The European School of Management and Technology — known universally as ESMT Berlin — was founded in 2002 by a consortium of 25 leading global companies, making it the only German business school established primarily by the private sector with a mandate to develop internationally minded leaders. The school is headquartered in the historic Schloss Tegel and Intercontinental Forum building in central Berlin, operating as a private, non-profit institution with full university status granted by the German state of Berlin. Its founding philosophy — that management education must be grounded in both rigorous economics and genuine technological literacy — remains the intellectual backbone of everything ESMT teaches. The school deliberately stays small: fewer than 200 students in the full-time MBA, ensuring that executive participants are never an afterthought in the school's priorities.

Accreditations and Rankings

Triple Crown Accredited

AACSB
EQUIS
AMBA

Rankings

Financial Times European Business School Ranking: #19 in Europe (2023)
Financial Times MBA Ranking: Top 50 globally (2023)
Financial Times Executive Education Open Programs: Ranked internationally (2023)
QS Global MBA Rankings: Top 100 worldwide (2024)
Bloomberg Businessweek MBA Ranking: Listed among top European programs (2023)

Executive Education at a Glance

ESMT Berlin's executive education portfolio is one of the most focused in Europe, structured deliberately around three pillars: leadership development, technology and innovation management, and responsible business in a global context. The school runs both open-enrollment programs and custom programs tailored for corporate clients — with custom engagements representing a significant share of the portfolio, including long-standing relationships with major German and European multinationals. Open programs typically run between two and five days for short intensive courses, with longer leadership journeys extending to several weeks for senior cohorts; costs for open programs generally range from approximately €2,500 for shorter modules to €12,000 or more for flagship leadership programs.

Notable named programs include the Executive MBA (part-time), the Senior Executive Program, and focused offerings in Digital Transformation, Sustainability Leadership, and Finance for Executives. The school's emphasis on technology management — rare among European business schools at this depth — reflects its corporate founding base and makes it particularly relevant for executives navigating digital strategy. Programs are delivered in-person in Berlin, with select blended formats available. Scholarship and sponsorship guidance is available for qualifying participants, and corporate alumni of the founding companies receive structured enrollment pathways.

Campus and Facilities

ESMT Berlin's primary home is the Forum, a former state building in the heart of Berlin — a striking piece of Cold War-era architecture that has been refurbished into a modern executive learning environment with seminar rooms, a residential facility for program participants, and dining and networking spaces. The school also has connections to Schloss Tegel, one of Berlin's Prussian landmark estates. What the location provides no other business school campus can replicate: Berlin is simultaneously a seat of European political power, the continent's leading startup and tech ecosystem, and a city shaped by decades of division and reunification — a living case study in change management, geopolitical risk, and organisational transformation. For executives working on strategy, leadership, or innovation, few cities offer a comparable density of real-world context on the doorstep.

Faculty and Research

ESMT Berlin has a deliberately compact but internationally recruited faculty of roughly 50 full-time professors, drawn predominantly from top doctoral programs in the US and Europe, with research published in leading journals including Management Science, Strategic Management Journal, and the Journal of Finance. The school's research strengths cluster around digital economics, market design, corporate governance, and leadership under uncertainty — topics with direct application to the executives who attend its programs. Research centres of particular note include the ESMT Competition Analysis group and affiliated work on platform economics and algorithmic management, areas increasingly central to how large organisations operate. Faculty are expected to bring live research problems into the classroom; it is a deliberate hiring criterion, not an aspiration.

Student Body, Alumni, and Career Outcomes

ESMT Berlin's executive cohorts are consistently international — typically drawing participants from more than 30 nationalities across open programs, with European, North American, and Asian professionals well represented alongside a strong contingent from the school's German corporate founding base. The alumni network, while younger than those of century-old institutions, numbers over 5,000 and is notable for its density within Germany's Mittelstand and DAX-listed companies, as well as in European tech, consulting, and financial services. Sectors particularly well represented among ESMT executive alumni include automotive, manufacturing technology, financial services, and digital platforms. Career transition data for the full-time MBA shows strong outcomes in consulting and technology management, and a growing number of custom program alumni report promotion or role expansion within 12 months of completing a corporate program — a metric the school actively tracks and publishes.

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WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management is a private, independent business school founded in 1984 in Koblenz, Germany, with a second campus in Düsseldorf. Unlike most European business schools, WHU has no parent university — it operates as a fully autonomous institution, which gives it an unusual degree of curricular agility. The school was established with the explicit goal of creating a rigorous, internationally oriented alternative to Germany's traditionally state-run university system, and that founding tension — between German business pragmatism and global academic ambition — still defines its character. Otto Beisheim, the Metro Group founder and retail magnate, provided foundational support and lent his name to the school, a relationship that underscores its enduring connection to serious entrepreneurial capital.

Accreditations and Rankings

Accreditations

AACSB accredited
EQUIS accredited
AMBA accredited
Triple Crown — one of fewer than 1% of business schools worldwide to hold all three

Rankings

Financial Times European Business Schools ranking: Top 40 (2023)
Financial Times Master in Management ranking: Top 10 globally (2023)
Financial Times MBA ranking: ranked among leading European programmes (2023)
QS World University Rankings – Business Masters: consistently places WHU's Master in Management in the global top tier
Consistently ranked the #1 business school in Germany for Master in Management by the Financial Times (2022, 2023)

Executive Education at a Glance

WHU's executive education portfolio is smaller and more selective than that of a large American or UK business school, and deliberately so. The school concentrates its open programs on areas where its faculty have genuine research depth: family business, entrepreneurship, supply chain management, finance, and general management for senior leaders navigating organisational complexity. Programs run out of both the Vallendar/Koblenz campus and Düsseldorf, with a growing number of blended-format options introduced after 2020.

Open programs typically run between two and five days for modular formats, while longer certificate programs extend across several months with intermittent residency. The WHU Executive Education portfolio includes flagship offerings such as the Advanced Management Program, leadership development sprints for high-potentials, and custom corporate programs designed with and for specific German and European multinationals. Prices for open programs generally range from approximately €2,500 to €8,000 depending on duration and content tier. Custom programs — which represent a substantial portion of WHU's executive education revenue — are developed in close partnership with client organisations, often over multi-year relationships, and frequently draw on the school's networks within Germany's family-owned enterprise sector.

Campus and Facilities

WHU's main academic campus sits in Vallendar, a small town on the Rhine just outside Koblenz — an unlikely setting for a school with global pretensions, and one that is entirely intentional. The environment is residential and focused; there are few distractions, which creates the kind of immersion that executives in open programs often say is harder to achieve in a city campus. The Düsseldorf campus, opened to serve the school's part-time and executive programmes, places participants in the heart of one of Germany's most important financial and commercial centres, within reach of major corporate headquarters including those of Henkel, E.ON, and ThyssenKrupp. Facilities across both campuses have been significantly modernised, with dedicated executive education classrooms, collaboration spaces, and residential accommodation at Vallendar suited to multi-day programs.

