Description
Leadership in transition – Successfully integrating external managing directors into family businesses.
Many family businesses in Germany today are facing a decisive change of course: the founding generation is retiring, successors from within the family are becoming rarer – external managing directors are increasingly taking over the reins. But what happens when ownership and operational management are separated? And what is important to ensure that these transitions are successful?
In this course, you will learn why external managers are increasingly becoming a reality in family businesses – and how their selection is the key to success. The focus is on the question of how corporate culture, trust and strategic understanding act as connecting elements between family and management.
Your key learnings:
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Insight into demographic change and its impact on family succession
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Understanding the centrifugal forces in multigenerational companies
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Criteria for the successful selection of external managing directors
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Importance of corporate culture and trust in the management process
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Ways to strike a balance between preservation and change in management
Who is this course suitable for?
For entrepreneurial families, advisory boards, HR managers and anyone involved in professional succession and sustainable leadership.
Why you should book this course:
Because the right leadership not only steers the company – but also secures the family’s assets and values. Learn how to integrate external managers in a strategically and culturally appropriate way.
Start now and successfully shape the generation change!



