Leading with Energy and Focus
Leadership training: Lead energetically, maintain focus
As a leader, you have to consistently navigate through a multitude of demanding tasks, transformation challenges, and opportunities. How can you best unleash and effectively focus your own power, harness the energy of your team, and tap into the potential of the entire organization? It is your leadership competence that makes the difference.
Research conducted by us shows that leading with energy and focus has a significantly positive impact on your organization’s performance. But how can you, as a leader, apply this key insight to your advantage and that of your institution?
The St.Gallen Leadership Model will introduce techniques that have been proven in practice to enhance the personal impact of leaders. We have developed globally recognized concepts that systematically improve energy and focus within an organization.
Energy and dynamics within the organization
- Capturing energy and dynamics
- Analysis of energy traps
- Targeted mobilization of employee potential
High-performance organizations and acceleration trap
- Recognizing signs of acceleration, overload and exhaustion
- Developing guidelines for a high-performance organization
Effective and inspirational leadership
- Setting clear goals
- Development and communication of a vision for your team
- Inspiration and role-modeling
Resistance and conflicts
- Creating commitment for change
- Handling resistance
- Overcoming conflicts and reduced energy
Self-leadership
- Avoidance of the “busy-manager” trap
- Power of endurance and willpower
- Personal plan of action for an increase of your individual leadership impact
Date:
September 17 – 19, 2025
August 26 – 28, 2026
Duration: 3 Days
Venue: Executive Campus HSG, St.Gallen
Costs: CHF 3’800.–
Language: English
ECTS: 2.5
Creditability
This Leadership training can also be credited as Module 1 of the St.Gallen Leadership Certificate.
The course offers interactive sessions led by the experts of the University of St. Gallen. Furthermore a variety of innovative approaches is used to support your learning and the practical transfer of the new knowledge with techniques such as:
With our experienced coaches you will discuss solutions for your current leadership challenges and develop your personal leadership profile.
Determine your individual and team-related energy profile. Learn about systematic energy management measures and compare your values through cross-industry benchmarking.
Collaborate with other participants on challenges relevant to your field and receive guidance in applying new methodologies from the leadership experts at the University of St.Gallen.
We will arrange an evening program for you to connect and network together. You will also have the chance to explore the city of St.Gallen, including its culinary delights.
Experts
Prof. Dr. Heike Bruch
Professor of Leadership, University of St.Gallen and Director of the Institute for Leadership and Human Resource Management as well as a leading scientist in human resource research. She is a member of the boards of the DGFP and the ddn. She advises and coaches international companies at board level. Her concept of Organizational Energy has won various international awards and has already been implemented in more than 1’100 companies worldwide.
Prof. Dr. Nils Fürstenberg
Nils Fürstenberg is Associate Professor for Organizational Culture, Leadership, and Collaboration at the Institute of Leadership and Human Resource Management at the University of St.Gallen. His research aims to decode the complexities of leadership, organizational paradoxes, and team dynamics, with an eye towards enhancing employee well-being.
Dr. Sophie Klüser
Sophie Klüser works as a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the Institute for Leadership and Human Resource Management at the University of St.Gallen. Her interests and research focuses are in the field of «Leveraging Paradoxes in Companies Successfully», new forms of work and leadership, as well as the influence of modern technologies on employees and executives.
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