Here you have the chance to experience leadership intensively and interactively.
You will experience the perfect combination of cognitive, visual, auditory and haptic learning.
You will learn to convince others through your body language and expression.
Are these activities familiar to you?
Making notes on whiteboards
Post-its, post-its, post-its….
Filling up index cards with your concerns
The cumbrous accumulating of your daily business points
Endless discussions and PowerPoint battles
Video recordings and the subsequent feedback rounds
Frontal instruction with the trainer in monologue-mode
The result: you invested time and money, but little of consequence actually changed.
Your high expectations of the seminar were often not fulfilled.
JULIA SCHWARTZ, CONDUCTOR & TRAINER LEADING WITHOUT WORDS
CARMEN KRAUSHAAR, CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF LEADING WITHOUT WORDS
A conductor will focus on the goal of conducting a concert with concentrated preparation. Managers, however, often lose themselves in micro-management instead of keeping the big goal in view.
A confident style of leading is the main crux for a conductor, who - in the context of an orchestra - is the only performer who doesn’t play an instrument. What is more, the conductor is the coordinator of all the components of the orchestra and brings these to achieve peak performance.
It is frowned upon for a conductor to interrupt the orchestra because of mistakes because it worsens the achievement of the group. Musicians know exactly who has made the mistake and they give each other feedback to this end. Managers can learn to allow self-regulation in their groups.
Many conductors show their emotions and use them to electrify their musicians. For passion and enthusiasm are important motors for motivating them. Rationality by itself will only encourage a lesser effort.
Each team member plays a role that deserves to be seen. A conductor will look at and give entrances to the musicians who are about to play. Managers should give their team members this attention in whatever way is appropriate for the job at hand.
Musicians are top talents who develop optimally when their personal artistic interpretation is given space. Analog to this in business practices would be to strengthen diverse characters and points of view in order to get the best results, not to demand harmony from team members.
“It became clear to me how important posture, voice and non-verbal communication are. There are many similarities between conducting and corporate leadership which I could take with me.”
Fabiana Oscari-Bergs, Manager of Gobar Deutschland GmbH
“Leading Without Words– this seminar was an impressive experience – the perfect balance of cognitive, visual, auditive and tactile learning.”
Annette Kempf, CEO Eclipseina GmbH
“Leading Without Words is an extraordinary and special management seminar and training. The impact via a practical and playful approach is immediately perceptible. I can enthusiastically recommend this seminar to every aspiring manager and corporate personality.
Mai Dang-Goy, TEVOL® Stark Wachsen – individually and entrepreneurially with personality and organizational development
You will learn to make an impact through your posture, speech and breathing.
You will get feedback about your conducting and can draw parallels to your style of leadership.
You will experience the impact of your own performance.
You will develop appeal through the use of your emotions.
You will have a fascinating experience in which you will get a glimpse of the musical world of conductors and instrumentalists.
You don’t need to be able to read music to participate.
SARAH LORENZ, MANAGER AT ERNST & YOUNG
headhunter and career coach
Carmen Kraushaar has been an advisor for over ten years as partner in the QRC Group. She is instrumental in filling specialist and leadership positions.
She developed the idea for Leading Without Words, powered by the desire to make leadership emotionally graspable.
Foto: Arthur Häberli
conductor, composer, singer
Julia Schwartz is a trained singer and choral conductor.
In Leading Without Words she passionately conveys leadership tools via conducting.
The seminar can be given in English or German.
TEAM-EVENT
Suitable as event-highlight, team-event, pre- or post-workday program
Length: 3 hours
12-20 participants
Group singing with the possibility to try your hand at conducting
Here no instrumentalists are involved: the participants form a choir
OPEN SEMINAR
Fixed dates with participants from various companies
External location
Length: 1 day
Small group with 8 (prospective) leaders
Each participant can conduct
COMPANY-INTERNAL EVENT
Fixed group of participants from your company
Dates will be coordinated with your company
Location: in your own facilities
Length: 1 day
Small group with 8 (prospective) leaders
Each participant can conduct
No, it is not necessary. Only well-known pieces of music will be used.
You don’t need musical talent to profit from the seminar.
The seminar is for experienced leaders but prospective ones can also profit from it.
The seminar is one day long. Follow-up sessions can be booked.
The in-house seminar takes place in your company’s facilities or at another location.
The location of the open seminars will be communicated in advance.
The seminar can take place in English or German.
