Organizations are shaped as much by psychological dynamics as by strategy and structure. Beneath formal processes lie powerful forces that influence energy, alignment, performance, and resistance. Leaders who can recognize and work with these dynamics are better positioned to mobilize followership, sustain momentum, and navigate complexity.
This program focuses on understanding what truly drives or derails results: how psychological needs shape behavior, how emotions stabilize or undermine performance, and how leaders can be deliberate in how they show up. The program promotes strategic awareness of self and others. It enables leaders to work with both visible and invisible forces in organizational life.
A central element of the program is the use of participants’ real leadership challenges. Each participant brings a current situation from their organization, which becomes working material during the program.
Key facts
Benefits
Participants will:
- Gain insight into the hidden drivers of organizational performance
- Strengthen emotional containment capacity and self-regulation
- Mobilize followership through deliberate and credible leadership presence
- Navigate resistance and cultural dynamics more effectively
- Foster internal support while managing rivalry constructively
- Build resilience in themselves and their teams during change
Your profile
This program is designed for managers with at least five years of leadership experience who:
- Lead teams or business units with clear performance responsibility
- Operate in environments marked by complexity, change, or cultural tension
- Seek deeper insight into what drives performance in themselves and others
- Are motivated to refine their leadership impact
Key topics
• The hidden dynamics of organizational life
• Leadership, personality, and followership
• Emotional containment and self-regulation
• Culture as a driver of performance and stability
• The psychology of change and resistance
• Authority and necessary evils
• Coaching focused on participants’ leadership cases
Konstantin Korotov
Next dates
How you will learn
Learning is grounded in participants’ real leadership situations. Each participant brings a current leadership challenge from their organization, which becomes working material during the program.
The program combines:
• Work on participants’ leadership cases
• Faculty input and discussion of psychological dynamics in organizations
• Peer exchange and reflection
• Coaching focused on participants’ cases
• A live online follow-up session one month after the program to revisit cases and support continued application
Participants’ voices
The program started with the question: why should anyone follow you?
It's basically what the program is all about. You reflect about leadership and how to actively motivate teammates to achieve a common goal.
An illuminating program that deepens your understanding of yourself, your relationships with others, and the dynamics shaping leadership.
Looking for more information, a consultation, or support with your application?
- Phone: +49 30 21231 1490
- Email: bd@esmt.org
