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Top management on a mountain peak:
Management consulting for international corporations

Top executives in mountain boots and unfamiliar surroundings. Consulting case of an international group in the context of Neuwaldegg’s management consulting and development. 

An international group is breaking new ground in leadership development

Instead of programmes for top manage­ment, the offer is a market­place where you can indi­vi­du­ally combine which topics are exci­ting for senior mana­gers. The expe­ri­ence: due to the extreme hete­ro­gen­eity of the tasks in the indus­tries and busi­ness areas, there is no longer a common deno­mi­nator among top mana­gers that one programme can cover. An intro and outro, where the appro­xi­m­ately 200 leaders meet, provide the frame­work. The request to us: a module on the subject of purpose, unlike any other the target group with a lot of seminar expe­ri­ence has ever known, at 2,000 metres in the Alps and mainly outdoors.

1,750 metres above their comfort zone

The aim of the offer is to clarify personal purpose as well as the purpose of the busi­ness. What drives me perso­nally? What do I want to bring into the world? And what contri­bu­tion does my divi­sion make to the group? How do I want to develop it further? What do my stake­hol­ders expect and how do I get my mana­gers on board for this? During the course of the module, personal purpose was also to be matched with the job purpose– how do the two fit toge­ther? How can I create an even better fit?

What do I want to bring into the world personally and in my area of responsibility?

We use the successful “Purpose Quest” format at the moun­tain top, which we have been offe­ring in the Austrian foot­hills of the Alps for a long time, and adapt it to the needs of the group and the target group. The top mana­gers arrive on the first morning in outdoor clot­hing and with large back­packs at the meeting point, some­where in the middle of nowhere at the end of a rocky valley. The ascent begins. We take every oppor­tu­nity to deal with the rele­vant ques­tions. By using peer spar­ring, socio­me­tric constel­la­tions, bio-ener­getic body exer­cises and solo units with detailed reflec­tion, the parti­ci­pants successfully get closer to disco­ve­ring their own purpose over the 1,000-metre eleva­tion gain. They arrive in the evening at the simple refuge on the summit: “Done it!”, exhausted, sweaty, inspired and ener­gised by their own “FOR WHAT”. On the second day we work on the moun­tain plateau with a wonderful view over the peaks on their own division’s purpose and further deve­lo­p­ment. We use the diverse natural land­scape far above the tree line for diffe­rent settings – ever­y­thing takes place outside.
In the evening, the sparse faci­li­ties in the moun­tain hut are used to cele­brate a lively party that anti­ci­pates the imple­men­ta­tion of what has been worked out. The third day brings ever­y­thing toge­ther and back down to earth. In the morning sun the mana­gers develop their personal roadmap to opera­tio­na­lise the purpose in their area of respon­si­bi­lity and perso­nally. The descent is used to conso­li­date and firmly estab­lish everything.

Nature makes the difference

If one thing cannot be overe­sti­mated, it is the effect of nature on deve­lo­p­ment processes. Leaving the fami­liar behind is an addi­tional driver of inno­va­tion. As a result, this format clearly takes the high-calibre leaders, who already have count­less courses and programmes under their belt, out of their usual comfort zone. Coupling the work on their area of responsibility’s purpose with the work on their own purpose proves to be key to giving the indi­vi­dual the chance to reflect on the task ahead: What do I want to bring into the world during this life? Anyone answe­ring this ques­tion and deve­lo­ping a way to express this in their leader­ship work, will achieve signi­fi­cantly more success in both areas.

Franziska Fink

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Bera­ter­gruppe Neuwaldegg
Gesell­schaft für Unter­neh­mens­be­ra­tung und Orga­ni­sa­ti­ons­ent­wick­lung GmbH

Gregor-Mendel-Straße 35, 1190 Vienna, Austria
T +43/1/368 80 70, office@neuwaldegg.at, www.neuwaldegg.at
Firmen­buch-Nr. 69063 p, Handels­ge­richt Wien

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