Following the new WU Motto “Rethink Economy”, the WU Executive Academy is strongly emphasizing innovation. This applies particularly to its department for Corporate and Management Development, which designs and develops executive education programs, ranging from the transfer of cutting-edge tools to the latest research results. The department’s special workshops such as “Leadership Orchestra” are designed and implemented in cooperation with external partners, allowing leaders and managers a change of perspective.
The focus lies on encoutering and engaging with unique circumstances, breaking familiar thought and behavior patterns as well as questioning what appears to be self-evident. These special workshops are designed and tailored according to the needs of the respective company, supported by experienced specialists and embedded in extensive further education programs or modules. The tie between theory and practice within the framework of a university as well as the actual transfer into the individual business environment are guaranteed.
CONCEPT
The “Leadership Orchestra” workshop provides executives with an opportunity to put on the сonductor‘s hat and meet a professional orchestra or string quartet representing employees. Following a short introduction to the art of conducting and an analysis of the (leadership) behavior of some famous conductors, participants start creating their personal interpretation of a piece of music together with the musicians. Along the way, they get to experience and examine their own leadership behavior (and that of others) first-hand.