal-oriented manner

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This training is held in German.
Positive interpersonal relationships are a key factor for your success in business. Ambitious goals require a new understanding of your role: from technical expert to "relationship manager". But what constitutes good relationship skills? Learn to work well with different personalities. Sharpen your perception in order to act appropriately and expand your social and emotional skills.

Contents

What is relationship competence?

  • The framework model according to Daniel Goleman.
  • Insights MDI® model as an explanatory approach.
  • The importance of relationship skills in everyday business life.

Realistic self-assessment

  • Your personal behavior and communication patterns in dealing with other people.
  • Reflection on own patterns, own communication and stress behavior.

Recognizing the other person and adapting to them in the best possible way

  • Consciously perceive and take into account interactions with other people.
  • Recognize the needs of different personalities early on when working with them.

Consciously perceiving and taking into account interactions with other people

  • Develop a supportive, appreciative attitude towards your counterpart.
  • Discover approaches to change your habitual patterns in dealing with colleagues, employees, superiors or customers.
  • Increase motivation and communication through relationship work.

Expand and improve your own behavioral repertoire, inner leadership and status competence in relationships

  • Understand other people better and work successfully with them.
  • Status competence for your conscious relationship building and better communication.
  • Find starting points for inner leadership and healthy self-control

Transfer and implementation

  • Plan implementation steps.
  • Define clear target and implementation approaches.

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 strengthen your skills for building successful business relationships. 
  • You analyze behavioral patterns of different characters in the team, among managers and customers and deal with them constructively. 
  • You will receive effective strategies for appreciative working relationships. 
  • You will learn about approaches for solution-oriented management of challenging relationships in the workplace. 

The basis for any personal development is a realistic self-assessment. For this reason, an Insights MDI® profile is created for the participants as part of the seminar. This is a scientifically validated analysis of your potential strengths and areas for development in interaction with others that has been used internationally for decades. This requires you to complete an online questionnaire in advance (takes approx. 10 minutes). This analysis, including the written evaluation, is included in the seminar price. There is also the option of taking advantage of transfer coaching after the training - price on request. 

Methods

Theory input, self-reflection, group work and role exercises with practical cases from the attendees, Insights MDI® analysis, transactional analysis, communication psychology, feedback, discussion.

Tool

The following third-party tool can be used in the event:

Recommended for

Specialists and managers who want to develop their communication and relationship skills.

Open Badges - Show what you can do digitally too.

Open Badges are recognized, digital certificates of participation. These verifiable credentials are the current standard for integration in career networks such as LinkedIn.

With them, you digitally demonstrate the competences you possess. After successful completion, you will receive an Open Badge from us.

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IDGs and SDGs

 

Learning and shaping a sustainable future

Trusting relationships and recognizing needs are future skills that you will learn in this training , among other things. According to our partner, the Inner Development Goals Initiative (IDGs), you are also contributing to a sustainable future. The IDGs have scientifically and globally identified the future skills needed to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). What exactly does that mean? Find out more.

 

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2 days
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11.02.2026
Berlin
Booking number: 9335
€ 1.540,- plus VAT.
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art`otel Berlin Mitte
art`otel Berlin Mitte
Wallstraße 70-73, 10179 Berlin
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Wednesday, 11.02.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Thursday, 12.02.2026

08:30 am - 4:30 pm

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  • 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.

The seminar price includes the Insights MDI® analysis "Potential Analysis".

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.
18.05.2026
Düsseldorf
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Derag Livinghotel
Derag Livinghotel
Kirchfeldstraße 59-61, 40217 Düsseldorf
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Monday, 18.05.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Tuesday, 19.05.2026

08:30 am - 4:30 pm

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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.

The seminar price includes the Insights MDI® analysis "Potential Analysis".

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.
10.09.2026
Munich/Feldkirchen
Booking number: 9335
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Hotel Bauer Feldkirchen
Hotel Bauer Feldkirchen
Münchner Str. 6, 85622 Munich/Feldkirchen
Room rate: € 126,63 plus VAT.
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Thursday, 10.09.2026

09:00 am - 5:00 pm

Friday, 11.09.2026

08:30 am - 4:30 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.

The seminar price includes the Insights MDI® analysis "Potential Analysis".

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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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.

The seminar price includes the Insights MDI® analysis "Potential Analysis".

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: 32290
€ 1.540,- plus VAT.
€ 1,832.60 incl. VAT.
Details
2 days
Limited number of participants

The seminar price includes the Insights MDI® analysis "Potential Analysis".

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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