Programme overview
Better you. Better team.
Are you a leader looking to understand your intrinsic motivators and their impact on your leadership? Do you want to unlock your team’s full potential?
Better you. Better team. is a personalized, data-driven leadership journey designed to optimize team dynamics, turn conflicts into opportunities, and lead your team to high performance.
You will learn what drives you and your team and become better positioned and equipped to lead effectively and with empathy.
Better you. Better team. explores goal clarity and vision, deep level diversity, empathy and ‘we consciousness’. You will also learn how to understand and master conflicts, and to influence with integrity. This knowledge and these skills will enable you to bring out the best in yourself as a leader and your team members, whether in a local, onsite setting or online globally.
Target Audience
- Team leaders in lower to middle management
- Aspiring leaders who want to prepare themselves for an imminent leadership role
Better you. Better team. is a collaboration between the Research Institute for International Management (FIM-HSG) and the Executive School at the University of St. Gallen. The programme offers participants the opportunity to gain deep insights into resilient leadership using the St. Gallen Top Team Model by addressing the questions of purpose and vision, resources, team’s potential, effectiveness teamwork and unity.
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Better you
- Using our analytics and a personal assessment, you will develop a deep understanding of yourself as a leader and take an important step to becoming a more effective leader
- You will gain expert insights, guidance, and tools to navigate complex situations, understand conflicts and transform them into a source of innovation.
- You will benefit from peer-interaction with leaders like yourself as you support each other in your leadership challenges and develop a valuable network
Better team
- With a shared vision, your team will be motivated to reach its objectives as you inspire team members to use their personal strengths for the good of the team
- Our analytics based on five surveys completed by your team members will provide valuable insights into your team’s dynamics, motivations, and performance. You decide on the content and how to share the results with your team
- Your team will benefit from your newly acquired tools, knowledge and mindset as you recognize the value of diversity, successfully manage conflicts, and increase your influence at work
Faculty
Winfried Ruigrok is a Professor of International Management and the Director of the Research Institute for International Management (FIM-HSG) at the University of St.Gallen. He conducts research in international strategy, corporate governance, the role of the CEO, top management teams and boards of directors, CEO careers, CEO compensation, and research methods. His papers have been published in leading scholarly and popular outlets. He has won numerous awards and has worked as a consultant and leadership trainer with dozens of multinational corporations.
Stephanie Schoss is a Director of the Competence Center for Top Team Research at the HSG Institute of International Management. Stephanie studied Business Administration at the Universities of St.Gallen, Harvard and the Singapore Management University. Her research focuses on team personality, leadership and the effects of conflicts, empathy, and “we-consciousness” in (virtual) teams. Before joining the university, Stephanie made her career as an active entrepreneur in various industries and as a passionate pilot (private and commercial). She still serves as Chairwoman of her own business psychology company and as a founding partner of C Talks, a Peer-Community for the most senior European Top Managers. Stephanie was recognised as manager of the year in 2013 by Generation CEO.
Claudio Feser is a Senior Partner Emeritus and a Senior Advisor at McKinsey & Company. He joined the Firm in 1992, was elected Partner in 1998 and Senior Partner in 2004. At McKinsey, he held various leadership roles, including leading McKinsey Greece, McKinsey Switzerland and the global leadership development practice. He was also a member of the Shareholder Council, McKinsey’s Board of Directors. As Senior Advisor, Claudio continues to advise selected clients and to serve as faculty on various McKinsey training programs for CEOs and senior partners.
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Learning more about “Leading High-Performance Teams” was a rewarding experience with great guest speakers. A lot of aspects are very helpful for my daily work and very often colleagues ask me for advice, as this topic is a real challenge nowadays. Being confident feels great!
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Leadership is a state of mind, a desire to serve, an intention to listen, a determination to create a space to enable safe discovery and growth-oriented change.
Thank you University of St.Gallen for taking us through this journey of development and continuous learning!
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Why University of St.Gallen
At the University of St. Gallen (HSG), you can choose from one of the largest executive education portfolios in the German speaking region – the right programme for your needs and career objectives. The renowned quality and practical relevance of the learning experience convinces more than 6000 participants per year. Profit from an Executive Degree from St.Gallen – the best business school in the German-speaking world – and get ahead in your career!
