Leadership Essentials
Learn to navigate through business scenarios by maximising your personal and professional strengths. The 2-day masterclass Leadership Essentials provides you with the tools and techniques to excel in critical moments, such as board-level meetings, new business pitches, and key client contacts.
Discounts available for this masterclass
For whom?
This masterclass is for you if you are a mid to senior manager and want to:
- exercise and develop your executive communication skills;
- challenge your abilities to connect and perform in a high-pressure work environment;
- improve your presence and performance in private and professional situations.
Need help?
Reach out to us for questions about this course or our transportation and accommodation options. We respond within 3 business days.
Jannice Daha LLM
Manager Executive Education
E: executive-education@uva.nl
T: ++31 (0)6 4834 9056
If you find yourself in a leadership role, perhaps leading a small team or aiming for the next step in your career as a senior manager, and you're seeking insights beyond what traditional books offer, I strongly recommend this masterclass.Karen Rozenbaum – Lead Service Designer at Adidas Read Karen's full review
What will you learn?
You will learn by doing within an immersive business simulation, led by professional actors, where you explore your motivations, strengths and blind spots. We work within 3 dimensions:
- Authenticity: your unique set of qualities
You will learn how to bring forward your authentic business self and use it to make a strong impact on others, and ultimately forge agreements. - Empathy: connecting to others
You incorporate a 'listen first' approach to effective individual and group communication. You also learn how to connect and respond to management and client priorities while maintaining the power of your authentic self. - Collaboration: achieving results
You will discover techniques that help you collaborate under pressure, and seize opportunities during meetings.
Your course begins with a 30 minute 1-on-1 online session to define a personal baseline and extract your unique learning goals. After the masterclass, we plan a second 1-on-1 online session to review your personal process and convert your learning into individualised advice and actions.
This masterclass has been a game-changer for me. It was practical, engaging, and it definitely gave me a bunch of new tools for my leadership toolkit.Amelia Salvador Parra, Manager Commercial Division at Van Caem Klerks Groups Read Amelia's full review
Increase your leadership skills
Mix of 1-on-1 coaching and group simulation learning
Learn by doing
This course highlights essential aspects of leadership that I had no previous education on.Barry Kroon, Managing Partner at Reliable Supply Chains International Read Barry's full review
Teaching staff
Daniel Frankl worked as Vice President in Account Services at Ogilvy & Mather/Scali McCabe Sloves in New York. For over 25 years, he has been developing executive talent for global organisations while lecturing in Management at the Rotterdam Business School.
iPEC Energy Coach and Time To Think Facilitator Grainne Delaney uses her Master’s degree in Psychology to support the performance of executive teams. She designed a masterclass in global pitching teams at KPMG, One Story strategy for ABF-ABN AMRO Management Team, and Leadership Legacy for Vodafone-Ziggo.
If you’re ready to step out of your comfort zone, then this is the masterclass for youEyesha Mingo, Senior Operations Project Manager at Sitel Read Eyesha's full review
Fees
| Tuition* | Next start date | |
| Standard fee |
€2,950 |
2 June 2025 |
* The fee is VAT-exempt.
Alumni get a 10% discount
UvA Alumni receive a 10% discount on the standard fee. Please note that this discount cannot be combined with the early bird discount.
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