Faculty and Research

WHU's faculty numbers around 40 full professors — small by the standards of large research universities, but intentionally lean, with a strong emphasis on research quality over volume. The school recruits internationally, and a significant proportion of its faculty hold PhDs from or have held positions at leading North American and European institutions. Research strengths particularly relevant to executive participants include entrepreneurship and new venture creation, corporate governance, supply chain and operations management, and behavioural finance. The Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) and the Center for Controlling & Management (CCM) are among the more established research institutes, and faculty regularly translate their work into program content rather than keeping research siloed from teaching. Several professors maintain advisory relationships with DAX-listed companies and large Mittelstand firms, giving them an applied credibility that executives tend to notice quickly.

Student Body, Alumni, and Career Outcomes

WHU's alumni network numbers approximately 10,000 graduates — modest in absolute size compared to larger schools, but notably dense in influence relative to its age. The entrepreneurial outcomes are particularly striking: WHU alumni have founded companies including Zalando, one of Europe's largest e-commerce businesses, and the school consistently ranks among the top sources of startup founders in the German-speaking world. Executive education cohorts draw heavily from German, Austrian, and Swiss corporations, as well as from international companies with significant European operations; industries represented include automotive, chemicals, financial services, logistics, and consumer goods. For participants, the alumni network's real value lies less in its scale than in its concentration — a disproportionate number of WHU graduates hold senior leadership positions in exactly the industries where German economic power is most concentrated.

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Die wichtigste Grundlage bietet das effektive Vorbereiten und Strukturieren auf Verhandlungen. Darauf aufbauend analysieren wir die Voraussetzungen für nachhaltige Mehrparteienverhandlungen. Die Besonderheiten von kulturübergreifenden Verhandlungen und das Verhandeln mit schwierigen Gegenparteien sind überdies Bestandteil dieses Seminars.\n\nDas englischsprachige Äquivalent zu diesem Programm ist Mastering Negotiations.",[1650],[1645,1646,1647,1648,1649],"2026-03-10T14:24:21.93533+00:00","https://esmt.berlin/de/executive-education/seminare-verhandlungsfuehrung/souveraen-verhandeln","6f611c6ffa8b327c2c88f5dd5bde6151","2026-03-20T21:55:26.283+00:00","https://esmt.berlin/executive-education/download-brochure-negotiation-cluster",[1639,1640,1641,1642,1643,1644],[1631],{"_181":190,"_1374":1375,"_191":192,"_193":194,"_195":196,"_197":198,"_1376":1377,"_199":200,"_201":202,"_203":204,"_205":206,"_1378":114,"_1343":1379,"_1380":1381,"_1382":1624},{"_181":207,"_193":208,"_195":209},[1625,1626,1627],{"_1387":1630},{"_1387":1629},{"_1387":1628},{"_193":1389,"_1390":1391},{"_193":1393,"_1390":1394},{"_193":1396,"_1390":1397},{"_181":1632,"_212":554,"_1339":1633,"_214":215,"_115":216,"_1404":1533,"_217":697,"_219":271,"_230":233,"_221":114,"_1407":-5,"_222":698,"_224":225,"_226":114,"_1408":1634,"_227":1635},"1016c420-9946-4792-a8e7-bf5ba57b66ba","Souverän Verhandeln (VH.16)","https://esmt.my.site.com/s/login/?startURL=/s/%3Fmodule%3Da05Se0000080kavIAA&language=de",[1636],{"_230":1637},{"_181":232,"_191":192,"_193":233,"_1415":1416,"_1417":1423,"_197":198,"_199":200,"_203":204,"_205":206,"_1419":37,"_1420":1638},[],"Stärken und Schwächen unterschiedlicher Verhandlungstaktiken und -stile","Zielbestimmung und Angebotsbewertung sowie Bewertung von Alternativen und Walk-Away-Situationen","Mehrparteienverhandlungen, Koalitionsdynamik, dauerhafte Bündnisse und nachhaltige Vereinbarungen","Kulturübergreifende Verhandlungen","Diskussion über persönliche Herausforderungen am Verhandlungstisch;","Gruppenberatung bezüglich Verhandlungsstrategie, Verhandlungsverhalten und -stil in verschiedenen Szenarien","Verbesserung des konzeptionellen, strategischen und praktischen Verständnis von effektivem Verhandeln","Schaffung von Mehrwert für alle Beteiligten in integrativen Verhandlungen","Überwindung von Hindernissen in interkulturellen Verhandlungen","Perfektionierung von Verhandlungskompetenz","Ihren persönlichen Konfliktlösungsstil einschätzen und verbessern","Fach- und Führungskräfte, die erste Verhandlungserfahrung besitzen, ihre Kompetenzen und Fähigkeiten jedoch ausbauen möchten.","Women in Power - Frauen in Führungspositionen","women-in-power-frauen-in-f-hrungspositionen","Führungspositionen neu definieren - Impulse für weibliche Führungskompetenz","Der Weg in höhere Führungspositionen ist für Frauen mit besonderen Herausforderungen verbunden - sie müssen sich mit komplexen Dynamiken, unausgesprochenen Erwartungen und traditionellen Führungskompetenzen auseinandersetzen. Aber eine Spitzenposition innezuhaben bedeutet nicht einfach nur einen Titel zu haben: es geht darum, Entscheidungen zu treffen, Ergebnisse zu beeinflussen und sinnvolle Veränderungen im eigenen Sinne zu bewirken.\n\nDieses Programm fordert Sie dazu heraus umzuformulieren, was es bedeutet „an der Spitze zu stehen” - jenseits der Autorität die Kraft des Einflusses zu entfalten, jenseits der Position die Zielstrebigkeit zu leben, jenseits des Gegeneinanders die Synergie weben. 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It aims to develop your ability to move beyond buzzwords and financial jargon, understand the bigger picture and make more effective financial decisions:\n\nProgram Jörg Rocholl and Maximilian Müller walk you through the profile, program benefits, and key topics.",[1797,1798],[1792,1793,1794,1795,1796],"2026-03-10T14:24:13.005797+00:00","https://esmt.berlin/executive-education/finance-programs/finance-executives","a87386d22a5701bede5a43d507fff851","2026-03-20T21:55:10.836+00:00","https://esmt.berlin/executive-education/download-brochure-finance-cluster",[1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791],[1768,1769],{"_181":190,"_1374":1375,"_191":192,"_193":194,"_195":196,"_197":198,"_1376":1377,"_199":200,"_201":202,"_203":204,"_205":206,"_1378":114,"_1343":1379,"_1380":1381,"_1382":1761},{"_181":1044,"_193":1045,"_195":1046},[1762,1763,1764],{"_1387":1767},{"_1387":1766},{"_1387":1765},{"_193":1389,"_1390":1391},{"_193":1393,"_1390":1394},{"_193":1396,"_1390":1397},{"_181":1777,"_212":554,"_1339":1778,"_214":215,"_115":216,"_1404":1533,"_217":711,"_219":220,"_230":233,"_221":114,"_1407":-5,"_222":1107,"_224":225,"_226":114,"_1408":1779,"_227":1780},{"_181":1770,"_212":554,"_1339":1771,"_214":215,"_115":216,"_1404":1533,"_217":377,"_219":220,"_230":233,"_221":114,"_1407":-5,"_222":1103,"_224":225,"_226":114,"_1408":1772,"_227":1773},"cf842434-a66f-4147-bafb-efbd8be8a108","Finance for Executives (FIN.36)","https://esmt.my.site.com/s/login/?startURL=/s/%3Fmodule%3Da05Se0000081kAfIAI",[1774],{"_230":1775},{"_181":232,"_191":192,"_193":233,"_1415":1416,"_1417":1423,"_197":198,"_199":200,"_203":204,"_205":206,"_1419":37,"_1420":1776},[],"53ad6764-b6a6-4fa7-adce-7d498d3b16ec","Finance for Executives (FIN.37)","https://esmt.my.site.com/s/login/?startURL=/s/%3Fmodule%3Da05Se000008AMXJIA4",[1781],{"_230":1782},{"_181":232,"_191":192,"_193":233,"_1415":1416,"_1417":1423,"_197":198,"_199":200,"_203":204,"_205":206,"_1419":37,"_1420":1783},[],"The effect of external financial markets on your management decisions","The relationships between revenue and costs, how return on capital employed (ROCE) is built from these two components, and how profit differs from cash","How forensic analysis of financial statements can help you understand and predict performance and financial stress","The basic valuation framework surrounding investment decisions; measuring the consequences of time adjustment, amounts of relevant cash flow, and risks","Learn how to manage working capital more efficiently","Valuating a company whether buying, selling or bringing to the stock exchange","How to assess investment opportunities and identify the most important numbers for doing so","How financial statements can offer insights that can be used to formulate strategic responses","Cut through the complexity – learn the real tangible meanings behind financial jargon","Gaining a deeper understanding of profit-and-loss accounts , balance sheets, and cash flow","Learning to identify relevant costs and revenues","Explore the best ways to communicate financial goals to others","Building a network of global contacts","You are a senior or mid-level managers from non-financial backgrounds","You are interested in gaining a better understanding of financial principles.","Finanzen für Executives","finanzen-f-r-executives","Erweitern Sie Ihre Finanzkompetenz","Die gesunde finanzielle Basis ist zur nachhaltigen Existenz eines Unternehmens unabdingbar. Täglich trifft das mittlere und obere Management Entscheidungen, die sich auf die finanziellen Ergebnisgrößen ihres Unternehmens oder ihrer Organisation auswirken, z. B. auf das EBIT und den Cashflow. Doch Führungskräften ohne Finanzhintergrund ist nicht immer klar, wie ihre Entscheidungen und die finanzielle Performance des Unternehmens zusammenhängen. Auch die Kommunikation mit den Kaufleuten im Unternehmen ist durch unterschiedliche Sichtweisen mitunter mühsam.\n\nDas Seminar \"Finanzen für Executives\" hilft erfahrenen Führungskräften ohne Finanzhintergrund, diese Hürden abzubauen und sachlich fundiert daran mitzuwirken, die finanziellen Unternehmensziele zu erreichen.\n\nDas Seminar wird auf Deutsch gehalten. 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Its case-method heritage, inherited directly from Harvard Business School and then indigenised through decades of European and global experience, produces executives who can hold a room and a spreadsheet with equal confidence. For senior professionals who want depth of reflection alongside peer challenge, IESE's Barcelona campus offers an environment that is genuinely difficult to replicate.","https://www.iese.edu","

