We all have many goals and intentions. The question is, how can we move into action—and, more importantly, how do we stay committed until our goals are achieved?  This e⁠-⁠training aims to provide assistance with action control and motivation. Based on various psychological models, it explains how to set realistic, motivating goals, what to consider when planning action steps, how to maintain discipline during execution, and how to constructively analyze the results to achieve future goals even more effectively.

Ideen verwirklichen: Wie Sie Absichten in Taten umsetzen

Bringing Ideas to Life: Turning Intentions into Action

Thinking and acting in the best interest of the company isn’t just important for the C⁠-⁠suite. Everyone benefits when their values and goals align with those of the organization. This e⁠-⁠training course explains how to do that, and how to take responsibility and make decisions. It offers tools for self-reflection on roles and expectations, discusses the process of responsible decision-making, and explores how the right mindset can help you learn from mistakes to grow both personally and professionally.

Im Unternehmenssinne denken: Verantwortung übernehmen, Entscheidungen treffen

Adopt a Company-First Mindset: Own Your Actions and Make Decisions

Good employees are hard to find—and even harder to retain. A structured onboarding process communicates to new employees from the very beginning that they are welcomed and valued. It helps them quickly familiarize themselves with their tasks, processes, and the company. This has a long-term impact on their motivation and commitment to their organization. This training guides you in shaping the three phases of onboarding, from the moment the contract is signed to the end of the probationary period. It focuses on clearly outlining expectations, responsibilities, and processes. Key areas include advancing professional expertise, fostering team connections, and communicating the company culture at multiple levels.

Onboarding: Strategien für gelungenes Einarbeiten

Seamless Onboarding: Proven Tactics for a Successful Start

Not all leadership is the same. There are numerous models that explain which leadership would be ideal for which personality type and for which result. This e⁠-⁠training course looks at these different development models, but then focuses on a type of leadership that is geared towards the level of development of the respective employee. This is because employees need a different type of leadership depending on their skills and individual motivation. It shows ways in which the individual motivation level can be determined. It also looks at the assessment of employees‘ skills. Finally, suitable forms of leadership are presented for the different forms of motivation and competence.

Führen nach Entwicklungsstand: Mitarbeitende optimal unterstützen

Leading by Skill Level: Giving Employees the Best Possible Support

This training serves as an introduction to the fundamentals of process management. It explains various process management methods and their practical applications to streamline workflows and improve service quality. The training covers why process management is essential for businesses and how processes can be mapped to identify and eliminate sources of errors, ensuring continuous improvement. Methods such as the PDCA cycle and the 5⁠-⁠Why technique are introduced. Additionally, the training provides guidance on how teams can clearly assign responsibilities and roles during workshops.

Praxisorientiertes Prozessmanagement: Die Grundlagen

The Basics of Business Process Management

Ensuring employees' mental well-being is crucial for companies and management—not just due to the substantial economic impact of mental health problems annually. Therefore, prevention and support must be deeply integrated into everyday management practices. This e⁠-⁠training course explains how different leadership styles can make a leader either a resource or a stressor for their team. It details the benefits of transformational leadership and guidance on how to arrange daily work to prioritize employees' mental health.  The importance of recognition and providing appropriate autonomy in tasks is also highlighted. Moreover, it promotes the creation of a supportive company culture and outlines how managers can safeguard their own mental health, considering the specific challenges they encounter.

Mental Health: Die psychische Gesundheit der Mitarbeitenden schützen

Mental Health: Safeguarding Employee Mental Health—Prioritizing Well-Being

Learning never stops, especially in today's digital and unpredictable work environment. Fortunately, today's employees can do more for their education than ever before. This e⁠-⁠training course introduces the concept of lifelong learning, explores future skills, offers tips for identifying personal learning needs, showcases diverse learning opportunities, and provides strategies for integrating learning into daily work routines. Additionally, it offers insights on effectively coordinating with managers and networking with colleagues to facilitate internal knowledge sharing.

Lernen lernen: Weiterbildungschancen erkennen und nutzen

Learning to Learn: Identifying and Seizing Further Development Opportunities

Success today doesn't guarantee relevance tomorrow. This holds true for both individuals and entire companies. With the world evolving rapidly, so do the requirements for professional skills. To stay competitive, companies must cultivate a forward-thinking learning culture. his e⁠-⁠training course offers insights into the supportive conditions needed across three key areas: organizational structure, corporate culture, and leadership dynamics. Managers, serving as role models, play a crucial role in granting employees the autonomy to chart their own paths of learning.

