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Leadership for Executives

Learn how great leadership balances the strategic needs of the company with the practical human dimension, ever-present in business, to achieve results.

5 days.

MEP2012

Language

English

Dates

18.06.2012 - 22.06.2012

Boston, USA

Euro 4'500.-     (excl. VAT)

MEP2022

Language

English

Dates

15.10.2012 - 19.10.2012

Boston, USA

Euro 4'500.-     (excl. VAT)

MEP2013

Language

English

Daten

15.04.2013 - 19.04.2013

Boston, USA

Euro 4'500.-     (excl. VAT)

MEP2023

Language

English

Daten

16.09.2013 - 20.09.2013

Boston, USA

Euro 4'500.-     (excl. VAT)

Dates & Fees

Dates & Fees

Concept

Concept

To most people, leadership remains a vague concept. In this program you learn about leadership by exploring, in a practical and interactive way, the personal characteristics, skills and abilities that sustain excellent leadership. The program shows you how you can use leadership as an instrument to tap the latent potential of your organization. Learn how great leadership balances the strategic needs of the company with the practical human dimension, ever-present in business, to achieve results.

Who Should Attend

Who Should Attend

The program is for executives and managers at all levels who have depth of experience in managing people and desire to:

  • Excel in daily leadership situations and want to reassess their leadership style
  • Develop an environment that fosters synergy,  creativity and performance
  • Adapt their behavior to a wider range of constituencies and multiple stakeholders for more effective leadership
  • Update their leadership skills with tools and techniques from the latest behavioral and organizational research

Areas of Focus

Areas of Focus

Leadership Excellence: an Indispensable Component of Achievement

  • Fundamental questions of leadership
  • Power and the right to lead
  • The performance multiplier of good leadership
  • Key traits of effective leaders
  • The appropriate use of power in leading and  influencing people

 

Principles and Findings of Current Leadership Research

  • The evolution of leadership thinking
  • Useful aspects of leadership models
  • What exceptional leaders actually do
  • Why leaders fail

 

Developing One’s Own Style of Leadership

  • Assessing your motivation, attitudes and preferences
  • Discovering your leadership capacities and talents
  • Understanding others’ personality types and your own
  • Developing a personal action plan: reinventing yourself as a leader

 

Social Competence and Character

  • Important personality traits
  • Increasing one’s social competence
  • Discovering areas for improvement

 

One-On-One Leadership

  • Motivate, communicate and influence
  • Identifying a promising employee
  • The key management tasks – leading and coaching

 

Leading Teams

  • Building teams
  • Strengths and weaknesses of team members
  • Leading teams to results
  • Dealing with conflicts
  • Leading international teams

 

Leading Leaders

  • Having authority over other leaders
  • Developing accountability
  • Understanding and using power

 

Performance and Motivation

  • Creating win-win situations
  • Identifying and recognizing success
  • Trust as an element of productivity

 

Managing Transition and Change

  • Laying the groundwork for a culture that can adapt to change
  • Effective change implementation
  • Overcoming obstacles to change

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