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Leading Change

Executive education program in English

Leading change (LCH.19)

Duration: 3 Days
Location: Berlin
Dates: 11. - 13. Nov 2025
4,100 €

Initiating and implementing change in organizations

This program will prepare you to successfully lead change initiatives in organizations by looking at the main levers for successful change. Learn how to anticipate and address change challenges and the various issues they can generate, i.e., psychological, political and organizational. Understand why change initiatives can fail and how to deal with concerns and resistance.

If you are looking for a German-language program on leading change, we recommend Veränderungsinitiativen führen.

Leading change (LCH.19)

Duration: 3 Days
Location: Berlin
Dates: 11. - 13. Nov 2025
4,100 €

Your profile

  • Executives or senior experts concerned with initiating, managing, or leading change initiatives.

Benefits

  • Understanding change as a central process of an organization
  • Receiving a change toolkit and scripts to analyze, initiate and implement change initiatives
  • Psychological understanding of the impact of change on people and how to address resistance

Topics

  • Patterns and dynamics of change processes
  • Main reasons for failure and success of change initiatives
  • Instruments and tools for change initiatives
  • Dealing with concerns and resistance to change
  • Understanding of individual preferences in change interactions
  • Leading technical and change

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Meet our teaching staff

The programs have been 
designed – and will be led –
by ESMT faculty members 
and ESMT visiting faculty. 
They will also guide and 
advise you throughout 
your studies.

Ulf Schäfer

Visiting Lecturer, ESMT Berlin and Associate Professor of Practice, SDA Bocconi

Testimonials

"Change has never been more present in my life than right now. With all the ongoing challenges around the globe, I'm glad that I spent these three days at ESMT Berlin to deep dive into this topic. A diverse group of people from different cultures and nationalities sharing insights about their perspectives is definitely an eye-opening moment.

And you know, if there's one constant in life - it's definitely change."

Tobas Plewka, salesforce Germany, Lead Technical Consultant

Maximize your professional growth

Need to build a solid strategic foundation first?

Begin with the Solid Growth program, where you’ll develop a robust strategy. Then, enhance your leadership skills by transitioning to Leading Change, where you’ll learn to implement that strategy effectively.  

These two programs are designed to work together, guiding you from strategy creation to execution within the same week: 2.5 days of Solid Growth, followed by 2.5 days of Leading Change. 

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Postgraduate Diploma in Management

This program can also be taken as part of the Postgraduate Diploma in Management curriculum. Bring your career to the next level and gain the formal recognition of your professional development with this university-level certificate.

Earn your certificate

Your Program Advisor

Your program advisor

​​​​​​​Beatrix Becker
Head of Business Development, ESMT Berlin

Phone: +49 30 21231 6205

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