IESE Business School — the graduate business school of the University of Navarra — was founded in Barcelona in 1958, making it one of the oldest business schools in Europe. It was established by the Opus Dei prelature with a founding conviction that business leadership carries ethical and societal responsibilities, a philosophy that still shapes its curriculum today rather than sitting as a footnote in its mission statement. Affiliated with the University of Navarra, it operates as a private, non-profit institution with a genuinely international footprint: campuses in Barcelona, Madrid, New York, São Paulo, and Munich. The school's academic model is built on the case method — IESE writes and distributes its own cases globally — and on a view of management as a humanistic discipline, not merely a technical one.

Accreditations and Rankings

Accreditations

AACSB (Triple Crown accreditation)
EQUIS (Triple Crown accreditation)
AMBA (Triple Crown accreditation)

IESE is among a small group of schools worldwide to hold all three major accreditations simultaneously.

Rankings

Financial Times Executive Education Open Programs: Ranked 1st in the world (2023)
Financial Times Executive Education Custom Programs: Ranked 5th in the world (2023)
Financial Times Executive MBA: Ranked 2nd in the world (2023)
Financial Times MBA: Ranked among the top 15 globally (2023)
QS Global MBA Rankings: Ranked 9th in the world (2024)

Executive Education at a Glance

IESE's executive education operation is one of the most substantial in Europe, reaching roughly 8,000 participants annually across open-enrollment and custom programs. The school is particularly recognised for general management programs — its flagship Advanced Management Program (AMP) is an intensive residential experience designed for C-suite executives and those a step away, and it consistently draws cohorts that are notably international by European standards. Open programs cover leadership and people management, finance, digital and technology strategy, family business governance, and entrepreneurship. Custom programs, developed in close collaboration with corporate clients, account for a significant share of activity and have been commissioned by organisations including Nestlé, Volkswagen, and several major financial institutions.

Programs range from two-day focused modules to the multi-week AMP. Delivery spans residential in-person formats at the Barcelona and Madrid campuses, online formats, and blended structures that have become more prominent since 2020. Open program fees typically range from approximately €3,000 for shorter seminars to €30,000 or more for extended general management programs. A limited number of scholarships and partial grants are available for qualifying participants, particularly through IESE's social initiative programs.

Campus and Facilities

IESE's main Barcelona campus sits in the upper residential district of Pedralbes, a quieter, tree-lined part of the city that provides genuine space for sustained thinking without the distractions of a city-centre location. The campus architecture blends modernist and contemporary elements, with purpose-built case-method classrooms designed for Socratic discussion rather than passive listening — tiered seating, no lectern at the front, no hiding at the back. Executive participants have access to dedicated study rooms, a well-resourced business library, and dining facilities that are deliberately designed to extend the conversation beyond the classroom. Barcelona itself is a significant part of the value proposition: a city with a dense concentration of multinational headquarters, a serious technology and startup ecosystem, and enough cultural weight to make evenings and weekends feel like a genuine complement to the intellectual work of the week.

Faculty and Research

IESE's full-time faculty numbers around 170 professors, drawn from more than 30 countries, with a strong representation of scholars trained at Harvard, MIT, Chicago, and other leading research institutions. The school has particular research depth in family business — its Family Business Center is one of the most cited in the world — as well as in corporate governance, entrepreneurship, leadership, and business ethics. Faculty are expected to publish in peer-reviewed journals and to teach in executive programs, which keeps the research agenda closely tethered to what actually concerns practicing managers. Several faculty members serve on the boards of major corporations, which means the boundary between the classroom and the boardroom is genuinely permeable rather than merely claimed to be.

Student Body, Alumni, and Career Outcomes

Executive education cohorts at IESE are consistently international — open programs routinely draw participants from 30 or more nationalities, and the residential format means that peer learning across industries and geographies is a practical reality rather than a marketing bullet point. The full alumni network spans more than 50,000 graduates across 108 countries, with particular density in Western Europe, Latin America, and increasingly in the Middle East and Asia. Alumni are concentrated in senior roles in financial services, consumer goods, energy, consulting, and technology, with a notable share reaching CEO, COO, or board-level positions within a decade of attending a major program. IESE's alumni association is among the more active in European business education, running chapters in over 80 cities and facilitating ongoing professional development beyond the formal program period.

