Training, struc­tured in four modules. All modules can also be booked individually.

Fast-moving times, uncer­tainty, and ever-increasing complexity coupled with high customer expec­ta­tions: these are some of the charac­ter­istics modern companies are confronted with and where they are required to offer new solutions.

Agile management wants to provide a suitable answer to these challenges and is already success­fully applied in the areas of leadership, collab­o­ration, innovation, work organi­zation and project management.

But what is agile working and how do the methods differ from conven­tional approaches?

Your benefit: you …

• receive a proven toolbox for the successful management of innova­tions and projects
• receive concen­trated impulses about different agile approaches, his approach, and instruments
• discuss new strategic approaches and their effec­tiveness for projects
• develop practical steps for their own everyday project work,
• receive an alter­native way of thinking and approach to managing complexity creatively and successfully
• exchange experi­ences to determine their own position and the challenges of the future

Module 1 Orientation/Basic Course Agility (1 day)

• History of the origins of agile working
• Principles and mindset of agile working
• Prereq­ui­sites and framework condi­tions for agile working
• Advan­tages and limits of agile working
• Classical and agile leading

A brief overview of the concepts Kanban, Canvan, Scrum, Design Thinking

Module 2 Agile project management:

Scrum: (2 days)

• Approach and concept of the method
• defin­ition of the cycles
• Sprint as a content push
• Daily Scrum as a common concept
• Roles, tasks, and functions of the Scrum actors
• Gate as a milestone, retro­spec­tives as a look back and reviews as status checks
• Practical appli­cation of Scrum through ‘business game

Innovation Devel­opment: Design Thinking (2 days)

• Develop products and services people-centered
• The six stages of the Design Thinking Process
• From problem to the solution concept
• Discover new things through a change of perspective
• Methods and tools for systematic idea development
• Select and evaluate the ideas developed
• Testing simple proto­types with customers
• Present ideas convinc­ingly to decision-makers

Agile Resource Focusing (Effec­tu­ation): A Toolbox for the Practice (1 day)

• What is Effectuation
• History and origin
• State of research and fields of application
• Principles of the approach
• Thinking and approach of Effec­tu­ation vs. conven­tional project management
• Dealing with uncer­tainty and insecurity — cause/effect thinking vs. systemic thinking
• Principles of Effec­tu­ation and Relevance for Innovation
• Presen­tation of tools for practice Identi­fi­cation, strength­ening and further devel­opment of own resources

You are increas­ingly involved in projects and want an overview of project-oriented work. What is your task, role, and what can be expected of you? How can you success­fully partic­ipate and how can you avoid pitfalls. You are increas­ingly involved in projects and want an overview of project-oriented work. What is your task, role, and what can be expected of you? How can you coöperate success­fully and how can you avoid pitfalls. Project-oriented work is becoming more and more important in everyday work. This form of work is not only suitable for ‘big’ tasks but also enables you to proceed effec­tively with smaller change projects. Project-oriented work is often in addition to routine tasks and challenges you in your different compe­tences to work with different people and groups on common topics.

Topics:

• Defin­ition of project-oriented work
• Basics, advan­tages, and risks of project-oriented work
• Overview of different project organi­za­tions with their effects on your participation
• Goals, roles, and tasks in PA
• Activ­ities and expectations
• Work phases in the project
• Commu­ni­cation in the project team
• Network and relationship management in the project environment
• Rules of the game for a successful team

Module 1: Methods and techniques (2 days)

The partic­i­pants should get to know and apply the methods, techniques, and tools of PM for their routine tasks and for new challenges in their daily work. It is suitable for partic­i­pants who want to implement their daily business or projects in a struc­tured and efficient way.

Topics:

• How do I clarify a new task/order?
• Dealing with scarce resources
• How do I explore the project environment (stake­holder analysis)?
• How do I plan and structure my project or everyday task? (Project planning according to project phases)
• How can I implement tasks and projects efficiently? PM methods and techniques: work breakdown structure plan, milestone plan, activity plan, cost, and personnel planning
• How can I manage and control projects?
• How can I complete a project/task in a meaningful way? (completion and documen­tation of a project)

Module 2: Goal-oriented and efficient coöper­ation in the project team (2 days)

Many projects fail not because of the inade­quate appli­cation of PM methods, but because of the inade­quacy of collab­o­ration, commu­ni­cation, and soft skills. In this course, exactly these critical ‘soft’ factors are the topic.

• How can I involve colleagues in a task in an appre­ciative manner?
• How can I create commitment and relia­bility in the team?
• What leadership styles are there and when should they be used?
• How do I deal with different person­ality types?
• How can I build up motivation and maintain it in the team?
• How do I plan and conduct a meeting/kick-off efficiently?
• How do I deal with difficult situa­tions (e.g. task/project delays)?

