SGMI develops and runs company-specific programs in close partnership with our clients. As a prominent St. Gallen institution, we are committed to quality and the highest customer satisfaction. We are delighted to share excerpts from client projects and testimonials. More are available on request. |
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Executive Development Plan |
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"Since its founding in 1982, SUN Microsystem's vision – the network is the computer – underpins the company philosophy: supply comprehensive solutions based on open standards and efficient computer systems for all business and public enterprises. SUN Microsystems is present in more than 100 countries and employs 38 000 employees."
SUN Microsystems wanted to grow, fueled by its entrepreneurial culture and excellent know-how. SGMI Institute of Management St. Gallen developed a program to meet this need: Excellence in Management and Leadership. Run in two modules, in English, in two European locations. To better meet the needs of the varied experience of the participants, the program is offered for two levels: one for directors and one for top talents.
SUN Microsystems testimonial: |
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"The SGMI Management Institut St. Gallen management training programs were a very important component of our Executive Development Program for the directors and top talents of our European offices. We were impressed with expertise and the ability of facilitators to motivate our participants. The ratings were outstanding throughout. Some participants described the programs as a "turning point" in their lives. We warmly recommend SGMI seminars and plan take advantage of SGMI services again." |
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Executive Coaching |
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"More than 160,000 companies worldwide depend on one partner for information and communication technology (ICT): T-Systems. T-Systems is the business customer brand of Deutsche Telekom. As one of the few service providers, T-Systems' 56,500 employees offer integrated ICT solutions from one source. Integration means more to us than simple IT plus telecommunication. We talk about 'real ICT' because, already at the development stage, we think about information- and communication solutions in an integrated way."
T-Systems supports its European-wide senior management with high-quality executive coaching. Select participants have the unique opportunity to reflect on their leadership behavior using T-Systems and SGMI Management Institut St. Gallen tools.
SGMI Executive Coaching offers the greatest possible effectiveness and intensity for developing top executives. To guarantee maximum value, the program is tailored to individual development goals and the characteristics of national cultures.
T-Systems testimonial: |
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"Besides the excellent, compact seminar program, we took advantage of the high intercultural competence in individual coaching sessions, drawn from SGMI's comprehensive data base of experts. The results speak for themselves: we will use SGMI services again." |
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Global Leadership Program |
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"QIAGEN is the leading provider of innovative technologies and products for preanalytical sample preparation and molecular diagnostics solutions."
SGMI introduces a modular worldwide executive development program. The goals: improve the company by harmonizing worldwide leadership and management practice, maintain high-speed growth, develop strategic ability to protect Qiagen's future. The program pays special attention to developing Qiagen's successful organization culture and, in the context of the development program, the concrete application of Qiagen's own leadership instruments. To better suit the participants' varied experience, the program is offered in basic and advanced versions.
The program was run for Qiagen Europe, Qiagen USA and Qiagen Japan: |
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Qiagen testimonial: |
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«SGMI has a comprehensive global leadership program that will help QIAGEN drive organizational effectiveness and success. Our participants are very pleased with SGMI’s ability to understand the North American culture and their capability to deliver a product that rivals one of any US based leadership training organization.»
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«SGMI has always recognized the importance of leadership in any organization and has supported us in our further development of leadership. The SGMI leadership program for QIAGEN is a globally acknowledged and accepted program. It has certainly overcome cultural and language barriers and has created an apt leadership model of QIAGEN’s vision and mission. Our participants are very pleased with SGMI’s training and their passion to deliver their message to all of us.»
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Workshop Process Organisation |
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The MAN Group is one of Europe’s foremost industrial players in the sector of Transport-Related Engineering, with sales in 2008 of some €14.9 billion. As a supplier of trucks, buses, diesel engines and turbo machinery, MAN employs a workforce of around 49,500 worldwide. The MAN business areas hold leading positions in their markets. MAN SE, Munich, is listed in the DAX (German Stock Index) which comprises the thirty leading stock corporations in Germany.
