Portrait ZfU - Zentrum für Unternehmungsführung AG

ZfUCenter for Entrepreneurial Leadership - Learning from the best.

Our aim is to support you as a leader and your company. For over 40 years, we have been bringing people from all over the German-speaking world together at our continuing education, further training events, both public and in-house, to develop, exchange ideas and network.

Competence. Develop skills and benefit from experience.

Our aim is to continuously develop your leadership personality and skills at the highest level.

Excellence. Only the best can lead the way.

Thinking outside the box, breaking new ground, encouraging and being different. This is what we and our renowned speakers and trainers, all recognized specialists with a wealth of experience in their field, stand for. If you want to learn from the best, you've come to the right place.

Exclusivity. Top speakers that you will only find at ZfU.

Dr. Reinhard K. Sprenger, Percy Hoven, Leo Martin, Dani Nieth, Patricia Staniek and many other luminaries await you. Our challenge is to fill each event with the most renowned minds from the German-speaking world.

ZfU Seminars

We guarantee that all seminars are conducted at the highest level. As much theory as necessary, as little as possible: great importance is attached to the practical part, practical examples, discussions and the exchange of experiences. The seminars take place in selected hotels. Intensive work, discussions and exchanges take place in small groups.

Seminar topics and selected classic seminars

Board of Directors and Corporate Governance

• The Board of Directors seminar
• Certified member of the Board of Directors ZfU

Strategy and corporate management

• The CEO seminar
• Business administration for non-business economists
• The strategy seminar: Development & implementation of an effective strategy
• ESG reporting focus on SMEs
• Artificial intelligence (AI) as a game changer
• Strategic risk management
• Strategic sustainability management
• Contract law for non-lawyers
• Systems thinking - looking at the big picture

Finance and controlling

• Storytelling with numbers
• Financial and liquidity planning
• Finance and controlling for non-finance professionals
• Beyond budgeting - demystifying the myth

Leadership

• Leadership skills for newly appointed managers
• The leadership seminar: Modern leadership in practice
• Dr. Reinhard K. Sprenger: Radical Leadership - Reduced to the Max!
• Dr. Reinhard K. Sprenger: The magic of conflict
• Dr. Reinhard K. Sprenger: Radical self-management
• True leadership - leading in extreme situations
• Beyond the Limits: Elite - Leadership training in the flight simulator!
• A desire to perform - How employees learn to love work (again)
• Dealing with aggression and violence in the workplace

Communication

• Secret weapons of communication: How to win people over
• Negotiate professionally according to the Harvard Concept®
• Effective rhetoric with Percy Hoven
• Professional interviewing with Gabriela Amgarten

Personal development

• Prof. Dr. Peter Warschawski: Overcoming your own limits
• Prof. Dr. Peter Warschawski: Success and self-confidence - a synergy
• Mindfulness: strengthening serenity, focus and vitality in the Shaolin style
• Performance Booster
• Resilience - overcoming challenges with inner strength
• How do I come across to others? And how do I want to come across?
• Self-coaching tools for managers
• Mindfulness: strengthening serenity, focus and vitality in the Shaolin style

Human Resource Management

• Active Sourcing
• An agile transformation of the annual performance review

Project management

• Successful project management: Module 1 and Module 2
• Certified project manager ZfU
• Project management: agile and lean
• Agile-hybrid project management
• Project diagnosis - looking behind the scenes of the project
• Quick introduction to project management

Office Management

• Assistance 4.0
• Office organization 4.0
• Modern and professional correspondence
• Professional office management
• Artificial intelligence (AI) in the office

... and many other exciting business topics!

ZfU courses at a glance

The certified courses are suitable for all those who are interested in intensive continuing education, further training, want to expand and deepen their knowledge in a specific area and focus on practical knowledge. Most courses are structured in the form of seminar modules, whereby both the dates and the sequence can be freely selected. In order for the certificate to be issued, all modules must be attended in full.

• Certified member of the Board of Directors ZfU - Duration: 6 days
• Certified Managing Director ZfU - Duration: 14 days
• Certified Strategy Expert ZfU - Duration: 10 days
• Certified Finance Business Partner ZfU - Duration: 7 days
• Certified Leadership Executive ZfU - Duration: 8 days
• Certified Leadership Professional ZfU - Duration: 8 days
• Certified Sales Professional ZfU - Duration: 5 days
• Certified Production Manager ZfU - Duration: 5 days
• Certified project manager ZfU - Duration: 6 days
• Certified Change Manager ZfU - Duration: 9 days
• Certified Office Manager ZfU - Duration: 7 days

ZfU Master of Business Excellence

Individual module selection and simple points system:With the NDT Master's program, you can put together exactly the content you need to achieve your goals. You get exactly the knowledge you need and deepen your skills according to your requirements and wishes.

The simple NDT points system allows you to put together your own individual Master's program from the entire range of seminars on offer.You need 21 points for the Master's degree. This corresponds to 21 seminar days.

Thanks to the modular system, you can start the NDT Master's program at any time. You can determine the intensity and sequence of the seminars yourself and plan them according to your calendar. The course lasts a maximum of 3 years, including the Master's thesis (project presentation), which is approved by a renowned expert.

Degree and diploma:After achieving the 21 points (seminar days) and completing the Master's thesis, participants are entitled to use the title "ZfU Master of Business Excellence".

Information for existing ZfU customers:ZfU seminar days that you have completed within a certain period will be credited to you.