Forum for first time leaders
The focus is on the typical challenges of the role change: the new relationship with former peers, the first difficult personnel conversations, dealing with uncertainty in the new position.
Leadership Forum
Leadership needshonest exchange among equals.
Peer group coaching for leaders: a protected circle of five to seven leaders that meets once a month remotely, to work on their own topics and to learn from the experience of the others.
The idea
A format that has proven itself in practice.
Over the past seven years I have led many German and international leadership forums. From that time I know how strongly this format works when leaders meet regularly as equals and can speak openly about their topics.
Exactly that experience goes into the Leadership Forum. The combination of group work in the forum and individual support in one to one coaching is the core of my approach. Forum and individual coaching can be booked independently and work well together.
Why a forum
Away from the loneliness of the leadership role.
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Alone with the big decisions. Inside the company you often have nobody at eye level to speak with openly.
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Blind spots. In your own organisation you rarely receive honest, unfiltered feedback.
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Uncertainty in difficult conversations. With your team, the board or the shareholders.
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Thinking through the same topics alone, again and again. Without new perspectives from outside.
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Little room for your own development. Because daily leadership work leaves hardly any pauses.
And towards
Clarity, backing and your own development.
Perspectives you do not get elsewhereHonest feedback from people who lead themselves and know exactly what you are talking about.
Faster and clearer decisionsThrough the combined experience of the group.
A reliable network among equalsOne that carries over years.
More confidence in difficult leadership situationsBecause you are no longer thinking alone.
Your own development as a leaderFor some, all the way to their own coaching skills.
For whom
Two forums, depending on experience.
Forum for experienced leaders
The focus is on strategic and personal topics: strategic positioning within the company, leading other leaders, long term professional direction.
Format and framework
Five cornerstones that set the frame.
Group sizeFive to a maximum of seven participants, so the amount of input stays right. Equal time and equal status for everyone.
FrequencyOne meeting per month, three hours, remote.
Programme durationTwelve months. That is how the trust develops which this format depends on.
StartBy arrangement, in small groups of five to seven participants.
FrameworkConfidentiality, shared responsibility, appreciative language and transparency.
The forums are a protected space that lives on trust and commitment.
Each forum also works with its own forum agreement. It sets clear rules on commitment, punctuality and confidentiality, which all participants commit to at the start.
The session
How a forum works.
Every session follows the same reliable structure, so routine and trust develop quickly.
- 01Check-inA short status from every person, plus a reminder of the four principles.
- 02Conversation starterAn easy question to arrive, so the group gets in contact.
- 03Monthly updateEach person briefly shares what mattered since the last meeting.
- 04Going deeperFirst session: a lifeline to get to know each other. From the second session onwards: a second deep dive on a topic from the group.
- 05Deep diveOne person brings a concrete topic, is guided by me as coach, and the group reflects and offers impulses.
- 06Check-outEach person names their most important insight of the day.
There are two prep sheets for your preparation. One helps you reflect before the next forum and bring your topic to the point. The other supports you when you take the coach role in a deep dive yourself, with questions instead of advice.
After a few sessions together, experienced participants take the coach role in a deep dive themselves and guide another person through their topic. For many participants that is the moment when the wish for deeper individual support appears.
Pricing
We discuss the terms personally.
On request
twelve months duration
Many companies cover participation as part of leadership development or from the training budget. We clarify the exact terms in the intro call.
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Frequently asked
What leaders want to know beforehand.
Absolute confidentiality is one of the four guiding principles. What is discussed in the forum stays in the forum. That also applies when your company pays for your participation.
In the forum you additionally learn from the experience of other leaders and develop your own coaching skills over time. Individual coaching remains the right addition for urgent or very personal topics. Both can be booked independently.
Forums start by arrangement, as soon as a group of five to seven participants has come together. In the intro call we clarify which forum fits you and what the schedule looks like.
The twelve months are deliberately designed so the group can build trust and really learn from each other. We clarify the details on duration transparently before the start, so you can decide with full information.
Many participants have the forum financed by their employer, for example as part of leadership development. The price is deliberately set so that participation is also possible when you pay yourself.
Your next step
Book your intro call.
In thirty minutes we clarify whether the Leadership Forum fits your current situation and which of the two forums is the right one for you.
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