How do you lead your teams to deal with increasing competition and a fast-changing economic climate? Discontinuous changes and high uncertainty call for an enhanced sense of meaningfulness for the whole organisation. They mean leaders must make sure employees understand changes are part of a larger picture that stretches beyond the organisation.
During this four-day intensive RSM Executive Education programme you will explore how to bring out the best in yourself and others to deliver exceptional performance for your company. By unlocking the organisation’s collective intelligence and working with emerging ideas, you will move your company forward, motivate your team, and successfully reach business goals.
Led by Prof. Dirk van Dierendonck and executive coach Eline Peeters, the programme will accelerate your learning, development, action and impact through the practical application of methods and tools in your own business challenges. Your learning journey will also be supported by a structured intake process, a 360° evaluation, one-on-one coaching session and two thought-provoking dinner sessions.
The Challenge of Leadership programme will expand your leadership repertoire; you will gain new perspectives, increase your ability as a leader and develop your own way to inspire your people. You will be ready to take your teams and company to the next performance level.
Discover the full overview of short courses
The Challenge of Leadership is a module of RSM’s Advanced Management and Leadership Programme (AMLP), but can also be followed separately. The intensive modular management programme will sharpen your critical thinking skills and enable you to enhance your impact as a leader.
You will benefit from the programme if you are a manager or professional with a minimum of seven years of experience in a leadership role and are looking for pragmatic and powerful ways to broaden and deepen your impact and contribution. You’re leading a department or division within your company, you’re managing other managers.
If you have some experience in managing teams, are new to managing teams or interested in team dynamics, please take a look at our Team Leadership programme.
You should comply with the following requirements if you wish to take part in The Challenge of Leadership programme:
You have a minimum of 5 years of managerial experience
You have budget responsibility and have financial impact in your organisation
You have responsibility in the strategic decision-making process in your organisation.
Your application will be final once we have informed you on the basis of the intake call that your application has been accepted.
During The Challenge of Leadership Programme you will learn from Prof. Dirk van Dierendonck and Eline Peeters. Occasionally we may substitute other faculty members according to the content of the programme and their availability.
Dirk van Dierendonck is a professor of HRM, organisational psychologist, and dean of faculty at RSM. He also co-founded the Erasmus Centre for Leadership. Dirk’s expertise includes servant leadership and leadership development, wellbeing, happiness and burnout. He encourages people to become the best they can be, using an evidence-based approach grounded in psychology and management. His research has been published in leading journals on management, organisational behaviour and human resource management. Dirk translates academic knowledge into practical tools for HR professionals, such as EU-funded projects about cultural diversity, age management and artful leadership.
Eline Peeters is a senior trainer and executive coach with a broad expertise in the fields of leadership, personal effectiveness and communication. She believes that development starts with consciousness and is nurtured by experience. That’s why she finds focus on both awareness and experimentation essential. Eline facilitates and challenges people to expand their comfort zone in matters of leadership by using appreciative inquiry and curiosity. She searches for what drives behaviour by exploring convictions and values.
Day 1: 9:00 – 21:00 (with dinner)
Day 2: 8:30 – 19:00
Day 3: 8:30 – 17:30
Day 4: 9:00 – 15:30
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€ 6,300 (excl. 21% VAT) including course materials, lunches, and snacks. This fee does not include hotel accommodation.
25% discount for alumni from Erasmus University Rotterdam and RSM.
Our general terms and conditions apply when you register for an open programme. Please review them to learn more about our policies for cancellation, deferral and substitution.
The programme takes place in the Bayle building on the Woudestein Campus of Erasmus University Rotterdam.
We recommend Novotel Rotterdam Brainpark Hotel, adjacent to the university and less than five minutes’ walk from campus. Participants benefit from special rates.
