Digital leadership development with the Leadership Kit
The pulse of the corporate world is beating faster than ever. Your managers are challenged every day to navigate teams through the dynamics of digitalization, hybrid working models and artificial intelligence (AI). But how do you equip your managers with the skills of tomorrow when traditional training processes reach their limits and consume valuable time? For many HR and specialists specialists (Human Resources and Learning & Development), this is a familiar ordeal. But there is a new way: digital leadership development that is not only uncomplicated and flexible, but also truly empowers your leaders to shape the future with confidence. Find out now how you can strengthen your managers and keep them on the ball with enthusiasm.
The world of digital leadership: New challenges demand new answers
The role of a manager is complex. Agile working methods, leading hybrid teams, home office management and the integration of AI - these are all aspects that leaders have to master on a daily basis. They actively shape change and prepare their employees for new circumstances.
Traditional management training at its limits?
In such a dynamic environment, traditional face-to-face training courses, often lasting several days, quickly lose their relevance. Content that was relevant yesterday may be outdated tomorrow. This means a permanent revision effort that is often unaffordable. In addition, managers simply don't have the time to take hours out of their day-to-day business. A low-threshold method is needed that enables continuous learning in between.
HR & L&D: Between time pressure and lack of resources
For specialists in HR and L&D departments, a dilemma arises: how to meet the growing demand for up-to-date leadership development without tying up immense resources in content creation? The demand for specific, immediately applicable content is increasing, while capacities are limited. What is needed here is a solution that is digital, flexible and available at any time.
Your solution: Digital leadership development with the Haufe Akademie
The Haufe Akademie meets these challenges with an innovative approach: microlearning. As a didactically sound method, microlearning is optimally tailored to the needs of modern managers. We make optimal use of managers' tight schedules by offering a curated library of knowledge bites that are concise, to the point and can be seamlessly integrated into everyday management life.
What characterizes microlearning:
- Short & concise: Each learning unit, a learning nugget, is designed to take less than 15 minutes to learn.
- Self-contained: Each Learning Nugget answers a specific question.
- Performance support: Knowledge is available exactly when it is needed - directly in the workflow.
- Didactically sound: The content comes from experienced subject matter experts and is based on modern learning concepts to ensure maximum effectiveness.
The Leadership Kit: For leadership excellence
Take your leadership development to the next level with the Leadership Kit. The comprehensive content library is specially tailored to the requirements of modern leadership.
Whether for the individual development of managers, to support existing programs or as the basis for a future-oriented learning strategy, the Leadership Kit offers you maximum flexibility and effectiveness.
This is what you can expect in the Leadership Kit:
- Over 500 tried-and-tested nuggets: diverse learning units for all facets of leadership
- Formats for every preference: videos, audios, worksheets, smart cards, learning units (multimedia units)
- Always up-to-date: constant updating of content (for example on topics such as AI or agile methods)
- Comprehensive subject areas:
- Leading Yourself: authentic appearance, resilience, personal branding
- Leading Others: leading agile teams, empowering women in leadership, managing employees at a distance
- Leading Business: customer orientation, change management, new leadership concepts
Multilingualism: German and English by default, other languages in planning
H2: From concept to practice: How to integrate the Leadership Kit
The Haufe Akademie 's Leadership Kit is a flexible modular system that can be seamlessly integrated into your existing training concepts. Whether to support classroom training, to create individual learning paths or as quick performance support - the possibilities are endless.
On-demand knowledge plays a key role, especially in everyday working life: the nuggets can be integrated directly into your learning platform and are available to your managers exactly when they are needed. Similar to YouTube or Netflix, users select content that suits their current challenge - without long searches or fixed learning times.
Flexible scenarios for further training
The nuggets offer maximum adaptability:
- Blended learning: ideal for preparing, accompanying and following up on face-to-face or online seminars
- Individual learning paths: customized learning journeys for managers or teams (e.g. "Agile communication" or "AI basics")
- Ad-hoc performance support: quick answers to urgent questions in day-to-day work (e.g. checklists for performance reviews)
Technological bridge: Your LXP Connector
The integration of the Leadership Kit into an existing digital learning environment (Learning Management System or Learning Experience Platform) is very easy via a connector:
- users get access to all nuggets and can import them into their learning environment.
- All updates are immediately available in your system.
- A lean connector enables dynamic integration without large file transfers.
This seamless connection guarantees up-to-date learning content and takes the pressure off you and the managers in your company.
Successful in practice: The WIRmachenDRUCK GmbH case study
WIRmachenDRUCK GmbH shows how digital leadership development with the Haufe Akademie 's Leadership Kit works in day-to-day business.
Challenges in the competitive environment
WIRmachenDRUCK GmbH, a European subsidiary of Printbrothers, is a leading online print shop. Two aspects were decisive for the decision to specifically anchor digital learning in the company:
- Shortage of skilled workers: In addition to the rapid induction of new recruits, the targeted retention of existing skilled workers also played a key role. In view of the tight labor market, continuous training is increasingly becoming the key to retaining employees in the company in the long term.
- Company-owned academy: To enable structured and scalable learning, a digital learning environmentLXP) was set up to promote self-directed, motivation-oriented learning in everyday working life.
