Leadership & Change | SBS Swiss Business School

In times of rapidly changing business contexts and globalized work, managers depend more than ever on their subordinates to get results. Employees may thus represent both a key resource and a liability for managerial success. Tapping the full potential of employees, however, may require leadership and people management skills that stretch beyond ordinary managerial competencies.

Economic, social and organizational environments are changing faster and more unpredictably than ever and with that, the role of leadership is evolving.

We believe that leaders will achieve results through fostering agile, flexible and innovative organizational capabilities, transforming corporate culture and empowering your leadership to inspire action.

This course aims to provide you with inspiration, hands-on tools, and knowledge that may enhance your emotional and leadership skills for managerial results.

This certificate course counts towards the Diploma in Advanced Management.

Course Information

Format

On-Campus or Live-Virtual

Costs

1,950 CHF*

Date

Option 1:

11 – 13 April 2025

Option 2:

06 – 08 June 2025

Lecturer

Course Outline

Topic 1: Emotional Intelligence

Establishing self-awareness and self-management
Managing relationships within an organization
Building organizational awareness
Developing a team culture of emotional intelligence and psychological safety
Learning resilience

Topic 2: Cultures and Change

Hofestede’s cultural dimensions
How to manage informal institutions
How diversity creates strength and innovation

Topic 3: Leading Change

Understand different approaches to leading organizational change
Understand how to manage resistance to change
Understand how social and informal networks can help facilitate change
Understand the impact of cultural differences on leadership

Topic 4: Situational Leadership

Understand the different alternative styles of management and leadership
Get clarity on the management mix and leadership approach
Understand the impact of over-supervision and under-supervision
Set the goals for the team members and align them with the goals of the organization
Understand how to set goals and evaluate the performance
Improve job satisfaction and the morale of the team

Topic 5: Motivating employees

Understand the key motivators of human behavior
Acquire novel ideas on how to motivate employees beyond money
Understand the importance of designing motivating work, as well as how to redesign work so that it is more motivating.

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13 April 2025 08 June 2025

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*Payment Policy

Registration fee of 150.- CHF (part of the overall course fee) is non-refundable when the participant cannot attend.
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