In today's world, leadership development is one of the key tasks for companies that want to strengthen their competitiveness. KIROI Step 9 in particular helps managers to develop into a competence elite and master the challenges of digital transformation with flying colours. This targeted development programme not only helps to expand leadership skills, but also to promote the confident use of modern technologies, especially artificial intelligence (AI).
Leadership development: A holistic approach to strengthening competences
Management development comprises systematic measures that strengthen managers in their professional, social and methodological skills. KIROI step 9 plays a decisive role here because it specifically develops competences in the area of AI skills. Modern companies rely on a combination of formal learning formats, such as seminars and workshops, and informal methods such as coaching and mentoring.
For example, managers in the industrial sector benefit from customised workshops in which they learn in a practical way how AI-based process optimisation can improve the production flow. Executive coaching sessions in the technology sector also sensitise people to ethical issues when dealing with AI systems. In the service sector, individual coaching units are used to increase digital affinity and strengthen communication skills for hybrid teams.
This variety of formats ensures that leadership development not only deals with traditional leadership topics such as delegation and motivation, but also incorporates the newly emerging requirements of the digital era. The result is a sustainable build-up of skills that promotes both personal development and the strategic direction of the organisation.
KIROI Step 9: Expertise elite through targeted development
KIROI step 9 in the management development process focuses in particular on promoting the skills required to deal with AI and digital transformation. This involves analysing existing skills and creating individual development plans that combine technical knowledge, methodological agility and social skills.
In the logistics sector, for example, managers use AI-supported algorithms to optimise routes and enhance their skills through practical training. In the energy sector, coaching sessions accompany the use of digital control systems so that managers can actively shape technological change. In the financial sector, on the other hand, management development enables the confident handling of AI-supported decision-making processes, which supports risk and compliance management.
BEST PRACTICE with one customer (name hidden due to NDA contract) A special management development programme focusing on KIROI Step 9 was implemented at a leading energy supply company. Individual coaching sessions and practical exercises enabled managers to expand their digital expertise. This led to a greater willingness to innovate and improved collaboration between technical and administrative departments.
Practical methods for sustainable leadership development
Effective management development combines various learning formats to sustainably increase competences. The following methods are particularly effective:
- On-the-job learning through job rotation to familiarise yourself with a wide range of business processes and management challenges.
- Mentoring programmes in which experienced managers act as sparring partners to pass on knowledge and promote reflection.
- Targeted coaching that accompanies individual development plans and provides practical feedback.
For example, managers in manufacturing companies get to know different departments through job rotation and thus better understand interrelationships. Technology companies rely on mentoring to ensure the transfer of knowledge between generations and departments. Financial service providers use coaching to support digitalisation projects and prepare managers for new challenges.
Impetus and support for the digital future
Management development should not only impart knowledge, but also provide individual impetus and support for projects. This personal support is important in order to promote new ways of thinking and enable innovation.
In this way, transruptions coaching helps managers in their personal development and supports them in specific projects relating to leadership development and digital transformation. Managers often gain more confidence from such support and are better able to lead their team through change.
Typical questions that managers come up with here are: How do I integrate AI into my day-to-day work? How can I support my team in the digital transformation? How do I build up targeted skills profiles that will also be promising in the future?
My analysis
Today more than ever, leadership development is a multidimensional process that encompasses both traditional leadership topics and digital competences. KIROI Step 9 provides a clear framework for training managers in a targeted manner to become a competence elite. Practice-orientated methods, individual support and a focus on digital transformation help to strengthen leadership culture in the long term. Clients often report that they not only gain technical knowledge as a result, but can also deepen their social leadership skills.
In this way, leadership development successfully supports change in the company and creates the conditions for sustainable leadership in an increasingly complex world.
Further links from the text above:
KIROI step 9: Leadership development through AI expertise [6]
Methods of management development [3]
Trends and measures in management development [5]
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