The second module of our annual training course, „Leading with Attitude”, recently took place at the beautifully situated Volkenroda Monastery in Thuringia. It was three intensive days during which we, together with my colleague, Hanna Kunze entirely on the topic of “Value-based leadership”.

What are values, which of them shape my personal leadership style, and how do they relate to the values that my organisation represents – perhaps in its mission statement or simply in everyday life?

We have based our approach on Spiral Dynamics and Reinventing organisations We approached the topic of „self-organisation and leadership“ and asked ourselves questions such as: “Where would I place my organisation with its understanding of leadership and structural model?“ – “Red, blue, orange, green, yellow... colourful?” “Where do I see my preference in my own leadership behaviour?” and “In which areas would I like to develop as a leader?”

One of my favourite exercises in the leadership module is the “staff exercise”. The dynamics during the exercise particularly impressed me this time and gave us lots of ideas for discussing our own approaches to power and responsibility, competition and collaboration, trust and control. It also invited us to explore our personal approach to emotions in our own leadership behaviour.

In this module, we also introduced intervision groups. Using the classic method of collegial case consultation This allows participants to stay in touch between the seven three-day seminars and beyond, share topics and problems they encounter in their everyday management work with colleagues, and gain new ideas for difficult situations.
After the participants tried out the method for the first time, I saw happy, astonished faces that were grateful for completely new insights and creative impulses for problems in everyday management that had long seemed unsolvable. Sometimes collegial case consultation seems a bit like magic to me!

I am already looking forward to the upcoming module in November, where we will spend three days intensively focusing on the topic of communication and leadership with my wonderful colleague. Ulrike Jaeger will dedicate ourselves to. 

Next year will see the third edition of our annual training course, “Leading with Attitude”. It will start in September 2024, once again at two beautiful, restorative locations: the Augustinian monastery in Erfurt and the Zinzendorfhaus in Neudietendorf near Erfurt. 

For those who make a quick decision and register this year, there is a nice discount on the participation fee, which is normally €4,100.

Feel free to take a look at the detailed description If you have any questions about the training, please feel free to contact me (Lysan) and take your time to decide whether this could be a beneficial training course for you as a manager.