Welcome to the thyssenkrupp Academy

Inner strength and a good way of dealing with yourself are the basis for a self-confident appearance as well as for a good cooperation with colleagues, superiors, employees and customers.  Dealing well with yourself - what sounds so simple is sometimes a fine art. This is not least due to the fact that the many challenges in everyday life often leave little time to reflect on oneself, on one's own life. As a consequence, we constantly lose the inner contact to ourselves. Therefore, take some time for yourself in this seminar. Experience the many possibilities for more power and serenity in life. Develop clarity about your own personality, recognize constricting thought patterns and learn to let them go. Learn the central pillars of self-awareness, do your personal values check, question your own values and recognize new possibilities for action.

Today, working from home and remote is becoming increasingly important. But while the flexibility and convenience of hybrid working offers many benefits, it can also be a challenge to manage your time effectively and maintain motivation. In this program, you will learn how to optimize the way you work to stay productive and organized and how to manage multiple challenges with less stress and more focus by using appropriate methods and prioritization. You will manage your time more confidently and improve your work performance!

High work pressure, diverse projects, changing teams, remote collaboration – all of this is looking for tips & tricks to optimize your skills. In this one-day, virtual training, you will discover and reflect on how you can optimize your working methods and strengthen collaboration in teams. You will dive into the topic of hybrid working and learn how you can increase your efficiency. <br/>You will expand your intercultural understanding and learn how to integrate this knowledge into your everyday work. In order to better organize your professional and personal everyday life, you will develop and reflect on practical skills in time and energy management that will help you. You will improve your communication skills through active listening, among other things, and thus strengthen your interpersonal relationships. And finally, master the art of constructive feedback to create an environment of continuous improvement.

The technological development of Artificial Intelligence (AI), especially Generative AI, opens up unimagined possibilities – and much faster than anticipated, but also with many possible directions. But what is certain: AI will be an integral part of all our lives in a few at the latest, and the sooner we get to grips with the possibilities, the better we can actively manage the potentials and challenges ahead. In our exclusive AI Bootcamp, you'll discover the future of AI for your business in two consecutive half days. On the first afternoon, you will learn via various impulses and expert presentations which technological developments will determine the next few years and which scenarios may occur. This will help you better understand the strategic importance of AI for your customers and your business. The next morning, you will actively participate in a workshop. You will develop a realistic AI scenario and define your strategic positioning. Our goal is to inspire you to understand all facets of AI, to derive the impact on your business model and to develop first short- and long-term approaches. Join us and secure your spot in this AI Bootcamp now to start unlocking the full potential of Artificial Intelligence for your business.

A personality captivates others, convinces and inspires. It is above all their authenticity, their clarity and inner strength that reaches and radiates to others. It convinces not only professionally, but also humanly, and this is also of great importance in working life. How convincing do you appear to others? How do you see yourself? How do others perceive you?   Do your self-image and the image of others match? How confidently do you act in difficult moments of conversation? These and other exciting questions will be explored in the practical seminar. Learn to assess yourself better through self-reflection, constructive feedback on your personality and in-depth exercises. You will gain credibility, charisma and persuasiveness. In addition, you will learn how to remain confident even in critical situations and how to clearly distinguish yourself. There will be shown ways of using witty repartee to bring conversations to a factual level, thus preventing the occurrence of verbal duels in the first place. You will receive a toolbox for successful criticism and appreciative communication.

One of thyssenkrupp’s top strategic priorities is the sustainable stabilization of the financial situation. This task is not only within the responsibility of our executive board, managing directors and top leaders. We can only be successful if we think and act in an entrepreneurial way on all company levels. The prerequisite for successful entrepreneurial activity is a fundamental understanding of business economic mechanisms – which is conveyed in this practice-oriented program. For this purpose, you will not only concentrate on creating a deeper understanding for general key performance indicators to analyze the financial performance of a company but also on the direct transfer to your own area and tasks within thyssenkrupp. You will learn how to systematically evaluate cost and value drivers in your own area and how to adjust them to maximize the financial performance.

You apply structuring skills and pyramidal communication in order to better communicate your concerns in meetings and presentations “to the point”. In this so-called pyramidal communication, the core message is at the beginning of your verbal or written communication, to be subsequently explained in a logical manner with the "best" numbers, data and facts – ideal for your internal decision templates or external customer presentations.

In this training we will introduce you to the basics of corporate design as part of corporate identity and how you can use the wide range of PowerPoint functions to create appealing presentations in thyssenkrupp corporate design. But what exactly are corporate design and corporate identity at thyssenkrupp? You will find out in this workshop. Using the thyssenkrupp styleguide, we will familiarize ourselves with the visual language and typical elements of thyssenkrupp presentations, applying useful resources and PowerPoint features in this regard. This will give you the tools you need to create presentations that not only meet thyssenkrupp’s design standards, but are also worthwhile and convincing.

Project work is increasingly becoming a daily task at thyssenkrupp. Whether it's external customer projects or internal changes – the structured handling of projects is a key success factor for achieving the project goals set, completing the project on time, and using resources efficiently. In this program, you will learn to apply project management methods and processes to projects according to the latest industry standards.

The program offers you a platform for intensive self-reflection with regard to challenges that determine the typical daily routine as a manager. Together with other participants you will learn how to create a performance-enhancing work environment for your team. You will reflect on your personal leadership values, your approach and your style in conflict situations and you will certainly gain some additional insights regarding the best mindset to deal with conflicts even more successfully. More than ever before, being a leader additionally means leading in times of constant change. Therefore, on the one hand, in this program we take a look at how change from the outside is implemented in a team. On the other hand, we will discuss how to implement ideas and suggestions in your area of responsibility on your own initiative as the responsible manager.

You will be able to use the most important argumentation techniques confidently and to convince your interlocutor of your concerns even in the face of resistance. You know the decisive factors of personal assertiveness. This will enable you to steer conversations confidently and to assert your own point of view. You know the meaning of status games and can vary your behavior according to the situation. You have a tool at hand with which you can view and influence every day and professional interactions from a completely new perspective. You know how to defuse tense, difficult situations, speak plainly and embody positive authority in a credible way.

In this program, you will receive in-depth qualification for the goal-oriented control of projects. Depending on the complexity of your internal or external project you will learn to scale those accordingly. Keep the focus and control the scope and quality, as well as the deadlines and costs professionally with the involvement of the project team.

Negotiations are not always easy and smooth, let alone conflict-free. A successful negotiator is not only expected to have the right strategy and arguments at hand, but also to be competent in negotiation psychology, to have an instinct for complex interrelationships and a confident, convincing performance. In this program you will acquire extensive knowledge and tools for the correct handling of the most diverse difficult negotiation situations and behavioral patterns of negotiation partners. At the same time you sharpen the perception of your own typical behavioral patterns in a negotiation, recognize the added value of team negotiations (but also their risks), and know how to apply specific tools and tactics in a negotiation. A further topic is negotiation at a distance, which has gained importance especially due to the Covid-19 pandemic: How can I build up empathy with my negotiation partner despite distance, how do I deal with stress caused by the new digital medias and what are the Do's & Don’ts of digital negotiations?

You will learn the basics of persuasion, appreciation and receiver-oriented language in personal communication. You will work on techniques for leading discussions and you will explore how to remain authoritative and calm, even in difficult situations. You can distinguish different types of communication-preferences and know how to address them in an appropriate way. You will recognize the impact of your own behavior on others and strengthen your persuasive power.