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Auch Fachkräfte, die aus den Erkenntnissen kritischer Situationen eine lebendige und effektive Lernkultur generieren möchten, werden von der Teilnahme profitieren.","Leading People and Teams","leading-people-and-teams","Unlock the skills, mindset and behaviors of effective leadership","Learn how to maximize your effectiveness as a leader and overcome the key challenges of leadership:",[2000,2001],[1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999],"2026-03-10T14:24:05.981214+00:00","https://esmt.berlin/executive-education/leadership-programs/leading-people-and-teams","00978d7748c0e5c896df97eae347179d","2026-03-20T21:55:14.494+00:00",[1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992],[1979],{"_181":190,"_1374":1375,"_191":192,"_193":194,"_195":196,"_197":198,"_1376":1377,"_199":200,"_201":202,"_203":204,"_205":206,"_1378":114,"_1343":1379,"_1380":1381,"_1382":1972},{"_181":299,"_193":300,"_195":301},[1973,1974,1975],{"_1387":1978},{"_1387":1977},{"_1387":1976},{"_193":1389,"_1390":1391},{"_193":1393,"_1390":1394},{"_193":1396,"_1390":1397},{"_181":1980,"_212":439,"_1339":1981,"_214":215,"_115":216,"_1404":1430,"_217":440,"_219":220,"_230":233,"_221":114,"_1407":-5,"_222":441,"_224":225,"_226":114,"_1408":1982,"_227":1983},"d9533203-29c8-455f-9eca-e7f45c135ee8","Leading People and Teams (LPT.41)","https://esmt.my.site.com/s/login/?startURL=/s/%3Fmodule%3Da05Se0000080vHpIAI",[1984],{"_230":1985},{"_181":232,"_191":192,"_193":233,"_1415":1416,"_1417":1423,"_197":198,"_199":200,"_203":204,"_205":206,"_1419":37,"_1420":1986},[],"Creating a compelling leadership vision","Empowering individuals and teams","Developing effective informal networks","Coalition-building and influence tactics","Combating decision biases","Thinking strategically","Learn from state-of-the-art research that explores the four complementary facts of successful leadership.","Develop your personal leadership vision and get feedback from peers.","Individual profiling before the program begins will help you understand your own decision making style and the strengths of your leadership network, providing a roadmap to develop it in the right directions.","Benefit from open and intense class interactions, that leverage the varied experiences of you and your peers.","Morning reflections each day help you utilize newly acquired skills and knowledge.","Self-assessment tools ,interactive mini-lectures, case discussions, business simulations, executive coaching, and in-depth interactions with peers and faculty.","Achieve lasting impact through a post-program self-development plan.","You are a manager with at least five years of experience leading a team","You want to improve your effectiveness at reaching organizational goals through people.","Persuasion, Power, and Politics","persuasion-power-and-politics","Mastering influence in complex organizations","In today's complex organizational landscapes, effectively driving change requires more than just expertise – it demands the ability to navigate power dynamics and internal politics with confidence and authenticity.\n\nThis highly engaging four-day program is designed for experienced professionals like you who are eager to enhance your influence, particularly those who may feel less comfortable asserting power or maneuvering through political environments. Through a blend of psychological insights, practical simulations, and personalized strategies, you will discover your unique influence styles and develop actionable plans to lead with impact while remaining true to yourselves.",[2050,2051,2052,2053,2054],[2045,2046,2047,2048,2049],"2026-03-10T14:24:07.636457+00:00","https://esmt.berlin/executive-education/negotiation-programs/persuasion-power-politics","4353a6b20616cb38ee85a01d8269a8d9","2026-03-20T21:55:09.408+00:00",[2039,2040,2041,2042,2043,2044],[2023,2024],{"_181":190,"_1374":1375,"_191":192,"_193":194,"_195":196,"_197":198,"_1376":1377,"_199":200,"_201":202,"_203":204,"_205":206,"_1378":114,"_1343":1379,"_1380":1381,"_1382":2016},{"_181":207,"_193":208,"_195":209},[2017,2018,2019],{"_1387":2022},{"_1387":2021},{"_1387":2020},{"_193":1389,"_1390":1391},{"_193":1393,"_1390":1394},{"_193":1396,"_1390":1397},{"_181":2032,"_212":213,"_1339":2033,"_214":215,"_115":216,"_1404":1430,"_217":234,"_219":220,"_230":233,"_221":114,"_1407":-5,"_222":235,"_224":225,"_226":114,"_1408":2034,"_227":2035},{"_181":2025,"_212":213,"_1339":2026,"_214":215,"_115":216,"_1404":1430,"_217":218,"_219":220,"_230":233,"_221":114,"_1407":-5,"_222":223,"_224":225,"_226":114,"_1408":2027,"_227":2028},"07f18f95-6d3f-4c4f-8fb6-a0d03f4bb74e","Persuasion, Power, and Politics (PPP.4)","https://esmt.my.site.com/s/login/?startURL=/s/%3Fmodule%3Da05Se00000AMUJRIA5",[2029],{"_230":2030},{"_181":232,"_191":192,"_193":233,"_1415":1416,"_1417":1423,"_197":198,"_199":200,"_203":204,"_205":206,"_1419":37,"_1420":2031},[],"2cf79d3a-4c2f-4db5-abee-600fd42d3be1","Persuasion, Power, and Politics (PPP.3)","https://esmt.my.site.com/s/login/?startURL=/s/%3Fmodule%3Da05Se000009m3srIAA",[2036],{"_230":2037},{"_181":232,"_191":192,"_193":233,"_1415":1416,"_1417":1423,"_197":198,"_199":200,"_203":204,"_205":206,"_1419":37,"_1420":2038},[],"The psychology of influence","Debunking myths and self-limiting beliefs","Types, sources, and pathways of power","Persuasion mindsets, styles, and toolkits","Navigating organizational politics","Maintaining authenticity while influencing","Deepen understanding of power dynamics by exploring the psychology of influence in organizations.","Identify myths and assumptions that may have limited your use of persuasion and politics.","Navigate organizational politics with ethical, confident strategies for greater impact.","Harness introvert strengths like empathy and active listening to lead with influence.","Develop a personal power map to navigate structures and drive your initiatives.","have a minimum of 8 years of work experience","have led teams, complex projects, or programs involving multiple stakeholders","seek to drive change and make a significant impact within their organizations","feel less comfortable with traditional power dynamics and wish to find authentic ways to influence","aim to enhance their ability to navigate internal politics ethically and effectively","AI Compliance and Governance","ai-compliance-and-governance","AI regulation and risk: what every executive needs to know","As AI adoption accelerates across industries, many organizations face a critical dilemma: the pressure to implement AI solutions is intensifying, yet legitimate concerns around data protection, intellectual property, and the new EU AI Act continue to create hesitation. 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Digital transformation is the key challenge for executives today. WHU and Foundry (formerly IDG Communications) offer an advanced program for senior executives in IT and digitalization that enhances your capabilities to lead and transform your organization into a digital, disruptive, and globalized economy.

