Sign up for the new development programme and gain key competencies to help you grow and apply them in any profession.
The programme will run from 26 September 2024 to 12 December 2024, every Thursday from 9 to 11:30 am.
Lecturer Jan Konopásek will share with you the best practices and techniques and let you try them out in various activities. Through group work, discussions, simulation exercises for specific situations and space to share your own experiences, you will gain more confidence and significantly strengthen your management skills.
Course topics
- communication
- cooperation
- performance
- conflict resolution and negotiation
- assertive behaviour
- self-reflection/self-insight – critical perception of self, limits, and abilities
- creative solutions to complex problems
- strategic thinking
- structured thinking leading to problem recognition, understanding and resolution
- constructive criticality and the ability to accept criticism
- the ability to adapt and accept change
- independence
- information retrieval and orientation.
The programme can be supplemented with other topics based on the needs and requirements of the participants.
Main benefits
- strengthening key managerial competencies
- development of strengths and weaknesses and practice in using them
- training for challenging work situations and best practices for handling them
- simulating the working environment by working in a stable group
- space for sharing experiences and feedback.
Who are the intended participants?
- The programme for managers is designed for all those who want to develop their professional and personal skills.
- The Top Managers Programme is designed for experienced managers who want to pass on their experience and further support their personal growth.
Programme
- The programme consists of twelve 2.5-hour sessions.
- The group will meet face-to-face on a regular basis.
- The group will consist of a maximum of twelve participants who will go through the programme together.
- The programme will contain a theoretical part framing the selected topics and an extensive practical part consisting of model situations and group discussions.
Mgr. Jan Konopásek, LL.M., top manager, supervisor, coach, psychotherapist
The group will be led by Jan Konopásek, an expert with many years of experience in management, leadership, psychotherapeutic and supervisory work, and coaching. Jan has over 20 years of experience in the financial sector in senior positions. He has management experience in corporate compliance, managing strategic projects aimed at setting up changes in processes in organisations.
Since 2014 he has been involved in coaching, work supervision, individual and couples psychotherapy. He holds a master's degree in social work and applied psychotherapy. He has a full psychotherapeutic education accredited by Česká psychoterapeutická a psychiatrická společnost (the Czech Society of Psychotherapy and Psychiatry) and Asociace klinických psychologů (the Association of Clinical Psychologists).
Who trains with us?
Kooperativa pojišťovna, a.s., Vienna Insurance Group, Hynek Vodička
Be an Insurance Company CEO for a Day: An elaborate game that is excellent for gaining experience in making decisions on an insurance company’s strategy, including the ensuing financial result. I recommend playing this game with sales people and agents, too. It’s a pity that it only covers non-life insurance. I recommend expanding the game to include other insurance companies as well.
Kooperativa pojišťovna, a.s., Vienna Insurance Group, Michal Novotný
Be an Insurance Company CEO for a Day: The game impressed with its quick presentation of results and a very entertaining drawing of market scenarios and disasters. Although the extent to which each “setting” affected market shares and costs was not very clear, this added an exciting element of surprise. Subsequently, after several interactions, the impact could be estimated.
CHRPA sociální firma Slezské diakonie o.p.s., Petr Světlík
Financial risk management for social enterprises: Since attending your training course, we have started reorganising the firm’s entire operation. We hired an accountant and started reviewing everything from the ground up and putting everything in order. Previously, we only used an external accountant. We now calculate expenses and revenues, and allocate costs to individual products. We monitor how long it takes to manufacture each product, etc. We are reorganising work procedures and so forth. I know, six years after the firm’s establishment, it may seem a bit late, but it was your course that finally opened my eyes. What’s more, we managed to obtain three new customers.
OGResearch, s.r.o., David Vávra
ISAE 3402 issues: Professional training sessions led by experienced lecturer Radka Haluzíková, who manages to quickly and efficiently pass on a whole range of information in the area of ISAE 3402. Her exceptional identification with our requirements in the field of education is highly appreciated. Since the beginning of our cooperation, we have had no reasons whatsoever for any dissatisfaction. We are content with the course and the contents of the professional training, the selection of topics for individual groups of employees, practical examples and suitability for our company’s actual business activity, as well as the ability to promptly and flexibly adjust the topic according to real issues presented.
CHRPA sociální firma Slezské diakonie o.p.s., Petr Světlík
Mentoring programme for social enterprices: Many thanks to KPMG for the mentoring experience. I found it immensely beneficial. Analysing our firm in such a pleasant company of mentors was a real experience. Both mentors (H. Pleskačová) were very pleasant and at the same time honest and able to communicate negative things (which is very important for me) while also being able to appreciate things that are positive. There’s nothing better than being able to discuss your firm’s issues with an unbiased professional who provides you with a completely independent view of your problem or concern and advises you on what to do next and how. Since we started cooperation with KPMG, big changes have been taking place at our firm – for the better. After this experience, I will be happy to pay for additional mentoring classes.