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Online Session for Board Members

The Art of Good Leadership - Insights for High-Performance Board Members

WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and IESE Business School invites you to gain insights on "The Art of Good Leadership".

Dr. Karl-Ludwig Kley, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at E.ON SE, and Thomas de Maizière are among the most influential decision-makers in German business and politics. Now they have co-authored a non-fiction book that has found its way onto the Spiegel bestseller list as well as other rankings. Dr. Kley will summarize their experiences in 10 golden rules of good leadership:

10 golden rules of leadership

1. GOOD LEADERS LIKE PEOPLE

2. GOOD LEADERSHIP REQUIRES INTEGRITY AND
RESPECT

3. GOOD LEADERS EXERCISE POWER RESPONSIBLY

4. GOOD LEADERSHIP MEANS SELF-LEADERSHIP

5. GOOD LEADERS TRANSLATE AMBITIONS INTO
REALITY

6. GOOD LEADERSHIP MEANS CHANGING THE STATUS
QUO

7. GOOD LEADERSHIP OVERCOMES CRISES

8. TO BE A GOOD LEADER, YOU MUST COMMUNICATE

9. GOOD LEADERS THINK AND ACT BEYOND THEIR
OWN TENURE

10. GOOD LEADERS DO NOT LET THEMSELVES BE
SWALLOWED UP BY THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIVES

Thanks to Dr. Karl-Ludwig Kley for sharing his experiences on leadership!

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Agenda

April 21, 2021

19:00h-20:30h

  • 19:00h - Welcome & Program Introduction
    Professor Dr. Markus Rudolf, Dean WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
  • 19:15h - Key note: The Art of Good Leadership
    Dr. Karl-Ludwig Kley, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at E.ON SE
  • 20:00h - Q&A Session

This session is related to the High-Performance Board Member-Program that WHU and IESE created together and that aims at a better understanding of the workings, responsibilities, and dynamics of a corporate board. And strives, among other objectives, to enhance your core competencies to forge strategic partnerships between the board and senior management. Check out our website​ here.​

Dr. Karl-Ludwig Kley, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at E.ON SE

Professor Dr. Markus Rudolf, Dean WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

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