The five-day module hosted in Düsseldorf challenges your entrepreneurial mindset and inspirational leadership capabilities. Join an active network of more than 200 program alumni!

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In an era of constant disruption, senior leaders must navigate complexity, drive transformation, and inspire their people to stay ahead. The WHU Advanced Management Program for Senior Leaders is designed for experienced executives with significant organizational responsibilities who seek to elevate their leadership impact by engaging systematically with complex strategic issues while effectively motivating their teams.

Through 2 intensive in-person modules and interactive online sessions, this program challenges you to rethink strategy, innovation, and leadership influence. You will learn from the latest scientific knowledge, hands-on case studies, and cross-industry discussion with your peers, allowing you to integrate new perspectives and apply them to critical business challenges.

Between the in-person modules, short online sessions, led by executive Coaches and C-Suite leaders, provide additional opportunities to refine your leadership approach and enhance strategic mindset. By the end of the program, you will understand what it takes to lead, know how to leverage technology and AI, develop a stronger strategic mindset, and gain the ability to drive meaningful transformation within your organization and the global business landscape.

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Leading strategic growth. Harnessing strategic innovation. Unlocking the power of ChatGPT & generative AI. Enhancing personal & team resilience.","Key topics of module 2, On-campus (Düsseldorf) - Executing strategy & leading strategic change. Gaining practical financial leadership skills. Reflecting executive leadership. Leading to inspire.","Online sessions - Peer consulting. Executive insights sessions with management board members.","All sessions are designed to challenge your view on corporate transformation and strategy using a mixture of different methodological elements - Interactive and hands-on classroom sessions. Peer-to-peer feedback. One-on-one and group reflections.","Sharpen your strategic mindset to make high-impact decisions in volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environments.","Master the dynamics of global and virtual leadership to lead diverse, distributed teams with purpose and cohesion.","Drive business transformation by linking strategy, innovation, and execution across industries and functions.","Leverage cutting-edge insights on Generative AI and emerging technologies to position your organization for long-term success.","Gain practical financial leadership skills by exploring key CFO-level topics such as financing, controlling, accounting, and risk governance.","Strengthen your ability to lead change by combining strategic clarity with emotional intelligence and team inspiration.","Join a dynamic peer network of senior leaders and experienced executives, creating long-lasting learning and professional connections.","Senior executives who have recently made a transition to an executive management position or board-level position, or who are preparing to do so in the near future","Experienced professionals who are in transition between jobs.","Business owners aiming at sustaining a competitive advantage for their organizations","Senior HR development professionals who are driving the development agenda for senior-level positions within their organization","Participants will have a minimum of 15 years of leadership experience and a significant strategic responsibility in their organization","Solid Growth - Erfolgreich Geschäftsstrategien entwickeln","solid-growth-erfolgreich-gesch-ftsstrategien-entwickeln","Werden Sie zum effektiven Strategen","Um ein effektiver Stratege zu sein, benötigen Sie ein breites Spektrum an Fähigkeiten, um die richtige Vorgehensweise zu bestimmen und diese wirkungsvoll zu kommunizieren. „Solid Growth - Winning with Business Strategies“ ist ein Seminar zur Unternehmensstrategie, das diese Fähigkeiten entwickelt und stärkt. 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Neue Kundensegmente, Billigkonkurrenz, neue Technologien und innovative Geschäftsmodelle verlangen von Unternehmen, ihre Marktstrategien an die veränderten Bedingungen anzupassen.\n\nManager innen, die für ein Produkt und oder eine Region verantwortlich sind, müssen wissen, wie sie Dienstleistungen und Produktangebote so gestalten, dass sie von den genannten Veränderungen profitieren. Sie müssen wettbewerbsfähige Marktstrategien entwickeln und die Voraussetzungen für deren Umsetzung schaffen. Desgleichen müssen sie wissen, wie man für diese Strategien Unterstützung im Unternehmen aufbaut und Teams so zusammenstellt, dass sie im globalen Umfeld erfolgreich sind.\n\nDas Seminar \"Bringing Technology to Market\" dient dazu, Manager innen in technologiegetriebenen B2B-Märkten die Kenntnisse zu vermitteln, die sie benötigen, um Wachstumspläne zu generieren und Risiken zu minimieren. Aufgrund der Anforderungen im globalen B2B-Geschäft führen wir die Seminarmodule in den drei zentralen Wirtschaftsregionen der Welt durch: den Vereinigten Staaten, China und Europa. Auch die Gruppe der Teilnehmenden wird international zusammengesetzt.",[2326],[2323,2324,2325],"2026-03-10T14:24:15.639472+00:00","https://esmt.berlin/de/executive-education/seminare-strategie/markt-management","5223d879dd7603b2b5e09c42b925a725","2026-03-20T21:55:19.047+00:00",[2314,2315,2316,2317,2318,2319,2320,2321,2322],[2281,2282,2283,2284],{"_181":190,"_1374":1375,"_191":192,"_193":194,"_195":196,"_197":198,"_1376":1377,"_199":200,"_201":202,"_203":204,"_205":206,"_1378":114,"_1343":1379,"_1380":1381,"_1382":2274},{"_181":683,"_193":684,"_195":685},[2275,2276,2277],{"_1387":2280},{"_1387":2279},{"_1387":2278},{"_193":1389,"_1390":1391},{"_193":1393,"_1390":1394},{"_193":1396,"_1390":1397},{"_181":2308,"_212":-5,"_1339":2309,"_214":215,"_115":216,"_1404":1430,"_217":1033,"_219":220,"_230":1017,"_221":37,"_1407":2285,"_222":1034,"_224":-5,"_226":114,"_1408":-5,"_227":2310},{"_181":2302,"_212":-5,"_1339":2303,"_214":215,"_115":216,"_1404":1430,"_217":440,"_219":220,"_230":1024,"_221":37,"_1407":2285,"_222":441,"_224":-5,"_226":114,"_1408":-5,"_227":2304},{"_181":2296,"_212":-5,"_1339":2297,"_214":215,"_115":216,"_1404":1430,"_217":1029,"_219":220,"_230":233,"_221":37,"_1407":2285,"_222":1009,"_224":-5,"_226":114,"_1408":-5,"_227":2298},{"_181":2285,"_212":1008,"_1339":1403,"_214":215,"_115":216,"_1404":1405,"_217":440,"_219":220,"_230":1406,"_221":114,"_1407":-5,"_222":1009,"_224":225,"_226":114,"_1408":1409,"_227":2286},"71cac7e2-a23c-42a4-a873-90afb6f4663b",[2287,2288,2289],{"_230":2294},{"_230":2292},{"_230":2290},{"_181":1015,"_191":1016,"_193":1017,"_1415":1416,"_1417":1418,"_197":484,"_199":1018,"_203":486,"_205":1019,"_1419":114,"_1420":2291},[],{"_181":232,"_191":192,"_193":233,"_1415":1416,"_1417":1423,"_197":198,"_199":200,"_203":204,"_205":206,"_1419":37,"_1420":2293},[],{"_181":1022,"_191":1023,"_193":1024,"_1415":1416,"_1417":1426,"_197":1025,"_199":1026,"_203":1027,"_205":1028,"_1419":114,"_1420":2295},[],"47ac2672-3eef-4146-af73-61fba70e7836","Modul 1",[2299],{"_230":2300},{"_181":232,"_191":192,"_193":233,"_1415":1416,"_1417":1423,"_197":198,"_199":200,"_203":204,"_205":206,"_1419":37,"_1420":2301},[],"865e95c1-b460-4286-a13f-1b323c885b7b","Modul 3",[2305],{"_230":2306},{"_181":1022,"_191":1023,"_193":1024,"_1415":1416,"_1417":1426,"_197":1025,"_199":1026,"_203":1027,"_205":1028,"_1419":114,"_1420":2307},[],"a46fb979-827f-4044-9fd7-4ba64451a975","Modul 2",[2311],{"_230":2312},{"_181":1015,"_191":1016,"_193":1017,"_1415":1416,"_1417":1418,"_197":484,"_199":1018,"_203":486,"_205":1019,"_1419":114,"_1420":2313},[],"Umgang mit Billigkonkurrenz in globalen B2B-Märkten","Innovative Geschäftsmodelle","Von der komplexen Dienstleistung zum profitablen Geschäft","Marktorientierte Steuerungssysteme","Optimierung der Entscheidungsfindung bei Vertriebs- und Marketingprozessen","Erfolgreich verhandeln","Von guter Führung zur Spitzenleistung","Umgang mit diversen kulturellen und politischen Rahmenbedingungen","Treiber marktorientierter Führung","Sie arbeiten in einer Gruppe qualifizierter Führungskräfte aus technologiegetriebenen B2B-Unternehmen","Sie erhalten Konzepte zur Umsatzsteigerung im globalen Wettbewerb","Sie werden Teil eines internationalen Netzwerks von Fachkolleg innen","Sie sind eine Führungskraft in technologiegetriebenen, global agierenden B2B-Unternehmen und sind für die Geschäftsentwicklung zuständig.","Advanced Leadership Program","advanced-leadership-program","Lead People and Teams Effectively. Become an Impactful Leader.","