Lernen fördern – Eine Lernkultur im Team etablieren

Promoting Learning: Fostering a Culture of Learning within Your Team

Mental illness is prevalent in the workforce, causing significant suffering for individuals and resulting in substantial economic losses. This e⁠-⁠training course aims to provide employees with options for managing their daily work routines in a way that minimizes the risk of mental health problems. To achieve this goal, resource-oriented health concepts are introduced, highlighting the importance of colleagues and social networks in preventing and detecting mental health issues early. Additionally, practical mindfulness and relaxation exercises are provided for assistance.

Mental Health: Achtsam handeln im Arbeitsalltag

Mental Health: Being Mindful in Your Daily Work Routine

We come across challenges in various aspects of life - be it at work, within the family, or on both large and small scales. While problems are an integral part of our daily existence, many individuals struggle to handle them rationally and effectively. Our e⁠-⁠training course offers you a structured approach: you'll gain the skills to precisely define problems, formulate targeted solution strategies, and consistently put them into action. Through practical methods and helpful tips, we assist you in every step of the problem-solving process, ensuring you have a solid grip on your challenges!

Probleme lösen – Von der Analyse bis zur Umsetzung

Effective Problem-Solving—Strategies for Identifying and Solving Issues

The nature of work in the modern world is changing rapidly. Unlike the past where people would often do the same job for years, it has become common for work tasks to change frequently. This change is due to increasing digitalization, artificial intelligence, and temporary work. In this context, it has become increasingly important for employees to regularly undergo training and upgrade their skills to increase their own employability. But what does employability mean? What skills are necessary to stay efficient and attractive in the job market in the long run? What is the relationship between career identity, self-efficacy and employability? Our e⁠-⁠training course provides answers to all these questions and more on the subject of employability.

Employability stärken – Attraktiv für den Arbeitsmarkt bleiben

Enhancing Employability—Staying Competitive in the Job Market

Everyone makes mistakes. It's inevitable and often necessary for learning and growth. Utilize the potential of mistakes in your team! However, ensure that the negative effects of mistakes are addressed quickly and effectively, and subsequent errors are prevented. This can be achieved by establishing a positive error culture within your team. In this e⁠-⁠training course, you will learn how negative and positive error cultures differ and the values and norms underlying a positive error culture. Additionally, you will be equipped with various methods to empower your team members to handle mistakes confidently.

Fehlerkultur im Team – Konstruktiv mit Fehlern umgehen

Navigating an Error Culture in the Team—Fostering a Positive Approach to Mistakes

The focus of this training is about building positive connections among employees from different generations and between managers and team members of various ages—both on a personal and professional level. The e⁠-⁠training course aims to spark ideas for smooth intergenerational collaboration and provides tips on the challenges and potential conflicts that managers might encounter. It also sheds light on the opportunities that come with working across multiple generations.

Generationenübergreifend führen und zusammenarbeiten

Leading Across Generations

E⁠-⁠learning is the learning format of the present and the future. Nevertheless, it often falls short of its potential because many companies forget to focus on the learners and not on the content and the technology, especially when it comes to high-tech learning. So put your learners at the center; accompany and support them in their learning process. Create a learning culture where learning is valued and encouraged.
Join us to learn about the three most popular forms of e⁠-⁠learning. This way you can work out the best combination for you and your learners. Learn about the most important motivating factors for learning processes and how you can best translate these into your everyday work in your role as HR managers or executives in order to successfully implement e⁠-⁠learning in your company. 

E-Trainings erfolgreich im Unternehmen einsetzen

Successfully introducing e⁠-⁠training courses in a company

Employees experience different physical and mental stressors in their daily work. These include, for example, excessive demands, stress, monotony, lack of autonomy, disruptions, varying shifts, and prolonged screen time. These stressors can lead not only to reduced performance but also to underlying health issues. In this e⁠-⁠training course, participants learn how to deal constructively with these stressors to remain healthy in the long term.

Fit im Job – Gesund und achtsam arbeiten

Staying Fit and Active on the Job—Working Healthy and Mindful

Sustainability is probably one of the biggest buzzwords of the 21st century. People are becoming more and more aware of the need to live and act sustainably—not just consumers, but companies are also taking their impact on the world more and more seriously. Many companies are already committed to reducing CO2 emissions and using their resources responsibly. But what does sustainability actually mean? And how can we all contribute to a sustainable way of dealing with our planet, our economy, and our fellow human beings? That's what this e⁠-⁠training course is all about.

