Future Skills

For 40 years now, we have been contributing to our clients’ success with customized training solutions. Companies across all industries—from small and medium-sized businesses to large corporations—place their trust in us and have remained loyal to us, in many cases for decades. That’s because, for us, values-based conduct, fairness, the highest training quality, and excellent training management are not just empty phrases. We are committed to our clients as if they were our own company!

For us, this includes gaining a precise understanding of their needs so that we can then identify highly efficient and resource-efficient solutions. How do we achieve this? By leveraging the full spectrum of our expertise in the client’s best interest and using only content and methods relevant to the specific target group—through our 3DPlus Model.

The 3DPlus Model

We create significant added value through our 3DPlus model: we uniquely combine the development of individual leadership and communication skills with the strengthening of intercultural competence, diversity awareness, and (if desired) foreign language proficiency.

Our training sessions are always tailored to specific needs and are led by highly qualified experts with international experience. Through a practical approach and the use of modern training methods, we enable participants in our training sessions to…

• sharpen their self-awareness
• try out new techniques and tools
• discover alternative courses of action
• develop individual communication strategies
• consolidate and further develop the knowledge they have acquired

Our training programs make a difference! The success of our leadership and communication training programs is based on a balanced mix of methods that address the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral levels. Our top priority is to actively engage participants through experiential exercises, the sharing of experiences, and practical application.

Following brief introductory sessions, participants in our training programs are given ample opportunity to sharpen their self-awareness, reflect on stereotypes, try out new communication strategies, and develop alternative courses of action. To this end, we use simulations of realistic scenarios, role-playing, discussions, and group work. We draw on participants’ existing experiences and utilize a variety of interactive tools and exercises, as well as selected case studies. Knowledge transfer thus begins during the training itself. To facilitate implementation in everyday work, we work with participants to develop individual action plans.

Our Methods at a Glance:

Brief theoretical introductions, interactive knowledge transfer (including short films when appropriate); self-reflection and small-group reflection; incorporation of participants’ existing experiences; discussions; Simulation of real-world situations; experiential exercises and role-playing; practical application; analysis of real-world case studies; interaction and self-assessment exercises; development of an individual action plan for the period following the training.

You can rest assured that we only use highly qualified trainers for your leadership and communication training programs. Through a rigorous, structured onboarding process, we ensure that only the best trainers become part of our team.

Several years of training experience is just as important to us as proven methodological expertise and a passion for training!

Here’s what matters to us when selecting our trainers:

• Enthusiasm for working with people
• More than 3 years of training experience
• Solid professional training or a college degree
• Comprehensive trainer training, e.g., as a leadership trainer
• Recognized coaching certification (depending on the target audience)
• Proven and continuously expanding methodological expertise (agile methods, experiential activities, etc.)
• Regular participation in continuing education to expand knowledge (applied psychology, neuroscientific studies, etc.)
• Pedagogical skills and sensitivity to participants’ individual needs
• Professional demeanor, flexibility, and the ability to work well in a team
• Confident use of MS Teams, Zoom, etc., both technically and methodologically

We offer only customized training programs! It’s important to us to understand exactly what learning goals your employees want to achieve through leadership or communication training—and what skills they already possess. This allows us to ensure that participants in our leadership and communication training programs acquire precisely the knowledge and skills they truly need.

How do we do this? We conduct a detailed needs assessment using a structured questionnaire. We want to know what prior experience your employees already have, what their roles are within the company, and what skills they want to develop. In a second step, a preliminary discussion takes place with the trainer to further refine the content.

Based on this needs analysis, we tailor the program’s content and methodology to the target group. If your company has its own processes for assessing needs, we will, of course, follow your guidelines.

You can expect a lot! From the onboarding of our trainers to personalized consulting, feedback, and knowledge transfer—we meet the highest quality standards through a rigorous process. For us, quality assurance begins with the selection of our trainers:

Clearly defined qualification criteria and a structured onboarding process that includes a personal interview ensure that only the best experts become part of our team.

And what happens next? Through a structured process consisting of consultation, needs analysis (see “Customized Training”), feedback, and ensuring knowledge transfer, we ensure that your leadership and communication training runs optimally in terms of both content and organization.

For us, quality assurance also includes the continuous development of training concepts. Through ongoing dialogue with our experts and our clients, we always stay up to date with the latest trends in the content, methods, and formats of our leadership and communication training programs!

Our Quality Process at a Glance

• Structured onboarding of trainers
• Structured needs analysis (questionnaire, preliminary discussion)
• Feedback & evaluation (questionnaire, various feedback sessions)
• Ensuring knowledge transfer through experiential methods, personal action plans, learning nuggets, and follow-up training/coaching sessions
• Continuous dialogue with our clients and our experts

You can sit back and relax! We see ourselves as your partner throughout the entire process of planning and organizing your DE&I training sessions. For us, a consultation before each training session is just as much a given as tailoring our training management to your processes and circumstances, as well as maintaining regular communication. We operate according to the “One Face to the Customer” principle, meaning your company has a dedicated point of contact who is familiar with all the specific content and organizational details of your company and is available to answer any questions you may have regarding your training sessions. They ensure that your employees receive the best trainer for their unconscious bias or diversity training and a program tailored to your specific needs.

Topics

Our training solutions in the areas of leadership and communication are as diverse as the challenges your company faces in times of rapid change.

With our outstanding team of experts, we can offer tailored programs for every situation and every target group:

• Leadership Training—We prepare you for the challenges of the VUCA and BANI world
• Communication Training—You’ll reflect on and optimize your communication style
• Negotiation Training—You’ll become familiar with proven techniques and strategies for successful negotiations, particularly with business partners from other cultural backgrounds
• Presentation Training—You’ll enhance your impact as a presenter and learn what matters most for successful presentations, especially before international audiences.
• Conflict Management—You’ll learn to avoid, recognize, and constructively resolve conflicts
• Team Building—We support your multinational team in establishing a culture of respectful communication, building trust, and collaborating in a goal-oriented manner
• Keynote Presentations—We explore various exciting leadership and communication topics in a lively and informative way, encouraging initial reflection.

Languages

We can conduct all leadership and communication training sessions in English or, if necessary, in another language.

Formats

We also tailor the training format entirely to your preferences: live virtual training (e.g., via MS Teams) is just as possible as a hybrid seminar, an in-person session, or a custom-designed blended learning program (e.g., as a “Learning Journey”).

Of course, we also offer various options for acquiring knowledge on the topics of leadership and communication online through self-directed learning: with our microlearning modules designed to prepare participants for a specific training session and/or to review and reinforce the content of a leadership or communication training program. We can provide these “learning nuggets” in the form of short videos, mini-audio clips (or podcasts), interactive activities (quizzes), short guides, PTTs, or one-pagers.

You can find an example of an avrami explanatory video here.

Our particular strength lies in tailoring training concepts to the specific needs of our clients and developing entirely new concepts for a specific target audience.

Feel free to contact us!