Unlock your leadership potential: This immersive experience enables you to take advantage of cutting-edge theories and best practices to lead your own transformational change. Through hands-on exploration of networked leadership, transformational leadership, and the dynamics of power and influence, you will elevate your crucial leadership readiness.

During this intensive 3-day program for experienced professionals, you will gain profound insights into your leadership approach, investigating critical team dynamics to grasp the strategic impact of leadership at the organizational level.

Through 360-degree feedback, interactive exercises, role-playing, computer simulations, real-world case studies, peer coaching, and dynamic discussions, you will refine your core leadership strengths.

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Influence mastery: Practice nine proven influencing tactics and explore seven irrational tactics. Minority opinion impact: Develop strategies for influencing while advocating for a minority opinion.","Key focus 2: Leadership through networks - Leveraging diversity and trust: Maximize the potential of network diversity and build trust-based relationships. Stakeholder mapping: Identify key stakeholders and strategize how to strengthen your connections. Mastering stakeholder dynamics: Effectively navigate the intricate dynamics of stakeholder management.","Key focus 3: Ensuring ongoing, transformational change - Defining your leadership footprint: Assess the impact of your leadership on organizational transformation. Charismatic messaging: Acquire techniques for delivering compelling messages that resonate and persuade. Aligning values: Connect your core values to your leadership actions to lead with authenticity. Fostering innovation: Cultivate a culture of creativity and innovation within your team. Promoting individual growth: Develop coaching skills to nurture growth in your team.","Gain control of your leadership journey.","Attain in-depth actionable insights into your leadership strengths and path towards sustainable development.","Lead change with more impact and less effort.","Build stronger, more effective networks.","Know when and how to use persuasive influencing tactics when working with board members, top management teams and other stakeholders.","Experienced leaders who are ready to reflect upon and add significant value to their leadership portfolio.","Senior professionals willing to prepare themselves for their next leadership challenge.","Experienced leaders with responsibility for managing cross-functional and or international teams.","Emerging Leaders","emerging-leaders","Erfolgreicher Start in Ihre neue Führungsrolle","Nachwuchskräfte, die ihre ersten Führungsaufgaben übernehmen, müssen sich gegenüber ihren Vorgesetzten, ihren Teams und Kolleg innen beweisen. Um erfolgreich zu sein, bedarf es zudem neuer Fähigkeiten und Denkweisen. Aus der Nachwuchskraft, für die es bisher nur auf persönliche Leistung ankam, wird eine Führungskraft, die sich und ein ganzes Team motivieren muss, um einen Beitrag an der Wertschöpfung des Unternehmens leisten zu können. Das Emerging Leaders Program wurde konzipiert, um Sie auf diesen Übergang vorzubereiten und Ihre Führungskompetenzen auszubauen.",[2428,2429],[2424,2425,2426,2427],"2026-03-10T14:24:11.518279+00:00","https://esmt.berlin/de/executive-education/seminare-fuehrungskraefte/nachwuchsfuehrungskraefte","d825c16a792518a4414f23d713e2e407","2026-03-20T21:55:06.756+00:00",[2411,2412,2413,2414,2415,2416,2417,2418,2419,2420,2421,2422,2423],[2386,2387,2388],{"_181":190,"_1374":1375,"_191":192,"_193":194,"_195":196,"_197":198,"_1376":1377,"_199":200,"_201":202,"_203":204,"_205":206,"_1378":114,"_1343":1379,"_1380":1381,"_1382":2379},{"_181":299,"_193":300,"_195":301},[2380,2381,2382],{"_1387":2385},{"_1387":2384},{"_1387":2383},{"_193":1389,"_1390":1391},{"_193":1393,"_1390":1394},{"_193":1396,"_1390":1397},{"_181":2406,"_212":-5,"_1339":2309,"_214":215,"_115":216,"_1404":1430,"_217":291,"_219":220,"_230":730,"_221":37,"_1407":2389,"_222":540,"_224":-5,"_226":114,"_1408":-5,"_227":2407},{"_181":2401,"_212":-5,"_1339":2297,"_214":215,"_115":216,"_1404":1430,"_217":287,"_219":220,"_230":233,"_221":37,"_1407":2389,"_222":676,"_224":-5,"_226":114,"_1408":-5,"_227":2402},{"_181":2389,"_212":882,"_1339":2390,"_214":215,"_115":216,"_1404":2176,"_217":291,"_219":220,"_230":2391,"_221":114,"_1407":-5,"_222":676,"_224":225,"_226":114,"_1408":2392,"_227":2393},"3aea3ec6-69b4-4050-8eee-34245e1e642a","Cohort 2026-10-06 - 2026-10-09","ESMT Berlin Campus | Milan, Italy","https://esmt.my.site.com/s/login/?startURL=/s/%3Fmodule%3Da05Se00000AYZX3IAP",[2394,2395],{"_230":2398},{"_230":2396},{"_181":232,"_191":192,"_193":233,"_1415":1416,"_1417":1423,"_197":198,"_199":200,"_203":204,"_205":206,"_1419":37,"_1420":2397},[],{"_181":728,"_191":729,"_193":730,"_1415":1416,"_1417":2399,"_197":731,"_199":732,"_203":204,"_205":733,"_1419":114,"_1420":2400},"Milan, Milan, Italy",[],"5e796477-2bc7-4473-9bc2-55ac6fc56b33",[2403],{"_230":2404},{"_181":232,"_191":192,"_193":233,"_1415":1416,"_1417":1423,"_197":198,"_199":200,"_203":204,"_205":206,"_1419":37,"_1420":2405},[],"d81c0e5d-bc29-4aec-ab2b-630ea0768d62",[2408],{"_230":2409},{"_181":728,"_191":729,"_193":730,"_1415":1416,"_1417":2399,"_197":731,"_199":732,"_203":204,"_205":733,"_1419":114,"_1420":2410},[],"Führungsübergänge und Selbstentfaltung","Ein effektives Netzwerk errichten","Sich selbst als Führungskraft ermächtigen","Durch Führung nach oben, unten und seitwärts Werte schaffen","Führungsstile kennen lernen","Als Führungskraft kommunizieren","Organisationskultur verstehen und Teamkultur gestalten","Umgang mit herausfordernden zwischenmenschlichen Situationen","Führungskräfte als Initiatoren des Wandels","Einflussnahme über Autorität hinaus","Konstruktiver Umgang mit Konflikten","Kulturelle Intelligenz, interkulturelle Kommunikation und Vertrauensbildung","Ethische und psychologische Grundlagen der Führung","Sie erhalten die Kenntnisse, Denkweisen und Instrumente, die zum erfolgreichen Übergang in Ihre neue Führungsrolle erforderlich sind","Sie werden sich der Herausforderungen und der Verantwortung bewusst, die mit der Führungsrolle einhergehen","Sie lernen, wie Sie für sich und Ihr Unternehmen einen Mehrwert schaffen, indem Sie zu Ihren Mitarbeiter innen, Kolleg innen und Vorgesetzten produktive Arbeitsbeziehungen aufbauen","Sie erhalten nach dem Seminar die notwendige Unterstützung, um Ihren Wissensstand aktuell zu halten und sich mit anderen aufstrebenden Führungskräften auszutauschen.","Führungskräfte, die vor Kurzem in eine Führungsposition berufen wurden oder Nachwuchskräfte, die sich auf ihre ersten Führungsaufgaben vorbereiten.","Das Seminar ist so konzipiert, dass es Teilnehmende mit diversen beruflichen und persönlichen Hintergründen berücksichtigt.","Advanced Management for Leaders in Foundations and Non-Profits","advanced-management-for-leaders-in-foundations-and-non-profits-0d97b","Acquire Strategy Tools to Effectively Manage in the Non-Profit Sector","