The solution: Learning nuggets for customized learning
At WIRmachenDRUCK, the technical infrastructure was already in place and an LXP was in use. What was missing was the right content: flexible, up-to-date and directly usable in everyday working life.
The company therefore opted for a content bundle from Haufe Akademie's Digital Suite . It includes both microlearning (learning nuggets) and e-learning. The content was made available to all employees in the existing LXP and can be accessed there at any time - whether for acute support needs in day-to-day work (performance support) or for systematically structured, in-depth learning paths.
Digital learning content is used strategically at WIRmachenDRUCK:
- Employer branding: Digital training serves as a central approach.
- Learning culture as DNA: Continuous learning is deeply rooted in the company.
- Employee motivation: Well-trained, confident managers have a positive effect.
The learning nuggets provide quickly accessible knowledge, for example for specific situations in a manager's everyday life or new challenges. At the same time, learning designers curate learning paths that are tailored to specific role profiles. E-learning is also used to reinforce the content. This results in sustainable skills development in a natural workflow.
The results speak for themselves
"The learning nuggets are an important factor in keeping up with the flow of work. The short, concise units are exactly what we need to quickly refresh or learn something new."
Mike Maschner, Head of Workflow & Automation at WIRmachenDRUCK
The positive response is also reflected in other successes:
- Quick response to training needs: Thanks to the keywording of our nuggets, the right learning unit can be found immediately when knowledge is required and the knowledge gap can be closed - without lengthy searching.
- Sustainable further development: The project exceeded expectations and was quickly accepted.
- E-Learning Journal Award: The result of the collaboration between WIRmachenDRUCK GmbH and the Haufe Akademie was honored with the renowned German eLearning Journal Award.
This example impressively demonstrates how flexible, adaptive learning can be firmly integrated into the corporate culture with the Leadership Kit and bring measurable success.
More than just leadership: The Haufe Akademie Content Kit
The Leadership Kit is part of a larger whole. With the Content Kit as a foundation and the experience gained from successful customer projects such as WIRmachenDRUCK, we are constantly developing new, practical learning formats for different target groups.
Specialized kits for specific needs
In addition to the Leadership Kit, we are also developing other topic-specific kits:
- AI Kit: comprehensive collection of learning nuggets around artificial intelligence
- Change Kit: everything for successful change management
- Further kits: constant expansion of the range
The mother of all content: The Haufe Content Kit
The Haufe Akademie Content Kit is the central library for your digital employee development. It combines over 2,000 learning nuggets on an impressive range of topics - from leadership to communication, methods to health and business basics.
Your advantages with the Content Kit:
- Full bandwidth: access to over 2,000 pre-structured learning nuggets on all relevant business topics
- Maximum efficiency: quick compilation of individual learning paths, always up-to-date and immediately usable
- Precise findability: intelligent keywording for precisely tailored content
Create motivation: Getting employees excited about digital learning
Providing high-quality content is one side of the coin; the other is motivating employees and managers for digital learning. Initiatives often fail due to a lack of acceptance.
Start small and get feedback
The success of digital learning formats depends heavily on employee engagement. The advantage of microlearning:
- Low hurdle: With short nuggets, you won't overwhelm anyone.
- Direct feedback: Actively ask for feedback and adapt the learning paths flexibly with additional content.
- Respond actively: When employees see that their opinion counts, motivation increases exponentially.
Bye-bye, boring compulsory training courses!
Endless, dry mandatory training courses quickly demotivate employees. The Haufe Akademie therefore relies on a wide range of learning formats - from mandatory regulatory content to activating, practical microlearning units.
One example of this is the Leadership Kit: it stands for learning that is relevant, interactive and flexible.
- Relevance: Content is directly tailored to the reality of work.
- Interactivity: Learning nuggets encourage reflection and application.
- Flexibility: Learning is not tied to fixed times or places.
This combination leads to a high level of acceptance among employees and makes learning a valuable support in everyday working life - a continuous process in the "flow of work".
Future-proof leadership: your next step
The Leadership Kit offers flexible, high-quality and always up-to-date digital leadership development that takes place directly in the workflow. Empower your leaders with knowledge that really resonates and makes your company fit for the future. Are you ready? Request your demo access, arrange a consultation or contact us directly. Get in touch now
FAQ: Frequently asked questions about the Leadership Kit
For which company sizes is the Leadership Kit suitable?
The Leadership Kit is modular and flexible, making it suitable for small and medium-sized companies as well as large corporations. The nuggets can be individually combined and scaled to meet the specific needs and number of your managers.
Can the content be adapted to our corporate design?
The contents of the Leadership Kit are generally kept in the Haufe Akademie design. A more in-depth adaptation to your corporate design is generally not planned in order to ensure rapid availability and updatability via the Connector.
What technical requirements are necessary for integration?
All learning nuggets from the Leadership Kit are available for download in our Learning World and can then be seamlessly integrated into Learning Management SystemsLMS) and Learning Experience PlatformsLXP). Updates to the nuggets are automatically transferred to your system via modern interfaces. No complex technical adjustments are required on your part.
Does the Haufe Akademie also offer implementation support?
Yes, the Haufe Akademie will be happy to assist you with the introduction and use of the content. Depending on your needs, we can provide helpful suggestions for practical implementation and share experiences from other projects. How exactly you implement the content depends entirely on your goals and framework conditions. We will support you in successfully launching your individual solution.
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