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Leading with presence: leading confidently in challenging times

Martial arts inspiration for a clear mindset and confident action

Training
This training is held in German.
Would you like to remain confident in challenging situations and increase your leadership impact in a targeted manner? This training combines sound leadership insights with physical exercises from martial arts. You will learn to build presence, make structured decisions, and act calmly and clearly even under pressure. You will strengthen your inner attitude, develop an authentic leadership presence, and gain more stability, focus, and clarity for your demanding everyday leadership tasks.

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Contents

Presence and charisma

• Reflect on and refine your personal leadership style.
• Clarify your own positions on key leadership aspects.
• Make conscious decisions: How do I want to be perceived?
• Use methods to specifically strengthen your presence and impact.

Fast, structured decision-making

• Use systematic approaches for decision-making processes.
• Identify relevant criteria and prioritize them sensibly.
• Clarify your own decision-making logic based on your personal "feel-good factor."
• Make decisions clearly, confidently, and with conviction.

Ability to remain calm and act effectively in stressful situations

• Understand the mechanisms of hecticness and stress.
• Reflect on your own contribution to stress dynamics.
• Consciously control your own behavior in hectic situations.
• Apply appropriate measures to reduce stress.

Self-confidence and self-efficacy

• Define clearly: As a manager, what do I allow and what do I not allow?
• Intervene appropriately in each situation and consciously take on a leadership role.
• Set clear boundaries for yourself and others.
• Use procedures to set boundaries consistently.

Strategic action

• Develop an appropriate balance of closeness and distance with employees.
• Reflect on your own reactions to closeness and distance.
• Clarify situations: Where is more closeness helpful, and where is more distance helpful?
• Consciously shape your scope for action.

Mastering challenges in a targeted manner

• Identify your own leadership challenges.
• Understand your personal contribution to their development.
• Recognize the impact on energy, time, and leadership clarity.
• Derive measures for coping and relief.

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

Benefit from the training: 

    • Clear stance and confident presence: Martial arts techniques help you strengthen your body language, build natural authority, and appear more confident, calm, and decisive in negotiations or difficult conversations.
    • Structured thinking under pressure: You will learn to make quick and clear decisions in challenging situations. This will enable you to lead your team confidently and provide guidance even in complex situations.
    • Inner peace and ability to act: You develop a mindset that helps you stay focused in stressful situations, regulate your emotions, and act constructively—for more stability and clarity in everyday life.
    • Strengthened self-efficacy: You build confidence in your own abilities and set clear boundaries—toward employees, colleagues superiors. This strengthens your leadership role and your inner attitude.
    • Greater awareness of team dynamics: Mindfulness and keen observation skills help you to better understand behavioral patterns and handle interpersonal situations with greater confidence.

Methods

This extraordinary training combines experiential leadership with selected martial arts techniques that allow you to physically experience how posture, focus, and presence influence your leadership. Practical trainer input, reflections in individual and group work, and direct feedback help you recognize patterns and transfer new impulses for action into your everyday leadership. All exercises are voluntary, require no physical fitness, and pose no risk of injury; mutual touching is part of individual methods and is also voluntary. On the first evening, a group dinner promotes exchange and networking within the group. Please keep this evening free if possible.

Recommended for

Managers at all levels who want to fulfill their leadership role with greater clarity, presence, and inner strength. Particularly suitable if you want to improve your decision-making skills under pressure, appear more confident, set boundaries more consciously, and develop your leadership skills holistically—both physically and mentally. Ideal for anyone who wants to rethink leadership and strengthen their impact in the long term.

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36363
€ 1.890,- plus VAT
2 days
in 3 locations
3 Events
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04.05.2026
Frankfurt a. M.
Booking number: 36363
€ 1.890,- plus VAT.
€ 2,249.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
Hilton Frankfurt Airport
Hilton Frankfurt Airport
THE SQUAIRE I Am Flughafen , 60549 Frankfurt a. M.
Room rate: € 137,37 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Travel at reduced rates by booking via the learning environment.
Days & Times
2 days
Limited number of participants

Monday, 04.05.2026

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Tuesday, 05.05.2026

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.

The price includes a group dinner on the first evening.

26.11.2026
Hamburg
Booking number: 36363
€ 1.890,- plus VAT.
€ 2,249.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
Leonardo Hamburg Altona
Leonardo Hamburg Altona
Beerenweg 1A, 22761 Hamburg
Room rate: € 113,45 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Travel at reduced rates by booking via the learning environment.
Days & Times
2 days
Limited number of participants

Thursday, 26.11.2026

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Friday, 27.11.2026

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.

The price includes a group dinner on the first evening.

08.03.2027
Düsseldorf
Booking number: 36363
€ 1.890,- plus VAT.
€ 2,249.10 incl. VAT.
Venue
Novotel City West
Novotel City West
Niederkasseler Lohweg 179, 40547 Düsseldorf
Room rate: $126.61 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
Travel at reduced rates by booking via the learning environment.
Days & Times
2 days
Limited number of participants

Monday, 08.03.2027

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Tuesday, 09.03.2027

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.

The price includes a group dinner on the first evening.

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Booking number: 36363
€ 1.890,- plus VAT.
€ 2,249.10 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.

The price includes a group dinner on the first evening.

Booking number: 36363
€ 1.890,- plus VAT.
€ 2,249.10 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.

The price includes a group dinner on the first evening.

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