The organization of the MAN Commercial Vehicles Group needed to adapt to changing market conditions, operating within the framework of the MAN strategy, by investing in the future market strength of the Group.
SGMI Institute of Management St. Gallen developed and delivered a custom structure and process workshop. The aim: create a new organization structure, taking into consideration the changing market conditions, the overarching MAN strategy and the need to include employees in planning and introducing the new structure.
To make possible and bolster the successful work within the new structure, further development actions are planned.
MAN testimonials: |
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"Restructuring an organization that has been successful over many years to meet the constantly growing challenges in an international environment requires a high measure of expertise in the area of organizational development and a deep understanding of the global requirements in the respective industrial sector. At SGMI, we found this expertise and understanding, paired with very good delivery. Very positive feedback from participants showed that they had been able to discern the driving factors behind the restructuring and that had been able to convincingly and effectively plan and implement the restructuring. We are looking forward to moving ahead with our organizational development with SGMI."
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MAN Development Program |
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SGMI created a development program for MAN diesel global senior management, in English. Core topics: strategic management, performance management, change management and coaching. On the basis of the St. Gallen Management Model, the following themes were covered: strategic positioning, strategic protection of the future, creating sustainable market performance, customer-oriented change management, successful leadership, communication and motivation, all within the context of MAN's leadership and company culture. An important component of the executive development program was MAN mini-cases, which guaranteed immediate application of the program content. Following the overwhelming success of the MAN Diesel program, a lightly modified form is now being used by the entire MAN Group. This ensures that the leadership potential throughout the Group can be further developed in a targeted way. |
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«Excellent and useful program for our company. The top management have got a practical guidance on improving and evaluating the strategy. SGMI has a very professional and high energy team.» |
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«SGMI proved to be a professional partner for the continuing education of our top management in MAN Diesel. The combined management and leadership perspective and the numerous proven-by-practice examples proved beneficial on a strategic level as well as on a personal and interpersonal level. In short: A power full step in securing top performers in MAN Diesel.» |
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International Management Program |
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SGMI Institute of Management St. Gallen designed and delivered an International Management Program for Heraeus Kulzer GmbH, in English, with sessions in Germany, Italy and Austria.
"Heraeus Kulzer has a comprehensive product range for dental health: As one of the few manufacturers, we supply dentists and dental labs with innovative, complete, coordinated systems for every application and age group."
Heraeus Kulzer GmbH testimonial: |
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"SGMI management development programs combine high expertise with professional moderation and presentation techniques. The resulting mix of lecture and workshop not only inspired the participants, it also contributed to long-lasting management learning. We give SGMI Management Institut St. Gallen the best marks and will rely on SGMI expertise in future." |
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Talent Development Program |
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SGMI Institute of Management St. Gallen developed and ran a Talent Development Program in three modules for select Swisscom executives in Group Headquarters. The special needs of Swisscom executives in central functions could be addressed with Swisscom-specific, real-world examples.
With a turnover of 7.3 billion Swiss Franks in the first nine months of 2005 and 15'288 full-time employees, the Swisscom Group is the leading telecommunication company in Switzerland. Swisscom is present nationwide with all the services and products for mobile, fixed-line and IP-based voice and data communication.
Swisscom testimonial: |
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"In close cooperation with Swisscom, SGMI created a Talent Development Program for Group Headquarters managers, based on seminars, workshops and actual project work. The core element was SGMI-led modules in which content delivery was the priority. The success of this development program resulted, on the one hand, from the intensive networking and embedding of the SGMI modules in Swisscom's context and, on the other hand, from the very good facilitators, who engaged the participants with practice-relevant examples and personal experience. The combination of content delivery (seminars and workshops) and practical application (project work) has paid off." |
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International Management Program |
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SGMI Institute of Management St. Gallen developed and delivered for W. C. Heraeus GmbH & Co. KG in Hanau, Germany an international management program, in English, with sessions in Germany, Switzerland, the US and China.