Practical Guide is a manageable short guide of projects (approx. 15 pages) supported by templates/templates that support the project management. A project management practice guide, therefore, provides project management actors (in particular the project leader, the — team and the client) with an orien­tation about the approach, the process flow, the different roles and tasks as well as the individual steps in the project processing. In addition to the PM training courses, a PM Practice Guide supports effective coöper­ation between the actors, struc­tures the project work and thus saves costs.

The aim of the Project Management Practice Guide is to …

• introduce guidance/recommendations on project management proce­dures for all departments
• increase the technical and economic management of projects and thus also to minimize risks
• ensure clear and trans­parent commu­ni­cation and documen­tation throughout the course of the project
• make coöper­ation on complex projects more effective
• increase the solution compe­tence and result orientation
• commu­nicate individual steps of project management in a simple, clear and concise manner
• be able to use the PM templates (templates) for your own project processing

Do you want to maintain an overview of a large number of projects and manage them strate­gi­cally and pro-actively? Do you want to establish a service point for your project managers and employees because you want to implement your strategic goals through project work? We can support you in these questions when setting up a PMO.

In project management workshops, we offer you the oppor­tunity to work in small groups under methodical guidance on your questions, challenges and problems in such a way that you receive sugges­tions, solutions or a different perspective on the solution individ­ually tailored to your particular situation. Here topics can be worked on such as …

• How do I conduct a critical discussion with a project member?
• How do I organize a kick-off?
• How can I success­fully position my project with other stakeholders?
• How can I make a project presen­tation interesting?

You have been entrusted with the task of managing employees for some time now. You would like to reflect on your own leadership behaviour, are open to new impulses and would like to benefit from the experi­ences with other managers.

Topics:

• Leadership spectrum as a navigation instrument
• Person­ality styles — leadership styles-own position as a manager
• Feedback culture for perfor­mance improvement
• Leading success­fully with goals
• Motivate yourself and your employees
• Finding solutions through the instrument of collegial consultation
• Dealing with difficult situations

Taking on management tasks confronts prospective managers with a situation that differs signif­i­cantly from their previous tasks. The change of tasks is associated with a change of role, which repre­sents a particular challenge.

• The difference. From colleague to supervisor
• The first 100 days; that’s what counts.
• What to look for; what to avoid
• Defining and imple­menting the role of a leader
• ‘Standing’ in the new role and position
• Asserting oneself and valuing employees
• Instruction and delegation
• Employee/conflict discus­sions

In this course, we develop together struc­tures for effective agile leadership. You will get to know important mecha­nisms that will enable you as an agile leader to deal more flexibly with your employees, customers, external partners, and other strategic stake­holders in the future.

Topics:

• What is agile work and why do you need it?
• Faster, more uncertain, more complex: When agility is useful.
• Principles and mindset of agile working
• How employees have been ‘led’ so far (classical leadership) versus what employees can expect in terms of leadership in the future
• Future require­ments and tasks for employees
• What is expected of employees in the future

In times of high complexity, you recognize new ways for yourself and how to deal with expec­ta­tions. You learn to (re)discover your own resources for yourself and use this knowledge to continue your profes­sional path. In doing so, you will be given methods that you can use for your own path.

Topics:

• Individual position-fixing
• Individual resource strengthening
• self-reflection, self-image/image of others
• Discover sources of strength
• Individual devel­opment goals
• Resilience Enhancement
• Steps into the future

Do you sometimes simply wish you had more time and calmness to be able to do every­thing you set out to do? Then you should be concerned with effective time and self management. It is one of the key quali­fi­ca­tions that can make your everyday life easier.

Topics:

• Require­ments and basics for effective time management 
• Time management and my personality
• Design of commu­ni­cation and coöperation
• The art of prior­i­ti­zation and delegation
• Techniques of personal self-management
• Organi­zation of the workplace

The partic­i­pants will learn about the emergence, classi­fi­cation, de-escalation and resolution of conflicts. In addition, they will learn about the basic condi­tions of an appre­ciative working climate and factors for increasing motivation.

Topics:

• How do conflicts arise
• What types of conflict are there?
• How can conflicts be de-escalated?
• What signif­i­cance and chance do conflicts have?
• How do I get from conflict to solution?
• How does appre­ci­ation become concrete in everyday life?
• How does an appre­ciative management style manifest itself?
• How can I create a constructive working atmosphere?
• How do I commu­nicate appre­cia­tively and constructively?
• How do I give motivating feedback?
• How do I motivate employees?

• Drive digiti­zation processes forward
• Optimize workflows among each other
• Improve commu­ni­cation and collaboration
• Develop a new strategic approach