The non-profit sector faces increasing challenges as a consequence of digitalization, changes of the legal frameworks and other shifts in the strategic environment. The Management Program for Executives in the Non-profit Sector (Management-Führungskräfteprogramm für Non-Profits) by WHU and DSA helps you to get a structured view on those challenges, to expand your strategic toolkit and establish additional networks in the sector. During the program week, you will engage in discussions with our lecturers in interactive learning sessions, consider practical cases in small groups, and reflect on your role as a leader and your personal leadership style. The program is held in German language only.

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Storytelling is a crucial skill in business, helping leaders, sales professionals, entrepreneurs, and business developers to communicate ideas, influence decision-makers, and build meaningful relationships. This two-day executive education program will provide you with the tools and techniques to master storytelling for a variety of business contexts. Additionally, the program will provide insights in how to leverage generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, Co-Pilot, NotebookLM and Perplexity AI, to enhance your storytelling skills. This will enable you to succeed with cutting-edge strategies for communicating in today’s fast-paced world.

",[2513,2514,2515,2516],[2508,2509,2510,2511,2512],"2026-03-31T11:38:39.542968+00:00","https://ee.whu.edu/open-programs/transformative-storytelling-with-ai-for-leaders-and-innovators/","95245c17d2b68413a7a69bdc9ec51a42","2026-03-31T11:38:39.382+00:00",[2501,2502,2503,2504,2505,2506,2507],[2495],{"_181":242,"_1374":1476,"_191":243,"_193":244,"_195":245,"_197":198,"_1376":1477,"_199":246,"_201":247,"_203":204,"_205":248,"_1378":114,"_1343":1478,"_1380":1479,"_1382":2488},{"_181":299,"_193":300,"_195":301},[2489,2490,2491],{"_1387":2494},{"_1387":2493},{"_1387":2492},{"_193":1389,"_1390":1391},{"_193":1393,"_1390":1394},{"_193":1396,"_1390":1397},{"_181":2496,"_212":250,"_1339":-5,"_214":215,"_115":216,"_1404":-5,"_217":-5,"_219":220,"_230":257,"_221":114,"_1407":-5,"_222":-5,"_224":225,"_226":114,"_1408":2497,"_227":2498},"27e92fd2-0868-4ca8-a378-724c47ada0df","https://application-center.whu.edu/onboarding/programs/a5b67130-8fa8-4038-a436-01392c1fe910?execed=true",[2499],{"_230":2500},{"_181":256,"_191":243,"_193":257,"_1415":1416,"_1417":-5,"_197":198,"_199":246,"_203":204,"_205":248,"_1419":37,"_1420":-5},"Day 1: Understanding the Foundations of Business Storytelling","Introduction to storytelling in business","Storytelling frameworks and techniques","Transfer into practice: Use case development and interactive story workshops","Day 2: Leveraging Generative AI to Supercharge Storytelling","The AI Advantage: How to Elevate Your Storytelling Game by applying different prompting approaches and leveraging AI agents.","Transfer into practice: Improve and customize your storytelling case by leveraging AI prompts and tools","Understand the fundamentals of effective storytelling for business success.","Learn how to structure and deliver compelling narratives in leadership, sales, entrepreneurial pitches, and business development.","Understand how generative AI can refine and scale storytelling efforts.","Gain hands-on experience using AI agents to personalize and elevate your storytelling and communication.","Leave with a polished, AI-enhanced story that is ready for use in your professional role.","(Senior) Managers looking to communicate strategy and inspire teams.","Salespeople and marketeers, seeking to build compelling narratives for clients.","Entrepreneurs crafting pitches for investors or customers.","Business developers who need to tell stories that resonate with stakeholders and partners.","Leading Change","leading-change","Veränderungen erfolgreich umsetzen","Das Seminar \"Leading Change: Veränderungsprozesse verstehen und gestalten\" bereitet Sie auf die Herausforderungen vor, die mit der Einführung und Umsetzung von Veränderungen in Organisationen einhergehen.\n\nZu diesem Zweck analysieren Sie Veränderungsprozesse und erkennen die damit verbundenen psychologischen, politischen und organisationalen Auswirkungen.\n\nSie lernen, wie man durch Veränderungen getriebene Probleme antizipiert und adressiert, erfahren, warum Initiativen zur Veränderung scheitern können und wie man mit Ängsten und Widerstand seitens der Betroffenen umgeht.",[2560],[2556,2557,2558,2559],"2026-03-10T14:24:02.410991+00:00","https://esmt.berlin/de/executive-education/seminare-fuehrungkraefte/fuehrung-und-veraenderungsmanagement","4aab5ba0c1d420230389a0f0f764e6b3","2026-03-20T21:55:01.449+00:00",[2546,2547,2548,2549,2550,2551,2552,2553,2554,2555],[2538],{"_181":190,"_1374":1375,"_191":192,"_193":194,"_195":196,"_197":198,"_1376":1377,"_199":200,"_201":202,"_203":204,"_205":206,"_1378":114,"_1343":1379,"_1380":1381,"_1382":2531},{"_181":299,"_193":300,"_195":301},[2532,2533,2534],{"_1387":2537},{"_1387":2536},{"_1387":2535},{"_193":1389,"_1390":1391},{"_193":1393,"_1390":1394},{"_193":1396,"_1390":1397},{"_181":2539,"_212":554,"_1339":2540,"_214":215,"_115":216,"_1404":1533,"_217":1290,"_219":271,"_230":233,"_221":114,"_1407":-5,"_222":1291,"_224":225,"_226":114,"_1408":2541,"_227":2542},"a17faf12-5d34-435b-b0e6-d67137fae322","Leading