Wittenberg Leadership Colloquium
Decision-makers in the economy face significant societal pressure. They are expected to be successful in competitive markets – and at the same time, they need to be role models of integrity and responsible behavior. Managers must always do the ‘right’ thing.
However, what points of orientation are there for doing the ‘right’ thing in the face of contradictory demands and interests? How should decision makers act when rules and data are lacking, incomplete or contradictory? How can they live up to their responsibility, despite competitive pressures, scarcity of resources and major cultural differences? Due to the growing uncertainty and increased pace of development, long standing processes and tried and tested KPIs are losing their validity. During the Wittenberg Leadership Colloquium, the WCGE presents concepts and instruments for putting responsible leadership into practice. Training is based on a global perspective, leverages insights from leading academics and does justice to the necessary dialogue between partners from politics, business and civil society. We are convinced that successful leadership requires strong competencies and a strong disposition. Supporting the development of these traits is the goal of our leadership colloquium.
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The leadership colloquium is tailored to employees with leadership responsibility in all areas of a company, who are identified by their organization as worthy candidates for further leadership responsibility in the future.
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The Leadership Colloquium offers training in ethics for everyday business life based on the three pillars of theoretical teaching, practical application and personal reflection. Based on the inspiration gained, participants are able to develop their personal moral compass and answer the following questions in challenging situations:
- How can conflicts be analysed (reflection)?
- What potential solutions are there (practical impact)?
- How can decisions be justified (argumentation & communication)?
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Throughout the Colloquium, connections are established between the responsibility of individuals (leadership ethics), the responsibility of collective actors (ethics in corporations and organisations) and the moral value of systems of political and economic order (institutional ethics). The limitation of the number of participants, in combination with innovative and interactive teaching methods (e.g. case studies and role plays), maximizes the individual learning experience. Following the Colloquium, participants remain in touch via the ‘Leadership Ethics Network’, which they can draw on to ask for advice on business ethics issues.
Day 1 – Argumentation and communication: Leading scholars present concepts and instruments of economic and business ethics and leadership ethics
Day 2 – Practical application: The concepts and instruments learnt are applied to specific issues in dialogue with experts from politics, business and civil society.
Day 3 – Reflection: Key insights and ideas are systematically collated and specific ‘lessons learnt’ are recorded.
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Keynote-Speaker
- Dr. Reinhard Göhner (Hauptgeschäftsführer BDA)
- Dr. Reiner Haseloff (Ministerpräsident Sachsen-Anhalt)
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Huber (Bischof i.R., Ratsvorsitzender EKD i.R.)
- Margret Suckale (Vorstandsmitglied BASF, Präsidentin BAVC)
- Wolfgang Tiefensee (Wirtschafts- und Wissenschaftsminister Thüringen)
- Frank Kohl-Boas (Google; Personalvorstand Nordwest, Zentral & Osteuropa)
Dialogue-Partner
- Bundesarbeitgeberverband Chemie
- Deutscher Caritasverband
- Deutscher Fußball-Bund
- Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie
- Päpstliche Stiftung Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice
- Regierungskommission Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex
- The Aspen Institute
- Thomaskirche Leipzig
- Transparency International Deutschland
- Generalkonsul Shanghai
- BMW Betriebsrat
- AlgorithmWatch
Participants
Since 2012, over 100 managers have taken part in the Colloquium from companies such as Axel Springer; Allianz; BASF; Bayer; Bertelsmann; BMW; Commerzbank; Daimler; Deutsche Bank; Deutsche Lufthansa; enviaM; Eon; Evonik; Hapag Lloyd; HHL; K+S; KPMG; Lanxess; Merck; MiRO; Trumpf; Tutory; UniCredit/HypoVereinsbank; VNG Verbundnetz Gas; Volkswagen; WackerChemie.
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Adrian Gombert
Project Manager
Tel. +49(0)3491 / 5079 116
Email
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