
Self leadership
Self leadership is the basis for successfully guiding a team and achieving sustainable performance. This short program aims to equip everyone with concrete strategies to better manage their personal resources and thus have a greater impact on their team. Getting to know yourself before learning how to manage others.

Presentation of the program
Today's volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment (known as ‘VUCA’ or ‘BANI’ Brittle, Anxious, Non-linear, Incomprehensible) underlines the importance of cultivating human skills that foster courage, perseverance, creativity and resilience. Knowing how to manage oneself is a prerequisite for managing a team conscientiously and achieving a collective ambition. Three main chapters will be covered using a pragmatic and practical method: self-knowledge, self-control and finally impact and resilience.
This short course will offer simple practices for managing day-to-day pressure, staying positive, focused, inspired and inspiring so as to enthuse a team even in difficult circumstances. The approach combines theoretical input, practical exercises and sharing. Participants will leave with a wealth of practical tools and are invited to make a concrete commitment at the end of the course. They will also have the opportunity to carry out a resilience diagnosis before and after the course to identify their potential improvements and existing strengths.
Learning objectives
- Understand the human physiology underlying the interactions between body, emotions, mind and spirit.
- Connect with oneself to become aware of the impact of a leader's behaviors on teams and the environment.
- Identify simple practices and rhythms that can be realistically integrated into a leader's routine.
Target audience
- Anyone in charge of a department or team wishing to develop their human and interpersonal skills.
- Managers or future managers wishing to develop and review their leadership behaviors and practices.
- Executives and future executives wishing to achieve high performance while taking care of themselves, others and the planet.
About the program
This short program Self leadership was built for professionals seeking to learn about fundamental concepts and then practice them trough practical exercises. There is a strong emphasis on practical application supported by academic excellence, with the use of exercises and break-out groups, industry examples and guest speakers. The fundamental notions will be presented beforehand, then supplemented and illustrated by numerous practical exercises based on real cases .
This approach will allow the participants to deploy the concepts presented during the course as well as forging a strong analytical mindset to tackle future challenges they might face on .
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Program's sessions
- full dates
- 26, 27 and 28 February 2026
- language
- French
- registration
- Before 31 January 2026
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- full dates
- 26, 27 and 28 February 2026
- language
- French
- registration
- Before 31 January 2026