Nachhaltigkeit im Unternehmen – sozial, ökonomisch und ökologisch arbeiten

Corporate Sustainability—Social, Economic, and Environmental Responsibility

Employees want praise and recognition - for what they accomplish every day, but also for good decisions, success and stressful work phases. Recognition is an important tool in social interaction: it not only motivates, it also shows us that we are doing something right and performing our tasks well. When confirmation is lacking, it usually affects not only the employee's satisfaction, but also their job performance. How do you manage to adequately recognize the work of your employees? How can you show appreciation to your employees? And how can you also show this to yourself? These are the questions addressed in this e⁠-⁠training course.

Führen mit Lob – Wertschätzung und Anerkennung zeigen

Leading with Praise—Showing Appreciation and Recognition

The AI revolution is one of the fastest and most profound transformations in recent history. Hardly any professional field will remain untouched by it. This shift will require all of us to take a new approach to our work and the world around us. This e⁠-⁠training course does not provide hard facts about how algorithms work. Rather, it focuses on the human aspect. The objective is to guide learners in developing their resilience, grasping strategies to manage change effectively, and recognizing how discovering their purpose can foster fulfilling work experiences, even amid new circumstances.

Mit Selbstvertrauen ins KI-Zeitalter

Moving into the Age of AI with Confidence

This course focuses on preventing and proactively addressing the factors that lead to employee turnover. The e⁠-⁠training course provides insights into positive employee retention, explores common reasons for job changes, and offers potential countermeasures that leaders can implement. It begins by examining the different types of turnover, then delves into what constitutes an attractive company culture and what employees expect. Additionally, the course covers the entire employee lifecycle, from successful recruiting and onboarding to exit interviews. This e⁠-⁠training course helps participants understand turnover, recognize its positive aspects, and provides practical tips for managers and HR departments on how to effectively reduce turnover in their company.

Fluktuation aktiv senken

Actively Reduce Employee Turnover 

Human beings have a strong need for connection and belonging. We want to be "allowed to play," to be part of a group, to be valued, to help shape things and at the same time to feel a sense of responsibility to the task and to the group—both personally and professionally. If your employees do not feel that they are allowed to "play along", this has a direct negative impact on the performance and competitiveness of your company, i.e., on the success of the company. That's why this e⁠-⁠training focuses on how you can make your employees feel like they're in the game and keep them engaged. As a leader, you play an absolutely key role in this and can actively work on various commitment factors that research and this e⁠-⁠training will provide you with. So, off you go!

Bindungskräfte entfalten – Mitarbeitende zu Partnern machen

Unleashing Commitment Potential—Turning Employees into Partners

Today's employees and companies often no longer define success simply by how quickly someone can climb the corporate ladder. Instead, it is increasingly measured in terms of responsibility, community benefit, satisfaction, and purpose. Why is purposeful work so promising? And what can help you find more purpose and joy in your job? This course will show you how to find purpose in your work and be more successful and satisfied in your company.

Purpose – Mit Sinn zum Erfolg

Purpose—Understanding and Achieving Success

This training is intended as a comprehensive introduction to the basics of Lean management. The essential contents and principles of Lean are explained, as well as the actual application—in the field of producing, as well as in the administrative field. This is possible because it is about the mindset for "Lean" thinking as well as some tools that are suitable for production and the office. In addition to theory, practical examples and transfer tasks also help to ensure that the course knowledge acquired is ready to apply.

Lean Management – Die Grundlagen

The Basics of Lean Management

In this advanced training, basic knowledge of Lean Management is required and then expanded upon. Participants learn about obstacles they may encounter when implementing Lean Management, as well as active measures for employee development. This helps to support even more intensive customer service and a leaner value stream. 

Lean Management für Fortgeschrittene

Lean Management Advanced Course

Big Data, Cloud, Artificial Intelligence (AI)—you've probably heard these terms before. But are you able to explain the meaning behind these trend words? Unless you're a data scientist or an AI developer, you may have a hard time understanding the world of data and related technologies. This is exactly where this e⁠-⁠training comes in: You will learn about important topics surrounding Big Data, with no prior knowledge needed. It is not about how you can handle Big Data yourself—but a basic overview of what Big Data actually is, the opportunities and challenges associated with it, and which methods and tools data experts use to create added value from Big Data.

