Downloads
	Application Form
 
• designed for highly motivated managers
• who are used to taking the initiative and
• keen to drive their personal development towards
• authentic and exemplary leadership in order to
• bring about positive change with
• measurable results and
• a substantial ROI for themselves and their companies.

Change – Today’s Challenge for Leaders

The rising pressure resulting from global competition and the constant and increasingly rapid pace of change in all areas of life place enormous demands on today’s corporate managers. As well as initiating positive change processes at exactly the right time, a flexible response to new developments is required.
 

As business conditions get tougher, managers need to apply these concepts to themselves as well. Handling ongoing change successfully is becoming a core competence that is critical for success. And that includes managers’ personal ability to change and develop. Genuine and credible leadership means managers need to set a good example by doing what they expect of others.
 

Invest now in your own success: enhance your leadership skills and set an example for others. That will pay dividends – for you and your company.
 

"The proof of the pudding is in the eating … "

You have excellent qualifications and a sound management training. Now, your daily work as a manager involves dealing with the specific challenges of international competition.
 

To secure your future success and further your career, you have  to move from being a manager to being a leader by proving genuine leadership. That is not something you can achieve through courses, theory and business games. What you need is to prove yourself in the ongoing challenges facing you in your day-to-day work.
 

That is where our innovative "720 Leadership CHALLENGE" program provides unique and effective support. You review and make the most of your leadership potential through a controlled and selective process anchored directly in your working environment. The idea is to maximise the effect of your times and effort by concentrating on those areas that really matter.
 

Your success as a leader is therefore not simply the key to personal advancement. It also brings immediate and measurable benefits for your company. Through exemplary leadership you will increase your impact, take superior measures and achieve a positive multiplier effect throughout your area of responsibility.

Creating Leadership Impact

Taking stock is the first step towards a targeted and effective improvement in your leadership skills. Which of your strengths enable you to achieve the best results? Where will improvement provide the most valuable support?
 

Who is better placed to assess the impact of your present leadership practice than those who experience it every day and are directly affected by your decisions, actions and conduct? In other words, your direct reports, immediate colleagues and line managers?
 

This is the logical starting point for the "720 Leadership CHALLENGE". The first step is to obtain systematic, detailed and meaningful feedback from key members of your staff about your leadership style and its impact.
On the basis of this extensive review and encouraged by your coach, you define your individual development objectives and draw up a plan of how to achieve them.
This is where the real challenge starts – and at the same time the most exciting and most rewarding part of that challenge. On the basis of your plan, you apply these insights in specific management situations throughout the year. You can see the immediate effect and adjust your approach as you go along to ensure you achieve the desired results step by step. During this phase you benefit from the experience of a group of equally committed peers from other companies and from the professional input of your coach. Mutual advice and inspiration, discussion of personal leadership issues and exchanging relevant best practices strengthen your leadership capability and open up new ways of achieving your objectives. Individual support is provided by your personal coach.
At the end of this process, a renewed review shows the impact  you have achieved through the successful completion of your personal action plan. A comparison with the feedback at the start of the process clearly documents the progress you have made.
Together with your coach, you identify positive changes, set new priorities and decide how you and your company can derive relevant and measurable benefits from your increased leadership competence in the future.

 
4-Pillar Synergy

The "720 Leadership CHALLENGE" concept systematically applies the insight that high-level personal learning processes are most effective and have the best prospects of sustained success if they are based on specific practical situations.

It is rooted in the established 4 pillars of leadership development:

Self-Guidance

Stakeholder Feedback

The "720 Leadership CHALLENGE" is designed for highly motivated managers who are used to taking the initiative and keen to drive their personal development. If you are used to initiating and controlling processes, you will want to be in control of your own learning process. Our concept is based on this motivation and self-guidance capability. You are responsible for deciding which leadership competences you wish to focus on. You determine the intensity of the programme, the optimum starting point and your personal objectives.

