Essentials of Successful Leadership: How to gain acceptance in your new leadership role

Aspects of the new professional role

• Gaining acceptance in your new role.
• Adapting sensibly to the new position.
• Requirements and tasks of a leader.
• Knowing about leadership styles.
• Adjusting your leadership style for an international role.
• Leadership skills: delegating, target setting, performance evaluation and feedback.

Being prepared - reflecting on your new role

• What kind of leader and manager will I be?
• What are my strengths and where are areas for development?
• How can I transfer my strengths to my new international role?

Toolbox for leadership

• Working with senior members of a team.
• Trust and/or control - the leader-employee relationship.
• Leader or friend, colleague or boss?
• Successful delegation of specific tasks.
• Professional feedback: Giving and receiving.

Impact on a team's performance

• Building up high-performance teams.
• Motivational factors for teams.
• Fostering the relationship with colleagues and superiors.
• Taking cultural diversity in your team into account.
• Which management support is needed for each team member.

Getting through the rookie period

• Avoiding the most common mistakes in the first 100 days.

This well-stocked toolbox for leaders will help you to

• prepare for your new responsibilities as a leader,
• develop your own approach to your new leadership role,
• be confident even in difficult situations,
• moderate and lead effective communication,
• set and achieve motivating targets for yourself and your team.

This seminar is for junior managers, team leaders and project managers who are more about to move into a leadership role or have recently been promoted to a leading position in international business.