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Certificates: Digital Leadership" certificate
Certificate "Change Manager (IHK)" -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
(Change Manager:in zertifiziert durch die IHK) -
Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 8 Weeks
Digital Leadership
Challenges of Digital Transformation (approx. 2 days)
Digital Leadership – The Big Picture
Distinguishing Between Leadership, Digital Leadership, and Digital Business Leadership
VUCA Environment / BANI Environment
Limits and Challenges of Digitalization in Leadership
Consequences of Digitalization for the Market and Competition
Customer Expectations in the Digital Age
Leading People Through Digital Transformation (approx. 4 days)
How Do People “Work”? (Insights from Neurobiology)
Systemic Perspectives on the Individualization of Leadership
Tasks and Roles of Leaders in the Digital Transformation
Motivation as the Foundation of Self-Management and Leadership
Emotional Intelligence as a Key Competency
Self-Leadership and Decision-Making in Complex Environments
Dealing with Uncertainty and Complexity in the Digital Leadership Landscape
Remote Leadership and Leading Hybrid Teams
Fostering Digital Skills Within the Team
New Work/Agile Leadership (approx. 2 days)
Work 4.0 - basics of a new world of work
Self-organization and self-management in a digital context
Team collaboration in digital times
Remote collaboration: tools, methods and rituals
Strategic and operational leadership in practice
Building, developing and supporting teams
Basics of agile methods (e.g. Scrum, Kanban - overview)
Designing organization and transformation (approx. 2 days)
Selection and introduction of digital processes, methods and tools
Change and transformation management
Ambidextrous organization (ambidexterity)
Dealing with skepticism and resistance in change processes
Analysis of the digital maturity level of organizations
Artificial intelligence as a management tool (approx. 2 days)
AI in everyday management
AI as a manager - competition or help
Effects of generative AI on work
Dealing with big data as a digital leader
Responsibility and risks
Digital business models, goals, strategies, key performance indicators and KPIs (approx. 3 days)
Value creation processes and digital business models
Development of goals and strategies
Defining key figures for process control
Defining and measuring key performance indicators (KPIs)
Introduction of objectives and key results (OKRs) as an agile target system
Project work (approx. 5 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Change Manager (IHK)
Fundamentals of Industry 5.0 and Digital Transformation (approx. 3 days)
Industry 5.0 – Sustainable, Human-Centered, and Resilient
Developments from the Past to the Present
Digital Revolution or Natural Evolution
The Key Building Blocks for a Factory of the Future
The Impact of Industry 5.0 on the Economy and People
The Technical Foundation – Intelligent, Digitally Networked Systems and Production Processes
Digital Transformation as a Continuous Process of Development
Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI as Drivers of Transformation
Opportunities and Limitations of AI in Everyday Work Life
Legal Framework: The EU AI Act
Personal Adaptability in the Context of New Work (approx. 4 days)
The New Work Era
Putting People First
The New World of Work—More Digital, More Mobile, More Efficient, and More Connected
The Old Workplace—A Look Back
The New Workplace – Current Status
The Workplace of the Future—Video Conferencing, Remote Work, and Robots
Global Teams: The Key Building Blocks for Successful Global Collaboration and Teamwork
Self-organization and self-management in the New Work era
Agile Learning and Knowledge Management in the Digital Age
AI-powered tools for self-organization and knowledge management
An Overview of Models and Tools for Modern Conflict Management
The Opportunities of New Work and Work 5.0
Systems and Processes (approx. 3 days)
Process Analysis with a Focus on Digital Transformation
AI-powered process mining for process optimization
Lean Management – Rethinking Leadership Processes
Design Thinking – An Insight into the New Approach to Problem Solving and Idea Generation
AI as an ideation partner in Design Thinking
Scrum – An Approach to Agile Project and Product Management
Change and Innovation Management (approx. 5 days)
Analyzing Change—The Beginning of the Change Process
Tools and Instruments in the Change Process
AI-powered analysis and forecasting tools in the change process
Designing a Change Architecture—The “Core Competency” in Change Management
Success Factors in Change Management
Dealing with Resistance
The Importance of Change Communication
Generative AI in Change Communication
Innovation Management – Change Management as a Driver of Innovation
The Innovation Process: Planning, Implementation, and Performance Monitoring
AI as a Driver of Innovation for New Business Models
Change Monitoring in Change Processes (approx. 2 days)
Agile Reporting – Progress Tracking
AI-Powered Reporting and Data Analysis
Communication Controlling—Planning, Management, and Monitoring of Corporate Communications
AI-powered sentiment analysis in communication management
Project work (approx. 3 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
You understand the importance of change and innovation for business success and know the impact of changing processes and structures on the working environment. You are familiar with the roles in a modern company, you can develop strategic plans and then evaluate their success.
You will also be able to contribute effectively as a specialist and manager in a modern, digitally networked working environment. You can contribute to the development of key strategies to implement processes in a meaningful way.
This course is aimed at specialists and managers from all areas of the company who are involved in digitally networked, global work structures and want to successfully support processes and employees there.
Specialists and managers who are familiar with digital processes and can bring them into the company are in demand across all industries. Interdisciplinary knowledge in the digital field can be used in large and medium-sized companies as well as in agencies.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).