Leadership & Personal Development

7-day seminar over 2 parts for executive managers, in particular top and senior managers as well as experts with management responsibility aiming to achieve above-average results with the help of their employees and teams, and improving their efficiency as a leader and coach. And for managers with responsibility for results whose function requires a high degree of decision-making and personality skills.

The following topics will be covered in this seminar:

• What are the principles and methods of an integrated leadership concept?
• What are the core competencies and prerequisites for effective leadership?
• Where are your personal strengths and development opportunities as a manager?
• What communication and social skills characterize great leaders?
• Which management tools promote leadership quality?

Subjects

Part 1: Leadership Management

Integrated Leadership Concept

• St. Gallen concept of integrated management
• Defining yourself as a leader
• Understanding leadership roles
• Laws and principles of effective leadership
• New leadership approaches: virtual leadership and Generation Y, Z etc.

Communication as a Core Competence

• Communication as a core competence in the management process
• Particular characteristics of communication as a leader
• How communication motivates and drives peak performances
• How communication frustrates and leads to blockades and defensive behavior

Behavior of Good Leaders

• What are my personal strengths as a leader?
• What development opportunities can improve my leadership performance?
• What changes can increase employee performance and satisfaction?

Part 2: Personal Development

Personality

• How does a person become a personality?
• Analysing your own personality profile in the sense of a self-analysis
• Definition of strengths and weaknesses
• Theoretical foundations for external impact depending on the situational environment and the message recipients

Perception by third parties

• How you are perceived from the outside
• The importance of first impressions
• The conscious control of the signals you send out in interpersonal communication, both verbally and non-verbally
• The use of symbols and certain behaviours

Demeanour

• Techniques, aids and behaviours to improve personal appearance
• Analysing personal appearance under both normal and stressful conditions
• The art of using your own strengths in a targeted and conscious manner
• Working on existing weaknesses and correcting possible mistakes

Charisma

• The personal impact on the outside world
• Personal image and its importance in the modern social and economic structure
• Managing your own personality by defining a clear profile