Leadership Development: Training and Talent Development
The future needs leadership
Retaining talent
Your best minds are your greatest advantage. We help you retain these talents and strengthen them in a targeted manner for tomorrow.
Effective from day 1
The future needs leadership
Retaining talent
Effective from day 1
Our formats deliver immediately usable results. Your managers and talented employees take concrete tools with them into their everyday work.
What Is Leadership Development?
Definition & Objectives
Leadership development encompasses all strategic measures designed to systematically strengthen the methodological, social, and personal competencies of managers and high-potential talent. The goal is to prepare them for complex challenges—whether in day-to-day team leadership or in large-scale change projects. Professional leadership development ensures that these measures are precisely aligned with the corporate culture and strategic goals. In this way, leadership becomes a true competitive advantage.
Our Solutions for Your Leadership Development
As a leading change management consulting firm, we have been developing executives and high-potential talent for over 33 years. In the last five years alone, we have supported more than 500 change projects—and the number is growing. Throughout this time, we have seen one thing time and again: Change can only succeed through strong people.
That is why we understand the challenges faced by leaders and high-potential employees in both large corporations and small and medium-sized enterprises. Our leadership development programs are anything but run-of-the-mill. You choose the topics and modules that are relevant to you. We tailor the content specifically to your employees. This results in customized development initiatives with lasting impact.
01 Executive training
So that your managers can actively shape change—clearly, confidently, and effectively.
03 Immersive training
Real challenges for talented individuals and managers in a realistic business environment.
01 Executive training
So that your managers can actively shape change—clearly, confidently, and effectively.
03 Immersive training
01 Executive training
Today, leaders are under enormous pressure. They are expected to guide their teams through far-reaching changes, drive performance, and at the same time create an environment where people enjoy working. This is a demanding task—and it is precisely this task that we support. Our leadership development program is not a traditional seminar. It is a workshop: application-focused, experience-based, and tailored to the real challenges your leaders face.
We want to achieve this together with you
Leadership Development: What Sets Us Apart
Five points distinguish our work from traditional training providers.
Typical Topics for Your Leadership Development Program
Our trainers don't bring ready-made concepts to the table. They bring real questions. For example: How are you currently dealing with performance issues in your team? Where do you feel uncertain in a conversation?
These responses, for example, form the basis for a workshop. We work with real-life cases and situations from your executives’ day-to-day work. This way, they don’t just take away theory—but proven solutions from the leadership training. Development takes place precisely on the topics that many of our clients are currently grappling with:
Conversation skills & feedback
Leadership in times of change
Performance-oriented leadership
self-management
How do I manage myself? Where are my limits, my patterns, my strengths—and how can I consciously use them?
Conversation skills & feedback
Leadership in times of change
Performance-oriented leadership
self-management
What's in it for you
At CPC, we believe in leadership training and programs that directly contribute to the business.
Isabel Schäfer, Manager at CPC
02 Talent development
Every company has its own unique definition of what talent is. But most agree on two points:
Talents are the people you rely on to lead the company into a successful future. And talents are the people you definitely want to keep in the company—no matter how uncertain the times may be.
We have designed our training formats for talent development precisely along these two lines. Because both belong together: retaining talent and strengthening talent.
We want to achieve this together with you
The intention is always the same: your talents should feel that they are needed, seen, and have an exciting future in your company.
And they should be given the tools, knowledge, and attitude they need to actually lead your company into the future.
Our three approaches to talent development
1. Value and retain talent
Retention doesn't start with salary increases. It starts with the feeling of belonging. I'm doing something that matters here. We help our clients create exactly this feeling—with measures that truly value talent.
1. Value and retain talent
To this end, we use the following proven approaches, among others:
- Exceptional experiences: These can be special events, inspiring encounters, or unforgettable moments that make talented individuals feel: This is the right place for me.
- Targeted matchmaking with experts: Talent grows when it comes into contact with the right people. We create these connections—both inside and outside the company.
- Delegating important tasks: The strongest message to talented individuals is trust. That is why we introduce the targeted delegation of important tasks as a development measure.
2. Strengthening talents for tomorrow's tasks
Talented individuals need more than just expertise to lead your company into the future. They need the right tools, the right knowledge, and, above all, the right attitude—so they can take action even in uncertain times.
2. Strengthening talents for tomorrow's tasks
To this end, we work with our clients to design exciting and varied development programs. In concrete terms, this can mean that talented individuals work in groups on real business challenges from your company.
They learn from each other, from business sponsors, and from experts—both inside and outside the organization. And in the process, they develop exactly the skills your company needs.
We are not tied to any particular format. An intensive two-day workshop. A learning journey lasting several weeks or months. A combination of face-to-face, virtual formats, and individualized learning opportunities. The format is not what matters—the result is what matters.
3. Talent communities – networked across departments
Strong talents rarely work alone. They need a network across the company—beyond departmental boundaries. Talent communities create precisely this added value.
