With the SVF Certificate in Leadership, you can already take on a management role. It makes sense to complete the SVF Certificate in Management afterwards, where you will learn more about general management, personnel management and change management. With both certificates and six years of professional experience as well as one year of management experience, you can take the professional examination to become a management specialist with a federal certificate.

The SVF Leadership Certificate is a federally certified further training course for managers, which enables you to enter the world of leadership and take on a supervisory role as a team leader or department head. SVF is an abbreviation for the Swiss Association for Leadership Training. The SVF Leadership certificate is the most important basic certificate for leadership training in Switzerland.

The continuing education, leadership with SVF certificate is aimed at people who wish to take on a management function. It does not matter whether the person is already in a management position or would like to take on one. There are no specific prerequisites for attending the continuing education, further training course.

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In the SVF leadership training course, you learn the following:

• Consultation: Needs assessment and admission
  • Consultation
  • Competence check
  • Course selection
  • Registration
  • Preparation
• Ego skills
  • Introduction and learning technique
  • Self-knowledge
  • Self-management
• Communication and leadership
  • Communication and presentation
  • Written communication
  • Conflict management
  • Team leadership
• Preparation for SVF certificate exam

The objectives of the SVF Leadership Examination training are:

• develop into a competent contact person for all management topics
• have the basic skills required for a management position
• receive targeted and optimal preparation for the module completions of the SVF leadership certificate examination

The SVF Leadership Certificate is the basic course and a prerequisite for all further training levels in the area of leadership. The SVF Leadership Certificate certifies proven leadership skills. Organizations need trained managers who understand their craft and are able to react in a differentiated and appropriate manner in various leadership situations. And this is precisely what the certificate ensures. In particular, it is also the natural precursor to further training as a management specialist with a federal certificate (professional diploma).

The examination is divided into a written block and an oral block, which take place twice a year in March and September. The written examinations take two days and the oral examinations take place over a period of around 14 days. Seven modules are tested: Oral Communication, Written Communication, Conflict Management, Presentation, Self-Knowledge, Self-Management and Leading a Team/Group.

Holders of the Leadership SVF certificate occupy interesting and qualified positions with potential in their professional environment, for example:

• Internal or external consultants on management issues
• Assistance to the division or company management
• Quality Manager
• Organization and/or lecturer in management training
• Team management / department management
• Information & Communication Manager
• Process support for cultural change
• Internal contact person for mediation / conflict management / social matters
• Takeover of branch management
• In-house training Self-knowledge and self-management
• Lead or collaboration on management concepts