Change: Veränderungsprozesse verstehen und gestalten (CMS.26)","https://esmt.my.site.com/s/login/?startURL=/s/%3Fmodule%3Da05Se000007zLxxIAE&language=de",[2543],{"_230":2544},{"_181":232,"_191":192,"_193":233,"_1415":1416,"_1417":1423,"_197":198,"_199":200,"_203":204,"_205":206,"_1419":37,"_1420":2545},[],"Muster und Dynamiken von Veränderungsprozessen","Hauptgründe des Scheiterns","Erfolgsfaktoren von Veränderungsprozessen","Instrumente und Werkzeuge des Veränderungsmanagements","Umgang mit Ängsten und Widerstandbei Veränderungen","Individuelle Präferenzen bei Veränderungsprozessen","Führung technischer und adaptiver Veränderungsprozesse","Die Financial Times Executive Education Rankings listen uns als die Nummer 1 Business School in Deutschland.","Knüpfen Sie Kontakte und profitieren Sie von den Erfahrungen von anderen Teilnehmenden.","Ein pädagogisches Konzept, das theoretische Ansätze und Methoden mit Reflexionen über die berufliche Praxis der Teilnehmenden verknüpft.","Sie verstehen Veränderung als zentralen Prozess einer Organisation und als Führungsaufgabe.","Sie erhalten ein analytisches Instrumentarium, um Veränderungen zu verstehen und daraus Herausforderungen abzuleiten.","Sie vertiefen Ihre Kenntnis der psychologischen Beweggründe sowohl einzelner Personen als auch Gruppen in Veränderungsprozessen und lernen Widerstände zu antizipieren und zu adressieren.","Sie erhalten Instrumente und Skripte, um notwendige Veränderungen zu initiieren und erfolgreich umzusetzen.","Führungskräfte, die Veränderungsprozesse begleiten, initiieren oder führen (werden).","Führungskräfte im Gesundheitswesen","f-hrungskr-fte-im-gesundheitswesen","Young Physician Leaders","Das Programm Young Physician Leaders (YPL) wurde entwickelt, um das Führungstalent einer internationalen Gruppe junger, vielversprechender Fachleute aus dem Gesundheitswesen und der öffentlichen Gesundheit zu fördern. Es wurde 2011 von der InterAcademy Partnership\") (IAP) ins Leben gerufen und in Zusammenarbeit mit der World Health Summit Academic Alliance\") (WHS AA) durchgeführt, die die YPLs beim jährlichen World Health Summit in Berlin beherbergt, und umfasst inzwischen ein Netzwerk von mehr als 280 Alumni.\n\nSeit 2015 bietet die ESMT Berlin für jeden YPL-Jahrgang einen Workshop zur Entwicklung von Führungsqualitäten an. Der Workshop:\n\nUnmittelbar im Anschluss an die ersten beiden Tage des Führungskräfte-Workshops treffen sich die YPL-Teilnehmer:",[2599,2600],[2594,2595,2596,2597,2598],"2026-03-10T14:24:20.309622+00:00","https://esmt.berlin/de/executive-education/seminare-fuehrungskraefte/junge-fuehrungskraefte-gesundheitswesen","8fa64ef2b54b1ed3cb49d3bcbc7563cf","2026-03-20T21:55:24.394+00:00","https://esmt.berlin/sites/default/files/2025-03/ypl_application_form.pdf",[2590,2591,2592,2593],[2583],{"_181":190,"_1374":1375,"_191":192,"_193":194,"_195":196,"_197":198,"_1376":1377,"_199":200,"_201":202,"_203":204,"_205":206,"_1378":114,"_1343":1379,"_1380":1381,"_1382":2576},{"_181":299,"_193":300,"_195":301},[2577,2578,2579],{"_1387":2582},{"_1387":2581},{"_1387":2580},{"_193":1389,"_1390":1391},{"_193":1393,"_1390":1394},{"_193":1396,"_1390":1397},{"_181":2584,"_212":814,"_1339":2585,"_214":215,"_115":216,"_1404":1430,"_217":815,"_219":220,"_230":233,"_221":114,"_1407":-5,"_222":816,"_224":225,"_226":114,"_1408":2571,"_227":2586},"60fbcbf6-0a9f-45eb-979e-f59a4d8384f5","Young Physician Leaders (YPL)",[2587],{"_230":2588},{"_181":232,"_191":192,"_193":233,"_1415":1416,"_1417":1423,"_197":198,"_199":200,"_203":204,"_205":206,"_1419":37,"_1420":2589},[],"Führungsstile erkennen und üben, diese in unterschiedlichen Situationen im globalen Gesundheitssektor anzuwenden","Effektive Entscheidungsfindung als zentrale Führungskompetenz","Vielfalt im globalen Gesundheitssektor","Zusammenarbeit und Teamwork über Bereichs- und Abteilungsgrenzen hinaus","Sie erlangen ein stärkeres Bewusstsein für Führungsmuster und Herausforderungen","Sie stärken Ihren eigenen Führungsstil und Ihr Verständnis für kulturelle Unterschiede im Führungsverhalten","Sie erwerben ein tieferes Verständnis über Organisationen, die im globalen Gesundheitssektor agieren und wie diese insbesondere mit öffentlich-privaten Partnerschaften interagieren","Sie beteiligen sich aktiv an der Gestaltung und Präsentation eines speziellen Workshops auf dem weltweit bekanntesten Forum zur Behandlung globaler Gesundheitsfragen, dem World Health Summit","Sie gewinnen Zugang zu einem soliden Netzwerk","Fachkräfte unter 40 aus dem globalen Gesundheitssektor: Kliniker innen, Pädagog innen, sowie aufstrebende Führungskräfte im Gesundheitswesen aus dem gemeinnützigen und privaten Sektor.","Beispiele für Organisationen, deren Mitarbeiter am Young Physicians Leaders Programm teilgenommen haben: Ariel Glaser Pediatric AIDS Healthcare, Bayer AG, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Medical School, University of Tampere, Ghana Health Service, Hospital de Pediatria Centro Medico, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, N.N. 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Courses in Germany

Courses in Germany