3. Talent communities – networked across departments
They provide talented individuals with a platform where they can exchange ideas, learn from each other, and work together on topics that advance the entire company. In addition to individual coaching, these communities also offer space for their own ideas.
Talented individuals can express their needs here and actively help shape the company. Because talented individuals who help shape the company stay. And talented individuals who stay lead your company into the future.
Ready for the next step?
As change experts, we work with you to take a deep look at your organizational structure: How do you define, identify, recognize, and develop talent? We look forward to finding the right approach for your project.
"We look at the entire talent ecosystem—from definition to development."
Dirk Thater, Partner at CPC
03 Immersive Formats: Executive Training, Development, and Practice
And that’s exactly why we developed the immersive “Reality Training.” During Reality Training, managers have two days to prove themselves in a fictional company. For our clients, we create training companies with their own business buildings, offices, employees, and much more. Everything feels 100% real.
We have developed custom training companies for numerous businesses. To date, more than 6,000 managers have participated in a Reality Training program.
Applying leadership knowledge
Reality training is like a flight simulator for business. Managers work together as a task force for two days, accompanied by coaches. In numerous meetings and situations, they encounter employees of the training company and must apply their management knowledge.
coaching
The coaches remain "invisible" in all situations. They observe the managers, identify strengths and areas for improvement. In the evening, they give feedback and motivate the participants to adapt their leadership behavior the very next day in the training company.
Adapt leadership behavior
Your managers exemplify a positive corporate culture, show appreciation, give feedback, and develop the team further. They create a working environment that employees find highly attractive.
peer-to-peer exchange
During the management training, participants can exchange ideas and learn from each other.
Further coaching support
Typically, the reality training does not end after the two days. The coaches continue to accompany the participants in the following weeks and support them so that the leadership skills they have acquired can be applied effectively in their everyday working lives.
Applying leadership knowledge
Reality training is like a flight simulator for business. Managers work together as a task force for two days, accompanied by coaches. In numerous meetings and situations, they encounter employees of the training company and must apply their management knowledge.
coaching
The coaches remain "invisible" in all situations. They observe the managers, identify strengths and areas for improvement. In the evening, they give feedback and motivate the participants to adapt their leadership behavior the very next day in the training company.
Adapt leadership behavior
Your managers exemplify a positive corporate culture, show appreciation, give feedback, and develop the team further. They create a working environment that employees find highly attractive.
peer-to-peer exchange
During the management training, participants can exchange ideas and learn from each other.
Further coaching support
Typically, the reality training does not end after the two days. The coaches continue to accompany the participants in the following weeks and support them so that the leadership skills they have acquired can be applied effectively in their everyday working lives.
"We have created training companies for many businesses. Over 6,000 executives have already participated in immersive training."
Noema Löw, Senior Manager at CPC
We would like to express our gratitude for these awards.
- CPC is five-time No. 1 hidden champion for change management
- Year after year, Brandeins/thema names us Germany's best management consultancy for change management.
- We have been Focus Top Consultants for many years.
- HR Excellence Award and European Training Award winner together with Deutsche Telekom and Lufthansa Technik
- We are ranked No. 1 on the Great Place to Work list in the 51–100 employees category and are a Kununu Top Company.
Discuss
your project with us!
The first step is very simple—and don't worry: we don't send boring newsletters or annoying advertising emails. Instead, we focus on what's important: your desire for change and how we can help your business move forward.
Step 1
Call back or email.
We will contact you within 24 hours, record your requirements, and coordinate an appointment with one of our experts.
Step 2
Free initial consultation.
Step 3
You decide how to proceed.
Offer, pitch, or project launch? You decide the next steps.
Questions and Answers on Leadership Development
Is CPC the "right" partner for executive development?
We are the leading change management consultancy in Germany. We have been supporting international corporations and large medium-sized companies in more than 2,500 change projects for over 30 years. From the very beginning, this has also included executive training and leadership training.
Does CPC have the necessary expertise?
We have extensive experience in leadership coaching as well as in designing and implementing a wide variety of leadership development programs. We’d be happy to share insights into our client references and showcase solutions to help convince you of our capabilities. Just get in touch with us.
Doesn't that cost an insane amount of time and money?
Yes, it takes time, money, and commitment on your part. But our experience shows that investing in employee leadership skills pays off very quickly.
How can I measure success?
To meet this need, we work with you to set up an effectiveness measurement system. One established method, for example, is evaluation based on the Kirkpatrick model for assessing management training.
Our corporate culture is unique. Is CPC's approach even appropriate in this context?
We’ll work with you to examine your corporate and leadership culture. Every leadership development program or cultural development is unique, and the content is individually tailored to your needs. At the same time, we’ve now conducted so many leadership training sessions and programs that we use our standardized approach to work with you to select the right topics. This saves time and money.
A learning journey would be far too big for us. Does CPC also offer individual management training courses or modules?
We offer programs of all sizes—from individual executive training courses, workshops, and e-learning modules to multiple interlinked modules and comprehensive learning journeys consisting of various modules. For a first impression, please visit our CPC Academy.