Leading People and Teams

a leadership laboratory

Target Audience Key Topics Take-Home Value Meet the Faculty

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.

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

Participants have come from a wide variety of countries
Austria, Belgium, Brazil , Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Poland, P.R. of China, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, South Africa , Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, 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.

Meet the Faculty

Konstantin Korotov (Program Director)
Full biography

Konstantin Korotov, PhD, INSEAD, is an associate professor at ESMT. He also plays an integral role in ESMT‘s Center for Leadership Development Research. Konstantin consults companies worldwide on issues of leadership development, executive coaching, and mentoring.

Andreas Bernhardt

Andreas Bernhardt is a program director, executive coach and founding member of ESMT’s Center for Leadership Development Research and manages ESMT’s pool of executive coaches. He has about 20 years of practical leadership development and coaching experience, has been working as a leadership coach for ESMT, for the INSEAD Global Leadership Center in Fontainebleau, France and beyond and has designed and delivered executive programs for several international companies.