Big Data – Die Welt der Daten verstehen

Big Data—Understanding the World of Data 

This training provides an overview of common agile techniques. It should serve as a basis for the participants to decide whether and how these techniques can be integrated into their personal daily work. The focus is not on explaining the entire agile methodology, but rather on what you can pick out and implement relatively easily—even in non-agile work. The learning focus is on the application of agile techniques and tips for implementing them. The three themes are: collaboration, communication, and time management. 

Agile Tool-Box für den Arbeitsalltag

Agile Toolbox for Everyday Work

This course provides an overview of some Agile techniques that can be useful for designing and running meetings and workshops. While the emphasis is not on the entire Agile methodology, you will learn techniques that can be helpful in preparing for a meeting or workshop, execution, and follow-up, as well as tips for implementing what you've learned.

Agile Tool-Box für Workshops und Meetings

Agile Toolbox for Workshops and Meetings

Today, salespeople need to know more than just their product or service. They require extensive knowledge past simple customer and competitor information, or being able to conduct a sales conversation. Above all, salespersons must approach their key customers strategically and be able to build a relationship with them. This e⁠-⁠training course covers why a strategic approach is more important today than ever. You will learn what strategic sales is all about. Additionally, you will discover which situations and which customers strategic sales skills make sense for, and finally what mindset and skills are required for this.

Strategisches Verkaufen – Grundlagen des strategischen Vertriebs

Strategic Sales—Basics of Strategic Sales

Both talent and the right gut feeling are integral in operational sales. On a strategic level, however, it still requires a targeted approach with a system. During this e⁠-⁠learning course, you will learn what key account management is and which steps it involves. You will learn how to identify your key customers and which methods you can use to find out what makes them and their stakeholders tick. The e⁠-⁠training course also discusses answers to the following questions: What options are there for working with my key accounts? And which strategy is the right one? In this way, you will learn how to optimally develop your most valuable customers and achieve more revenue and profit in a partnership that suits both your company and the customer.

Strategisches Verkaufen – Die strategische Kundenentwicklung

Strategic Sales—Strategic Customer Development

Customer care plays a major role in strategic sales. Customers who do not feel like they are being looked after are very likely to turn to the competition or not make (further) purchases from your company. But what exactly is good customer care? Why does it make sense to understand the motives of customers and to consider them during customer care? Why does individual marketing make sense and what individual marketing measures are there? How can you implement them effectively? How can you successfully leverage cross-selling to build relationships? These issues will be addressed in detail during this e⁠-⁠training course.

Strategisches Verkaufen – Beziehungs­­gestaltung

Strategic Sales—Building Relationships

Phone calls are old fashioned you say? On the contrary! Phone calls still play a central role in communicating with customers in sales and customer service. But what is the right way to address clients on the phone? And how do you professionally conduct a telephone conversation? It takes practice. This course covers how to use your voice skillfully, prepare for customer phone calls, and how to navigate through phone conversations in a structured way. You will also learn how to respond effectively to complaints along with tricks that will give your phone communication skills a competitive edge. This is how you build a good rapport with those on the other end of the line.

Kundenorientierte Kommunikation am Telefon

Customer-Oriented Communication on the Phone

This training course prepares employees to establish and maintain external contacts on a regular basis. It is intended to provide participants with an introduction to the topic, to help them better assess themselves, to set clear networking goals, and to structure and expand their own network. 

Gezielt netzwerken

Targeted Networking

Do you ever wonder what objectives your company is actually pursuing and how your work contributes to achieving these objectives? Would you like to be transparently informed about company values, vision, and strategy so that you can work more effectively and purposefully? Do you desire more effective and clear communication within your team and between different departments? Then it's worth taking a look at the agile leadership and time management framework OKR. The O in OKR stands for Objectives, which are the objectives you identify for yourself, your team, or your company using the OKR method. Behind the K and the R lie the key results, crucial milestones necessary to achieve your objectives. Through the thoughtful and clear naming of objectives and key results, the OKR method creates a clear and transparent focus on what is most important at the moment,  helping companies achieve specific objectives in a precise manner. Does that sound good? Then take a look at our e⁠-⁠training course.

Die Grundlagen der OKR-Methode

The Basics of the OKR Method

Female leadership is a complex topic with many facets. In this course, we focus on what women can do themselves to be successful or become more successful leaders. It's not so much a question of how women lead or whether they are better leaders. Instead, we present the biggest difficulties women who (want to) take on leadership roles face. And most importantly, we focus on approaches they can take to deal with these difficulties. After an introduction to the topic, five of the most common obstacles are identified and learners are given practical and action-oriented suggestions for dealing with them constructively.

