Leadership Development

Leadership
CHALLENGES

Increasing Margins

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Hagedorn Enterprise Advancement provides focused, just-in-time support when you need it most from a seasoned professional who has excelled in many roles at multi-national companies. Whether you’re opening a factory in the US or fine-tuning your executive management team, Hagedorn thrives on creating value by contributing to companies when they need it most. 

Engage Hagedorn on a per-project or retainer basis, wherever and whenever the work is needed. Once your project is completed, he is off your payroll!

GET READY FOR A LEADERSHIP POSITION SET THE FOUNDATION FOR LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCe

For leaders who want to get ready to step in the leadership position or just started out

OUTCOMES:

You will learn:

• what will change if you are become a leader
• basic elements of leadership
• about leading oneself as prerequisite to lead others
• how to lead and engage people
• how to lead stakeholders
• basics of psychology
• how to communicate effectively
• what tasks a leader has to fulfill
• instruments of leadership
• the challenges a leader will face
• basics of ethics and compliance
• ....

IMPROVE YOUR OVERALL LEADERSHIP COMPETENCE, BECOME AN EXCELLENT LEADER

For leaders who want to improve their Leadership performance

OUTCOMES:

• clarity about position requirements and expectations matched to individual capabilities
• current status of leadership performance
• definition of ideal future state
• quantification of behavioral change
• awareness of own skills, strength and capabilities in relationship to position requirements and expectations
• gap analysis as foundation for individual development
• leadership advancement plan to increase capabilities with focus on business results and individual goals
• advancement of self-leading capabilities as a prerequisite to leading others.
• developing a Leadership mindset with focus on complexity management, solutions, results orientation and empowerment of others to achieve business objectives
• transfer of state of the art leadership and management knowledge
• a much higher level of self-confidence
• a much higher level of leadership performance

MANAGEMENT CONSULTING AND COACHING ON THE JOB

For Leaders who want to drive their margins, look for advice for solving current problems and want to create a roadmap to master mid-term challenges

OUTCOMES:

• an analysis of current and future challenges the leader faces
• a review of leadership applied and suggestions for improvement
• a review of priorities and strategies set
• pinpointed advice and solutions to master the leader’s challenges
• a roadmap to ensure achievement of short-, mid-, and long-term goals and a tactical implementation plan to ensure sustainable results
• sparring with an independent and experienced leader who provides an independent, fresh view and tailormade solutions
• direct impact on goal achievement with quick, measurable results

DRIVING SUSTAINABLE CHANGE IN COMPLEX ENTERPRISES

For leaders who have to drive change in a complex corporate environment with hundreds of people and want to ensure efficiency and sustainability

OUTCOMES FOR THE LEADER:

• Understanding of the key success factors and common obstacles of a change management processes
• a compelling change story
• a stakeholder analysis that provides a clear picture what their thoughts, fears, interests and their level of engagement are about
• a change architecture and plan that makes change manageable and sustainable
• an understanding of the key success factors needed to engage people involved sustainably
• moderation and conflict solving

TEAM BUILDING

For leaders who want to build an effective Management team and want to manage the stages (forming, storming, norming, performing) actively

• establish structure & clarity (roles, responsibilities, tasks)
• get mutual understanding of goals and the benefit of teamwork
• agree on principles to build and maintain a productive team culture
• share your values
• build mutual trust
• establish drivers for team performance
• set directions

ELIMINATION OF PRODUCTIVITY DEFICITS

• Assessment of processes, organization, leadership competence, culture (discipline, communication, standards, problem solving, sustainability)
• analyzing roots courses of productivity deficits
• Understanding potential and opportunities to increase margins
• Adjustment and/or streamlining of organizations, structures and processes
• Cost reduction measures (personnel, material expenses, quality etc.)
• Process re-engineering
• Lean Management implementation
• Selection and training of key personnel, since most deficits are related to poor leadership

LEADING THE SHOP FLOOR

TRAINING AND COACHING ON THE JOB FOR TEAM LEADERS, SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION MANAGERS)

• Role, tasks and responsibilities of a Team Leader, Supervisor, Production Manager
• Goal setting
• How to lead and inspire people
• How to communicate effectively
• Managing resources and stakeholders (logistics, maintenance, quality management, HR)
• Managing information
• Managing activities
• Problem solving techniques
• Checklists and routines
• Basics of Total Productive Maintenance
• Understanding and monitoring KPI
• Basics of quality management
• Ensuring safety on the shop floor
• Empowering people for continuous improvement
• 5s and 7 wastes of lean
• Learning to see
• Shop floor management (KPI, problem solving, sustainability)

The client receives:

• a well-founded analysis provided by a well-educated practical expert with many years of management experience
• a detailed proposal for action based on an independent expert report that will be used to determine further steps together with the client
• conceptual proposals for the implementation process the implementation process can be either supported on a consulting basis or, if requested, conducted on an interim basis
• Worldwide area of operation