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… then why not have a coffee with Paul? You decide whether it’s virtual or in person. You’ll get an insight into how we work, and Paul will help you find the right solution for your needs—either from our proven formats or tailored specifically to your requirements.
Intensive Learning Experiences That Create real Change.
Leaders work on their real-world challenges. With modern learning design, a systemic perspective and a clear ambition: not just to build new knowledge, but to enable lasting behaviour change.
Our Proven In-Person Formats. Ready to Go.
Our ready-to-go in-person training programmes are focused on specific topics, tried and tested in practice, and available to book straight away. Select a programme to find out more.
2 Days:
AI Leadership
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Lead Transformation
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New Leaders
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Modern Leadership
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2 Days: AI Leadership
Two intensive in-person days following an inside-out journey. Day 1 creates clarity around your own leadership stance, governance and team leadership. Day 2 moves into practical application: use cases, decision-making under uncertainty and collaboration across team boundaries. AI acts as an assistant, not an authority.
At a Glance
TOPICS & CONTENT
DAY 1
Leadership Stance, Guardrails & Team
- You clarify your own stance on AI and define a clear leadership message for your team.
- ou translate company policies into practical rules and guardrails for your team.
- You assess where your team currently stands in the AI transition and what support it needs.
DAY 2
Application & Impact
- You make existing AI use across the team visible and prioritise real, relevant use cases.
- You use AI as a sparring partner for decision-making under uncertainty.
- You develop practical ways of working with AI across team boundaries.
AI & LEADERSHIP
AI Leaders Programme
Six modules of two days each, creating an inside-out learning journey: SELF → GUARDRAILS → TEAM → APPLICATION → DECISION-MAKING → CROSS-FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION. The modules build on one another. Much of the real learning happens between sessions through reflection, experimentation and new questions.
At a Glance
Topics & Content
LEADING THROUGH CHANGE
2 Days: Lead Transformation
Enable leaders to guide their teams successfully through periods of major change. Day 1 is fixed and lays the foundation. Day 2 is shaped by the group: participants jointly select 3 out of 6 focus topics, keeping the training closely aligned with their real-world challenges.
At a Glance
TOPICS & CONTENT
DAY 1
Change Foundations (Fixed)
Identifying & Analysing Stakeholders
Building & Using a Change Story
Understanding & Working With Resistance
- You can understand and describe the change dynamics within your organisation.
- You know who your key stakeholders are and how to read them.
- You have developed your own Change Story that you can use straight away.
DAY 2
Focus Areas (Flexible)
• Prioritisation at System Level \n• Uncertainty & Complexity
• Emotions in Change
• Change Roadmaps & Multiple Change Initiatives
• Embedding Change
• Resilience & Setbacks
- You take away practical tools for your current change situation.
- You work on your own case through peer case consultation and develop new approaches and solutions.
LEADING THROUGH CHANGE
Change Practitioner Programme
An in-depth programme for leaders at all levels, as well as people in specialist, lateral and non-managerial roles who support change across the organisation. Six modules delivered primarily in person over 4–6 months, with remote elements where useful and personal transfer tasks to embed learning into day-to-day work.
At a Glance
Topics & Content
TALENT & NEW LEADERS
2 Days: New Leaders
New leaders often start out somewhere between high motivation and considerable uncertainty. Over two intensive in-person days, they clarify their understanding of the leadership role, sharpen their expectation management and gain practical tools for their first phase in leadership — structured leadership onboarding instead of “learning by trial and error”.
At a Glance
TOPICS & CONTENT
DAY 1
Rolle & Rahmen
Creating the Right Conditions
Vision, Goals & Psychological Safety
- You sharpen your understanding of your role as a leader and know how to position yourself internally and externally.
- You know which conditions you need to create for a strong start with your team.
DAY 2
Leading People & Taking Action
Performance Management & Employee Conversations
Decision-Making & Prioritisation
Peer Case Consultation
- You gain practical tools for clear expectation-setting in all directions.
- You can structure and lead employee conversations effectively.
- You take away a concrete prioritisation method for day-to-day leadership.
TALENT & NEW LEADERS
New Leader’s Journey
From new leader to confident team lead in 100 days: the New Leader’s Journey combines remote Circle modules, peer case consultation, individual coaching and in-person kick-off and closing sessions. New leaders clarify their understanding of the role, sharpen their expectation management and build core leadership capabilities, from communication and prioritisation to handling conflict and responsibility with confidence.
At a Glance
Themen und Inhalte
BLOCK 1
Creating the Right Conditions
Remote Session: Vision & Goals
Remote Session: Psychological Safety
- You know how to actively build a new team rather than simply waiting for it to come together.
