CAS Sustainable Leadership Details about the CAS

The CAS Sustainable Leadership offers university graduates a blended learning continuing education programme in which they learn how to make their leadership culture more sustainable in the future.
Sustainable leadership culture offers approaches and methods for ensuring long-term corporate success on a socio-economic and ecological level. It promotes the responsible use of resources both on a personal level and within the entire organisation. Current trends and challenges in the field of sustainability are the focus of the CAS Sustainable Leadership programme. Comprehensive knowledge of legal requirements and practical skills and competencies such as productivity, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, effective communication, agile management and organisational development are more in demand today than ever before.
The CAS Sustainable Leadership combines theories from management literature with concepts of leadership and personal development. In addition to lectures and simulations, participants have the opportunity to exchange ideas with sustainability experts and other executives in interactive settings and work out solutions together.
The programme comprises five modules, each consisting of a preparatory online phase and a face-to-face event. It lasts six months and has a workload of 300 hours.
It is aimed at aspiring and experienced managers in companies and public institutions who want to strengthen their leadership skills and promote sustainability within their organisations and beyond.
Modules
Module 1: Introduction and regulations: Fundamentals of the concept of sustainable leadership and basic skills, key concepts, current trends, legal requirements and their practical relevance.
Module 2: Green Skills, Green Competencies, Sustainability Literacy.
Module 3: Strategy and reporting: preparing climate balance sheets, developing transformation plans, applying strategy tools, formulating sustainable corporate strategies.
Module 4: Transformation management and organisational development: classic leadership aspects, dealing with crisis situations, stakeholder management, development and measurement of performance indicators, sustainable organisational structures and cultures, future-oriented competence management, integration of sustainability principles into project management
Module 5: Case reflection and completion: Reflection on a practical case study with final presentation
Learning Objectives
In the CAS Sustainable Leadership
- you will learn the fundamentals of a scientifically based leadership approach,
- experience the impact of various leadership techniques in an intensive learning process through in-depth knowledge and exercises, self-reflection and self-awareness,
- experience structure and orientation in transformation processes,
- analyse the potential impact of artificial intelligence on sustainable development in companies,
- supplement your interest in sustainable development with in-depth knowledge and skills, and integrate them professionally into your range of services.