Female Leadership – Erfolgreich führen trotz Gender-Barrieren

Female Leadership—Leading Successfully Despite Gender Barriers

Let's face it, managers often know in advance which conversations with employees will be challenging. This could be due to an employee's recent inappropriate behavior or perhaps a sudden, unannounced absence. Managers often hesitate to directly address criticism during these talks to avoid upsetting the employee.  However, in challenging conversations, transparent communication and an open attitude are essential. Some managers also struggle to remain respectful and keep a cool head in difficult situations, which hinders constructive dialogue and successful conflict resolution.

Herausfordernde Gespräche mit Mitarbeitenden souverän meistern

Navigate Difficult Employee Conversations with Confidence

Performance reviews and appraisal processes are key tools in leadership and human resource development. But many managers don’t always view them as positive experiences. They often feel awkward and tense, with employees seeming unmotivated or anxious. But it doesn’t have to be that way! When conducted with appreciation and clear objectives, reviews can be a game-changer. They can facilitate effective communication and play a crucial role in strengthening the relationship between employees and managers. In this e⁠-⁠training course, participants will learn how to unlock the full potential of performance evaluations and appraisal processes. We’ll go over everything you need—from preparation to conducting, and following up on reviews, whether in person or virtually.

Gespräche mit Mitarbeitenden konstruktiv und nachhaltig führen

Lead Constructive and Lasting Conversations with Employees

Have you ever been lost for words in front of an audience, meaning that what you wanted to say just didn't come across the right way? Do you often lack the necessary persuasive power in important situations? If so, we need to change something about that! Situations in which we are required to use arguments to convince arise every day, both in a professional and private context. In this e⁠-⁠training course, you will learn how to use the five-sentence method to make your arguments simple and above all, effective. Additionally, you will learn what makes a good argument, how to package it effectively, and how to select and apply an appropriate counter strategy for each type of counter-argument.

Argumentieren und Über­zeugen mit der Fünfsatz­technik

Arguing and Persuading Using the Five-Sentence Method

This e⁠-⁠training prepares employees to work together in hybrid teams as successfully and as smoothly as possible. Participants learn how they can establish binding rules as a basis for hybrid collaboration and where the limits of hybrid work lie. In addition, hybrid team meetings, team cohesion—despite physical distance and the recognition and communication of individual needs and wishes are essential contents. 

Hybrides Arbeiten: On- und offline punkten

Hybrid Work – Scoring in Online and Offline Settings 

When was the last time you were really convinced or even thrilled by someone’s appearance? Think about it for a moment: What exactly convinced you? Was it the content of the argument or also the person’s voice, speech or body language? Chances are, it was a good mix of all the above, because studies have shown that a convincing performance requires both content and personal persuasiveness. It will probably have been a good mix of everything, because according to studies, a convincing performance requires both content and personal persuasiveness! In this e⁠-⁠training you will learn how to use your voice, your language or even your body language and your interactive behavior and improve your personal persuasiveness. Let us convince you! 

Überzeugend auftreten – online und in Präsenz

How to be Convincing – Online and in Person 

Everyone is unique. Nevertheless, we always see similar personality traits in different people. Type models help us to understand people better as they simplify a complex world. In your role as a manager, you deal with a wide variety of employee types and should know how best to deal with whom.
So that all employees in your team can fully use their potential, it is important to address them individually according to their personality or personality type, to understand them, challenge them and develop them. Type-appropriate leadership enables you to do exactly that. You can assess what type of person your counterpart is and then accurately select the strategy from the repertoire of actions to help to understand them in the best possible way. This way, you not only succeed in responding to individual employees in a way that is appropriate to their personality type but also in forming teams in such a way that similarity has a mediating effect and difference has a stimulating effect.

Typgerecht führen

Type-Appropriate Leadership

Due to increasing internationalization and globalization, cooperation in an international context is becoming more and more important. Working in intercultural teams offers great potential, but can often also be quite a challenge. This e⁠-⁠training course covers how to deal with cultural differences and teaches participants how prejudices and stereotypes can be overcome. How can cultural intelligence help in an intercultural context? How do you lay a good foundation for successful intercultural cooperation? What should you stay conscious of when working with people from other cultures? Find out here! These issues will be addressed in detail.

