In this 1-day skill seminar we will follow up on some of the issues addressed in the Global Leader¬ship course. A particular focus will be to explore the leadership development and career issues facing global executives and to discuss strategies for managing personal development.

In the first part of this session, Dr. Waltl will share personal experiences from his 32-year career with Shell, where he held various senior executive positions in Europe, North America and Asia. He will offer career advice to participants, as well as useful tools for managing one’s own professional and career development.

The remainder of the day is devoted to your development as a future leader. The instructors will share real-life examples, strategies for managing personal development, and career tips based on his extensive experience as senior executive. You will also have an opportunity to analyze your global managerial skills and competencies; reflect on your personal development needs and on how you can improve your effectiveness as a global leader and create a comprehensive personal development plan for success as a global leader.

This course is designed to help participants develop a deeper understanding of the leadership issues that confront global managers today, develop a good understanding of leadership competences, behaviours and tools required to achieve results and acquire basic skills for self-development.

The course is structured around two 5-hours classroom sessions. The modus operandi will be dialog and a mix of instructor input and case analysis. Key topics will be engrossed in short roundtable discussions.

To complete this skill seminar successfully, the participants will have to:

• thoroughly prepare by reading recommended course reading (20 %);
• actively participate and share in the class room discussions (40 %);
• provide quality contribution to small group discussion and analysis of case studies (40  %).

 

There is no assigned case study, but you will have to come to this session prepared to discuss the following questions:

Pre-program assignment/Questions to consider prior to the session:
1. Complete the self-assessment of your strengths and weaknesses as a leader (or future leader) on pages 208-209 of McCall’s book (see reference below).
2. What are some of the things that if you changed would make a big difference in your life and career? Select something within yourself that you would like to fine-tune, develop, shed, or change and actively work on (e.g., become more confident when speaking in public).
3. What steps can you take today, tomorrow, and over the next year to achieve your development goal(s) and to improve your personal effectiveness and your effectiveness as a leader?

These questions are mainly for self-reflection and you will not be asked to share the details with other participants.
You will, however, be asked to share one personal development goal with a small group of participants.

Required Readings/Cases:
McCall, M. (1998). Highflyers: Developing the next generation of leaders. Appendix: Taking charge of your development (pages 203-232). Boston: Harvard Business School Press.

Recommended Readings (optional):
Drucker, P. (1999).Managing oneself. Harvard Business Review, March-April, 65-74
Goffee, R. & Jones, G. (2000). Why should anyone be lead by you? Harvard Business Review, September-October, 63-70.
George, B., Sims, P., McLean, A. & Mayer, D. (2007). Discovering your authentic leadership. Harvard Business Review, February, 129-138.
Senge, P. (1992). The fifth discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization. Doubleday, New York.

°Sharing practical experiences and insights gained in senior leadership positions in a leading multinational Company

°Main focus on discussions of practical examples and case studies

Josef Waltl is a retired Executive Vice-President of Royal Dutch Shell Plc., UK. He worked for 32 years with Shell, where he had an extensive international career in the Downstream business working in senior executive positions in Europe, Asia and the Americas.

After his retirement from Shell he was until 2013 the President of EUROPIA, the Brussels based European Oil Industry Association and the Chairman of CONCAWE, a European research institute for the oil industry.
Since 2009 he is lecturing at Wirtschaftsuniversität, Vienna and has been recognized for his teaching with the CEMS Course of the Year Award 2013 for the elective course Global Leadership. He is chairing the advisory boards of the University of Applied Sciences in Kufstein Tirol and of Shell Austria PK. He serves on the management board of the United World Colleges in Austria and a number of non- executive boards.

Josef Waltl is born 1949 in Austria and holds degrees in electrical engineering and business administration.