Leadership Skills for Transformation
Leadership in times of rapid change
Traget group: PhD candidates, postdocs and qualifying professors* of all disciplines and to (future) leaders in the technical and administrative field
Language: German
Duration of the program: 3 month
Would you like to know more about this program? Then take part in our information event on May 15, 2024. You can register directly for the event using this registration form. Please note that the event-language will be German. Attending the information event is highly recommended for participation to the program.
Program overview
Leadership Skills for Transformation is an iterative, agile program based on Scrum and Kanban that aims to directly experience and learn the most important leadership competencies for digital transformation through new personal experiences.
The world of work and life is in a process of change.Many of the previous recipes for success in management no longer have a lasting effect. New framework conditions, multiple crises and the technologies of Deep Tec create uncertain and highly volatile environmental factors. Leadership for transformation therefore requires more than knowledge.
Leadership in digital transformation means being able to provide orientation and confidence, even if the path to the goal is unclear. This requires process competence in the management of teams, individuals and changing tasks. Leaders in the digital transformation are also leaders of change, courageous pioneers into a future that is not yet fully defined. This creates room for collaborative creation, which must be used in the best possible way with a limited amount of time, energy and material resources.
For a detailed description of the individual workshops, please take a look at this PDF file (German only)
Program goals
- Develop leadership competencies for digital transformation
- Be able to maintain organizational resilience in change processes
- Be able to apply successful management tools for agile working
- Experience the promotion of employee self-organization by the management level
- Be able to provide orientation and certainty in times of constant change
- Be able to initiate the establishment of a learning organization
The program is designed as an agile process in order to be able to directly experience and integrate the leadership forms of agile leadership. A knowledge pulse on the fundamental conditions for success in transformation projects on the first date is followed by 10 iterative learning loops in agile teams. Each learning loop contains essential building blocks of the Scrum and Kanban process for the Learning Organization.
About the trainer
Anna Hoffmann comes from innovative IT (software architecture, coding, UX design and CEO in the Netherlands) and has been working in agile processes for over 25 years. Today, she is active in knowledge transfer on human-centered AI for the Carl Friedrich von Weizäcker Center in Tübingen, Germany, and as an INQA coach for digital transformation in SMEs in programs of the German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, among others.
As a result, she has developed a fundamental understanding of the qualities needed in leadership culture, agile process design, and digital transformation for change to succeed sustainably.
Conditions of participation & further information
The program is open to PhD candidates, postdocs and qualifying professors* of all disciplines and to (future) leaders in the technical and administrative field.
Participants of the University of Potsdam must be members of the Potsdam Graduate School. The free membership can be applied for at any time: Click here for the membership application.
Program costs are differentiated according to membership in one of the following groups:
| Who? | PhD candidates | Postdocs | Leaders (technical/ administrative field) |
|---|---|---|---|
| from University of Potsdam | 125 € | 187.50 € | 125 € |
| from partner institutions of the PoGS | 700 € | 700 € | / |
| external participants | 850 € | 850 € | / |
During the in-person sessions, childcare can be arranged free of charge in Potsdam. Please contact us in case of need.
Further information on how to register for the program will be published here later or announced at the information kick-off. Attending the information event gives important first impulses and is therefore highly recommended for later program participation.
The dates are all scheduled in an in-person format from 9:30 - 12:00am.
The learning content in the team sprints relates to the current Deep Tec and requires no prior knowledge. All team tasks take place during the face-to-face dates, so a minimum attendance of 90% is required. Before registering, please consider whether you can commit to regular attendance for the entire duration of the program.
Contact: Dr. Maja Starke-Liebe
Dr. Maja Starke-Liebe
Potsdam Graduate School
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