Interkulturelle Teams – Grundlagen der erfolgreichen Zusammenarbeit

Intercultural Teams—Basics of Successful Cooperation

Communication is everything when it comes to successful cooperation, including in an intercultural context. However, conflicts or misunderstandings occur frequently, especially between people from different cultures. This e⁠-⁠training course discusses how to adapt one's own communication, criticism, and conflict behavior in an intercultural work context, and how to effectively overcome language barriers. Course participants learn how they can succeed in interacting with people from different cultures in a respectful and appreciative way.

Interkulturelle Teams – Kommunikation mit Kolleg:innen aus anderen Kulturen

Intercultural Teams—Communicating with Colleagues from Other Cultures

The ability to present confidently and persuasively is a key skill in more and more professions. This e⁠-⁠training course focuses on the basic techniques and methods that can be used to present content in an engaging and professional manner. Participants will learn how to tailor their presentations to the audience's expectations, prepare them well, and structure them logically. They will also receive practical tips on how to avoid pitfalls in advance.

Präsentieren – Die Grundlagen

Presenting—Basics of Professional Presentations

Presenting is more than just reciting texts and showing graphics. A good presentation is personal, individual, motivating and engaging. In this e⁠-⁠training, participants learn methods to make their communication more direct, emotional and activating– both on a verbal and non-verbal level. Another focus of the training lies on practical ways to achieve a balanced, communicative mindset and to control stage fright from the outset.

Präsentieren – Persönlich, souverän und professionell

Presenting – Convince with Confidence, Personality and Influence

In today's working environment, it is becoming increasingly important to convey content attractively and convincingly, even in online settings. Online presentations offer a variety of ways to capture the audience's attention and increase the quality of the presentation. This e⁠-⁠training outlines the specifics of presenting online. There are tips for dealing with the technology. Furthermore, participants will learn which media and methods they can use and how.

Präsentieren – Überzeugend auftreten im virtuellen Raum

Presenting – How to be Convincing in Web Conferences

More job satisfaction, greater creativity and better employee performance—these are just a few of the benefits of transformational leadership. In times of structural change in the world of work, this modern management style paves the way for satisfying what employees want and need. With the help of transformational leadership, employees can become more motivated. Furthermore, they can enjoy the advantages of possessing a clear vision, serving as role models, receiving and giving individualized attention, and questioning conventional practices. This e⁠-⁠training course will present the core elements of transformational leadership in detail, reinforced by illustrative examples. Participants will also learn how they can apply a transformational leadership style for providing optimum support to their employees.

Transformationale Führung – Mitarbeitende motivieren und begeistern

Transformational­ Leadership—Motivating and Inspiring Employees

Stress is a natural part of our lives. However, too much stress can have serious consequences. Numerous physical and mental issues can result from too much stress. During this e⁠-⁠training course, you will learn the definition of stress and the cause behind it. How can we succeed in reducing stress? Which methods of instrumental, mental and regenerative stress management are helpful? This e⁠-⁠training course provides answers to these questions. You will learn how to recognize stress, understand it better and manage it successfully through targeted techniques and methods.

Stressmanagement – Stress erfolgreich und gelassen meistern

Stress Management — Mastering Stress Successfully and Calmly

Burnout is an emotional and physical exhaustion syndrome, which can result from too much stress. In this e⁠-⁠training course, you will learn what the term "burnout" means, and how burnout can occur. What factors contribute significantly to this condition? What are the three stages of burnout? What can you do to stay healthy even under greater stress? And what must be done if burnout has actually occurred? 
This e⁠-⁠training course provides clear answers to these questions. 
You will learn how to recognize burnout, understand it better, and help to improve the situation by means of external assistance.

Burnout besser verstehen und bewältigen

Understanding and Managing Burnout Better

This e⁠-⁠training course is about successfully leading hybrid teams and shaping the new working reality between working remotely and in-person at the office with a view to the future. Participants learn how they can establish binding rules as a basis for hybrid collaboration and where the limits of hybrid work lie. In addition, despite the physical distance, hybrid team meetings and team spirit are two essential components of this e⁠-⁠training course. Other focal points are the concept of fairness and the individual needs of employees working from home and in person at the office.