- You have defined goals and developed a shared vision for the team.
- You know concrete ways to build psychological safety.
BLOCK 2
BLOCK 2Leading People
Remote Session: Expectation Management
Remote Session: Performance Management & Employee Conversations
- You understand the key employment law principles relevant to your day-to-day leadership.
- You can lead expectation-setting conversations in a clear and structured way.
- You know how to prepare for and lead difficult employee conversations.
BLOCK 3
Tools for Day-to-Day Leadership
Remote Session: Focus & Prioritisation Methods
Remote Session: Decision-Making in High-Dynamic Environments
- You have a practical method for running efficient meetings and securing clear outcomes.
- You use a concrete prioritisation method that fits your day-to-day work.
- You can make sound decisions even in highly dynamic and uncertain situations.
Evergreens
2 Days: Modern Leadership
A focused learning experience for leaders who are already well into their leadership journey: take in fresh perspectives, challenge established patterns and apply contemporary leadership principles directly to their own practice. Always with one goal in mind: doing something differently tomorrow.
At a Glance
TOPICS & CONTENT
DAY 1
Leadership & Change
Delegation & Empowerment
AI & Leadership
- You understand where you stand as a leader in times of change and what your team needs from you right now.
- You have developed practical ways to delegate responsibility effectively.
- You have clarified your personal stance on AI and formulated a clear leadership message.
DAY 2
Team & Resilience
Psychological Safety
Stress & Resilience
- You have identified your team’s performance potential and know where you want to take action.
- You take away practical measures to strengthen psychological safety.
- You understand your own stress patterns and have strategies for healthy, sustainable leadership.
From Us, for You:
Real Programmes Built Around Real Needs.
For us, tailored means two things: designing the right format for your target audience and embedding it deeply enough in your organisational context to make a real difference. Whether you want to reach 200 leaders through a scaled rollout or support 12 participants on a multi-month learning journey, we develop the programme that fits.
In Person, Hybrid or Remote - All programmes can be delivered entirely in person or as a combination of in-person and live online modules. Online sessions work particularly well to support transfer between in-person training days or as standalone deep-dive modules within the programme.
+ ONLINE CIRCLES CAN BE INTEGRATEDSTANDALONE OFFER
Tailored Online Circles
Alongside integration into hybrid programmes, we also offer a standalone online format: tailored Circles with a dedicated customisation approach for content, target audiences and delivery setup — all designed around your specific context.
→ Explore Tailored Online CirclesWhich Format Fits Your Initiative?
Scaled Training Format
A tailored training programme designed for larger leadership populations and delivered repeatedly across multiple groups. Developed once, delivered many times.
Typically Used For: Roll-outs, creating a shared leadership language, and supporting large-scale transformation initiatives.
Modular Training Series
Several connected modules that build on one another to form a coherent programme. Thematically focused and flexible in timing and format, whether in person, hybrid or remote.
Typically Used For: Capability building over several months, leadership programmes with multiple focus areas, and train-the-trainer programmes.
Tailored Learning Journey
A multi-month development programme for a defined target group, combining transfer support, peer case consultation and structured reflection. Depth over breadth.
Typically Used For: In-depth development programmes, emerging leader programmes and leadership cohorts with a clear development goal.
How We Work
01
Understand
Needs Analysis, Target Audience, Learning Objectives
02
Design
Programme Structure, Learning Journey, Learning Design
03
Develop
Materials, Exercises, Facilitator Guide
04
Support
Delivery, Feedback, Continuous Improvement
We believe that evidence-based practice — continuously evaluating the success and impact of different interventions — is an essential part of professional learning and development. See How We Do It - Evidence Compass →
Frequently Asked Questions
Our in-person training programmes are not lecture-style events. They are intensive learning experiences: experiential, interactive and designed for direct transfer into day-to-day work.
For many years, we have developed our programmes using a human-centred design approach, starting with real business needs. The goal is not to cover a topic as comprehensively as possible, but to focus on what leaders actually need. We design for impact — with one clear ambition: engaged participants, not just satisfied attendees.
The same applies to our ready-to-go programmes. From the outset, we work closely with you to ensure the content fits the reality of your organisation.
A ready-to-go programme is a good fit if you have a clear topic in mind, want to get started quickly and don’t need to account for specific cultural or strategic requirements.
A tailored programme makes more sense when your organisation brings a specific context, for example an ongoing transformation or the ambition to build a shared leadership language.
Yes — and we often recommend it. Combining in-person training with online elements, such as our Online Circles, can significantly strengthen impact.
In-person sessions create trust, depth and shared experiences. Online formats provide continuous impulses and help embed learning into day-to-day work.
Curious?
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