Heraeus is a globally active, family owned, precious metals and technology Group with roots in Germany, headquartered in Hanau near Frankfurt, Germany. Precious metals, sensors, dental products and biomaterials, quartz glass, and specialty lighting sources are the focus of its activities. With product revenue of 6.5 billion Euros and 9,000 employees worldwide, Heraeus is one of the world's leading companies in precious metals and materials technology.
W. C. Heraeus GmbH & Co. KG testimonials: |
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"We got to know SGMI Management Institut St. Gallen as a competent, professional partner for developing our managers. We would like to emphasize the global perspective of the seminars, which were grounded in practice-relevant examples. Exciting presentation of the program material underscored the excellent relevance to practice."
"In short: Best performance for the highest requirements!" |
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Management Development Program |
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SGMI Institute of Management St. Gallen created a comprehensive executive development program for top managers, office managers, department managers and project managers of Implenia (previously Zschokke Generalunternehmung AG). In the spirit of the company's long-term development plan, this program is offered regularly for other members of management.
Implenia AG is an extremely successful company. Its three key activities are real estate, construction and global solutions.
Implenia AG testimonials: |
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"For our management, the SGMI Management seminar has become a requirement. Now, in discussions of strategy and operations, management speaks the same language. Understanding for business decisions is developed, and communication is simplified. The faculty convince by relating content to practice. Especially impressive was the familiarity with our industry and the case examples that were drawn from our everyday work." |
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"For us, career development is a central concern. Our in-house seminars, developed from SGMI modules, are a valuable complement to our offer. The combination, knowledge transfer and immediate practical application worked very well! They cannot be excluded from our company culture any more.”
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General Management Program |
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The SGMI Institute of Management St. Gallen developed and ran a General Management Program for third-tier executives, in German, for the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG).
The BVG records 900 mio. passenger trips yearly, with 13 000 employees (BVG numbers 2004, as of 31.12.2003, www.bvg.de), by subway, bus and tram.
BVG testimonial: |
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"The BVG faces one of the biggest challenges in its company history. Within a few years its competitive ability in a difficult market segment - local public passenger traffic – has to be created. One condition for success is coordinated management, which proceeds from uniform planning and action criteria. The St. Gallen Management Institut, in close cooperation with BVG, developed a program that takes these needs into consideration."
"The modules – strategic management, marketing, economic thinking, leadership – cover a wide palette of the latest management themes in depth. Real world knowledge and updated management know-how guarantee that Germany's largest suburban traffic enterprise keeps its lead in technology and customer orientation that it needs to compete in the market." |
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St. Gallen Sales Management Program |
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SGMI Institute of Management St. Gallen organized and ran a Sales Management Program in English for area managers for Carrier Sütrak GmbH.
Carrier Sütrak GmbH in Renningen Germany is the leading manufacturer of mobile climatic technology for use in omnibuses and rail-bound vehicles. Founded in 1976 as a family business and since 1996 a one-hundred per cent owned by Carrier Corporation, and thus a member of United Technologies, one of the 20 largest corporations in the USA.
Carrier Sütrak GmbH testimonial: |
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"I decided, as Sales Director, to run an in-house training for our sales people at the SGMI Management Institut Gallen, with which I had already had very good experiences in my own personal development. These were confirmed during and after the training, since our entire sales team benefitted from a unique experience. The authoritative content paired with the year-long practical experience of the faculty still finds daily application in our business.
After common preparation with SGMI on this training, program content was tailored to the different needs of the sales team members and coordinated with the emphases our company. From the production of the materials for participants (which meanwhile serve as a daily reference in our work), the lively seminar sessions (based on case studies and group work), the follow-up and learning checks, this development program was a full success for my coworkers and for the company." |
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