Hybride Teams erfolgreich führen

Successfully Leading Hybrid Teams

Have you defined your project goals and analyzed the environment of your project in detail? Yes?—Excellent! Then you are ready to move from the planning phase into the implementation phase of your project. As a project manager, your main task is to steer the project along the best possible path towards the project goal. In this e⁠-⁠learning course, you will therefore learn how and with which methods you can successfully manage your project. You will deal with the management of project goals, stakeholders, risk as well as project reporting. Each of these are valuable instruments in project steering. 

Klassisches Projektmanagement – Projekte erfolgreich steuern

Classic Project Management—Successfully Steering Projects

At work, we face pressure to perform, complex requirements, unforeseeable events, and uncertainties on a daily basis. Resilience makes it possible to deal with these challenges in a positive way and even to develop personally. But what is resilience? And what are the differences between resilient and non-resilient people? How can the seven pillars of resilience help you to confidently overcome challenges in your everyday work? And how can you go about strengthening your own inner resilience? These questions will be covered in detail during this e⁠-⁠training course.

Resilienz – Die innere Widerstandskraft stärken

Resilience—Increasing Your Inner Resilience 

Innovation and the testing of new developments are closely connected. In this e⁠-⁠training course, we will show you methods for prototyping, how to use them in the most needs-based way with relatively little effort, and how to gain important insights from them at an early stage and thus save on costs.

Innovation – Prototypen bedarfsgerecht entwickeln und testen

Innovation—Needs-Based Development and Testing of Prototypes

Innovations must always have a place within a company. At the beginning of this e⁠-⁠training course, we will explain which phases characterize innovation processes. We will also take a closer look at a range of possible approaches to innovation development. There is a wealth of different approaches and methods for achieving different goals. In this e⁠-⁠training course, we will look at some of them in detail and show you which goals managers and innovation teams can achieve with them, as well as how they actually work.

Innovation – Methoden für den Innovationsprozess

Innovation—Methods for the Innovation Process

Innovative thinking can be learned. Developing an innovative mindset and promoting it in team members follows certain prerequisites and comes with some hidden stumbling blocks. In this e⁠-⁠training course, you will find out how you and your team can overcome what works against innovation and how to get mentally prepared for innovation.

Innovation – Ein innovatives Mindset fördern

Innovation—Promoting an Innovative Mindset

Do you sometimes have so many ideas for an upcoming task that you skip the planning for the task altogether and get started right away? Often, this “just do it” mentality is not a bad thing, sometimes it’s even the better way to get things done. In classic project management, however, it is the opposite. Here, planning is key to the success of the project! In this e⁠-⁠training course, you will learn about the success factors of planning in project management. You will learn which projects can be managed using traditional techniques and how important it is to clearly allocate roles to make the project successful. Furthermore, the course highlights the most important planning document(s) for managing a project. You will learn how to define milestones and thus give structure to project planning and the project phases. The course content ends with tips for how to use the kick-off meeting to transition from planning to implementation.

Klassisches Projekt­management – Projekte erfolgreich planen

Classic Project Management—Planning Projects Successfully

People tend to classify their fellow human beings into a pre-defined category system and evaluate them on that basis – but why is that? This e⁠-⁠training course deals with unconscious cognitive distortions and other unconscious thought patterns, such as prejudice and stereotypes, along with their causes. Participants will get to know various forms of unconscious bias – such as name bias, affinity bias and confirmation bias – and also receive some helpful tips on how to deal with them in a reflective way in their professional life.

Unconscious Bias – Vorurteile und Stereotype erkennen und reduzieren

Unconscious Bias—Recognizing and Reducing Prejudices and Stereotypes

The majority of companies are now making a deliberate decision to favor diversity. International cooperation, demographic changes, women in management positions and individuality in the workplace — the general conditions for professional and private life have changed and there is a demand for tolerance and respect in our diverse society. But what does "diversity" actually mean? What are the advantages of diversity for a company? And how can managers promote this diversity step by step and establish it as an integral corporate value? That is what this e⁠-⁠learning course is all about.

Diversity & Inclusion – Vielfalt führen und fördern

Diversity & Inclusion—Facilitating and Promoting Diversity

In order to hear what the other person wants to say, it is not enough to simply listen. Important information can be lost if the listener does not fully concentrate on the conversation partner and - where necessary - encourage him to continue talking. One method for shaping this communicative process effectively is "active listening". It provides guidance that allows listeners to understand the concerns of the other party truly. "Active listening" is thus one of the most important communication tools for team workers and managers. "Active listening" shows participants how to achieve better results through concentration and verbal control techniques.