To set the right priorities for development you need to know where you stand and define clear goals. The first ”Task Cycle Survey” provides the basis for both of these steps. It shows how the people you work with perceive key aspects of your leadership practice which are important for your success and how this affects your results. At the same time, it provides statistical benchmarks, a key reference base for your personal objectives and action plan. The second “Task Cycle Survey” at the end of the programme checks what you have achieved. Your success is therefore measurable.

Appreciative Coaching

Best Practices Exchange

Positive change can only be achieved if you are convinced of its benefits and build on your strengths. Using the principles of appreciative coaching, you and your coach jointly identify the factors behind your past and present success. You then transfer this insight to the areas defined as priorities for development on the basis of the “Task Cycle Survey”. Your experienced coach provides professional advice throughout your personal change process to ensure success in conjunction with you.

Convincing values, individual strengths, effective action and exceptional success are not merely found within ourselves. We can also benefit from the experience of others. Every three months you will therefore meet up with other committed managers who are going through a similar change process. Your coach coordinates these meetings and provides relevant input from the domains of science and practice.

Program Providers

The "720 Leadership CHALLENGE"  is offered jointly by Swiss Business School (SBS) and CrossCult Consulting (CCC), which is licensed to use the "Task Cycle Survey" feedback tool. Three special qualities are therefore combined to form a unique leadership development program:
 

SBS Swiss Business School is a fully accredited and pioneering institution committed to fostering leadership excellence in a multinational environment. It is recognised for its innovative educational contributions to promote business and for its accomplished and dedicated faculty.
 

Your coach, Dr. Heinrich Furrer, founder and owner of CCC CrossCult Consulting, is an independent consultant and member of the SBS faculty. He has a broad range of consulting, training and coaching experience at all management levels in various business sectors such as insurance, banking, pharmaceutics, chemical, energy, electronics, manufacturing, mechanical engineering, trade, printing and publishing, public administration, healthcare services, education and non-profit organisations, in Switzerland and internationally  (Europe, USA, Asia, Africa).
 

Task Cycle Survey

Clark Wilson‘s "Task Cycle Surveys" are proven multi-rater (“360°”-) feedback instruments. Since 1973 the “Task Cycle”-model with its well established six core phases - based on over 1 million cases - has evolved into a valid and reliable guide to leadership excellence. The “pre-post”- concept of the "720 Leadership CHALLENGE"   (2 x 360 feedback) significantly increases the impact of this powerful tool. Tracking progress over time is a best practice common to high-performing leaders.

Ready for the Challenge?

Take the initiative and benefit from the powerful synergies of the "720 Leadership CHALLENGE", the exclusive combination of four proven pillars of leadership development:
 

• Self-Guidance
• Stakeholder Feedback
• Appreciative Coaching
• Best Practices Exchange

A first survey focuses on your present leadership practice so that you can concentrate your energy on the mission-critical success factors for your leadership role and immediately start a process of relevant positive change.

Using the established Task Cycle Survey methodology,

• five action-focused evening workshops (Kick-off, Action Planning, 2 Best Practices, ROI) and
• three individually arranged personal coaching sessions within a year

pave the way for a marked improvement in your effectiveness as a leader.

The second feedback survey at the end of the process measures the impact of successful completion of your "720 Leadership CHALLENGE" and documents the significant ROI for you and your company.

Duration & Class Dates

Duration	1 year
Start (Kick-Off)	Friday, April 24, 2009
End Class (Feedback Workshop 2)	Friday, April 16, 2010
3rd individual Coaching	Within six weeks after End Class

Admission Requirements

Participants shall normally hold:

• an MBA, or equivalent, from an approved University, or equivalent 
• substantial (5 years at least) experience at management level
• sound command of English language, spoken and written

Tuition Fee

CHF 6'200.- + VAT

Certificate

After the successful completion of the "720 Leadership CHALLENGE" program, participants will be issued a "Certificate of Completion" by SBS Swiss Business School.

Registration

To enroll now, simply use our "Application Form".

Please contact Mrs. Jeanne C. Baer for further information:
E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Phone:  +41 44 880 00 88