Leading People and Teams
a leadership laboratory
This program is a leadership laboratory that deals with the “why” and “how” of behavior in organizations. Unlike many other programs on similar topics, it goes beyond the obvious, conscious and rational side of human functioning, adding the opportunity to explore productive as opposed to non-productive drives that individuals subconsciously follow in organizations.
In addition, the program’s experiment-based nature will help you to investigate your own behavioral patterns in business situations; it will sharpen your awareness of more effective and less effective practices in dealing with others.
As a participant, you will receive input regarding your leadership style and behavior through 360-degree feedback offered before the program and a debriefing offered during the course. The leadership laboratory’s challenging but safe environment will furnish you with a chance to try out new skills and techniques and receive feedback and support from faculty and peers.
The program offers participants an individual follow-up coaching session to support them in implementing action plans worked out in class and during executive coaching sessions.
Watch the Program Director Prof. Konstantin Korotov and ESMT's Andreas Bernhardt talk about the program:
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Target Audience
Principally you are an executive concerned with the effective and efficient management of people to help you achieve organizational goals.
Past Participants' Level of Responsibility
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Selection of Countries 2003-2008
Austria, Belgium, Brazil , Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Poland, P.R. of China, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
Key Topics
- Leadership, leadership challenges and leadership styles
- Rational and irrational elements in leadership behaviour
- Emotional intelligence and management of emotions in organizations
- Influencing strategies
- Leadership toolbox
- Coaching fundamentals
- 360-degree feedback as a tool for leadership growth
Take-Home Value
In exploring how to tackle the challenges faced by managers and leaders to create an environment in which people can use their talents optimally, you will gain a clear sense of what mindset, competences and behaviors it takes to be an effective leader.You will know how to capitalize on your strengths and those of your employees, peers and superiors, as well as how to leverage weaknesses – yours and those of others. You will enhance your emotional intelligence, influencing strategies and satisfaction that emerges from your leadership role.
Special Features
Academic AdvisorManfred Kets de Vries
Manfred Kets de Vries, ESMT Professor Konstantin Korotov and Elizabeth Florent-Treacy have recently published Coach and Couch: The Psychology of Making Better Leaders, a volume of essays on topics relevant to leadership development. Drawing upon substantial research, this book presents the essential leadership models and equips practitioners with tools for developing executive coaches and working with business leaders.
Meet the Faculty
Konstantin Korotov (Program Director)Full biography
Konstantin Korotov is an Associate Professor at ESMT and also an Executive Coach and a Researcher Fellow with the INSEAD Global Leadership Center in Fontainebleau, France. Additionally, Konstantin has held positions of Director of Professional Development for Ernst & Young (CIS), consultant for the Center for Business Skills Development (CBSD), and researcher at New York University. He also has over 13 years of practical Leadership Development experience. He received his PhD in Management (Organizational Behavior) at INSEAD. His recent work is reflected in “Coach and Couch: The Psychology of Making Better Leaders”, a book co-edited with Manfred Kets de Vries and Elizabeth Florent-Treacy (Palgrave, 2007). Konstantin is the Program Director for ESMT’s “Leading People and Teams” executive program and teaches Organizational Behavior and Integrative Leadership in the ESMT MBA program. His executive education clients includes Deutsche Telekom, KPMG, Elster Group, Deloitte, McDonald’s, BAT, Ernst & Young, Pepsi, Shell, ABN-Amro, HSBC, Mars, Mittal Steel, Unilever, Golden Telecom, and Pernod-Ricard.
Andreas Bernhardt
Andreas Bernhardt has over 15 years of practical Leadership Development and Coaching experience and has designed and delivered executive programs for several international companies. He teaches Organizational Behavior and Leadership in MBA and executive programs, is a practicing leadership coach and consults companies on issues of leadership development and executive coaching.