Aktives Zuhören

Active Listening

Feedback is an essential tool for managing team cooperation. Feedback is a give and take where both can and must be learned. The importance of feedback for personality development was also recognized in the 1970s by social psychologists Joseph Luft and Harry Ingram. They developed the "Johari Window" which shows that self-perception and external perception differ. The Johari Window also says that through feedback, the "blind spot" can be reduced and the scope for action increased. Positive feedback usually leads to the stabilization and development of the addressed behavior. It clears the way for team-promoting behavioral changes.

Feedback geben unter Kolleg:innen

Feedback between Colleagues

"Understanding Digitalization" takes participants on a journey into the digital world, showing that digitalization is not just about converting physical products and applications into digital products and applications. Conversely, it is above all about the data that is generated in the process. As traditional companies disappear and new companies are emerge, professions are changing. Even doctors may be replaced by digital technologies. The presenter introduces the new power of customers and the need for customer centricity as another significant change. Finally, through transfer tasks, participants are encouraged to examine their own professional environment for digital challenges and potential to resolve.

Digitalisierung verstehen

Understanding Digitalization

Those who manage to establish a good relationship with those they speak to can have more constructive discussions and achieve better work results. The key is communicating with respect and appreciation with a prerequisite of an "open ear" for one's own sensitivities as well as the known sensitivities of the person you're having a conversation with. This course aims to help you build up sustainable relationships with dialog partners through clear and precise "I⁠-⁠messages" on one hand, while simultaneously being aware of the other person's point of view. This creates the basis for constructive dialog.

Wertschätzend kommunizieren

Communicating with Respect and Appreciation

When it comes to resolving conflicts, people use different coping strategies. In this context, conflict researcher Gerhard Schwarz designed six methods – fleeing, fighting, yielding, delegating, negotiating and agreeing. Participants learn the advantages and disadvantages of these strategies and are guided to develop action competence in dealing with conflicts. 

Die sechs Strategien der Konfliktlösung

The 6 Strategies of Conflict Resolution

Learn the basics of agile project management. At first glance, agile project management is compared to traditional "waterfall" project management, with the essential differences clearly illustrated using accompanying videos. Fundamental concepts of agile project management such as the Iterative and Incremental Approach are discussed, in addition to agile values and principles. The course concludes with a high-level overview of the process of an agile project.

Agiles Projektmanagement / Grundlagen

Agile Project Management: Basics

The Kanban Board is more than a planning tool. First, learn about the Board's development in the Japanese automotive industry, and get to know the "flow idea" behind Kanban. This will enable you to use the method more creatively and purposefully. Also included you will find a case study from the manufacturing industry that helps to apply Kanban to real life. Learn about the different ways to use a Kanban board and the most important elements such as "Work in Progress Limits" and the "Pull Principle".

Kanban – die Methode

Working with the Kanban Board

Professional moderation, videos, and explanatory films teach how managers can successfully shape change processes. This e⁠-⁠learning introduces the best-known change models and the individual phases of a change process. It also provides concrete measures and tools for the individual phases and sheds light on how to address resistance. Exercise questions, transfer tasks, key messages and a final test tie all of the content together.

Change Management – Veränderungsprozesse erfolgreich gestalten

Change Management—Successfully Shaping Change Processes

Leading virtual teams is a skill that can be learned. The participants will learn how to motivate virtual teams remotely and in a media-appropriate way. They will learn to build trust between the individual team members working in different locations around the world. Another focus area of the e⁠-⁠learning course is for the participants to learn how to promote social networking in a team. In the last chapter, they will learn how to give effective feedback even remotely.

Virtuelle Teams – Motivation und Vertrauen

Virtual Teams—Motivation and Trust

Stories convey information more clearly, effectively and emotionally than facts and figures. Storytelling is part of every company and can be used in many situations, be it in conversations within a team or in conversations with customers. The e⁠-⁠learning course explains what storytelling is and how it works. Videos, tips, mnemonics, instructions and overviews show how to build a good story. Questions, transfer tasks and a final knowledge check ensure that the learning objectives are achieved.

Storytelling im Unternehmen

Storytelling within the Company

A needs analysis forms the basis for every sales conversation. In order to determine the demand, having knowledge of proven questioning techniques is important. Focusing on the easy-to-learn and highly-effective PPF Method, asking the right questions is exactly where this online training comes in. After asking questions about the present, the salesperson asks the customer questions about the past, and then uses future questions to further specify the need.

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