Why leadership is more important today than ever
Leaders face complex challenges: rapid change, hybrid collaboration, high workloads and the need to remain people-centred and agile. Teams require trust, direction and connection. Strong leadership makes the difference therein. Our programmes help leaders grow in awareness, resilience and authenticity - so that they can lead, inspire and connect with impact. From operational to strategic level.
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Our leadership training programmes
Strong leadership does not come naturally. It requires awareness, courage and the will to keep learning. In our programmes, leaders - at every level - develop their own style, strengthen their influence and bring movement to people and organisations. We combine practical training with personal reflection, so that growth becomes sustainable.
- 4 days
Leadership for Starting Managers
Learn solid leadership and make a difference in managing your team
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- 4 days
Systemic Leadership
See through and bring movement to patterns in yourself, your team and the organisation
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- 5 days
Personal Leadership
Increase your self-awareness, influence and personal effectiveness
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- 5 days
Leadership for Team Leaders
Refine your leadership style and effectively steer for cooperation and results
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- 5 days
Female Leadership
Strengthen your visibility, influence and authenticity as a female leader.
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- 6 days
Leadership for Middle Management
Increase your impact in middle management and connect strategy and team.
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- 6 days
Strategic Leadership
Leadership at MT+ level with a focus on vision and organisational impact
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- 4 days
Leadership Retreat
Deepening and recalibrating in inspiring locations. Time and space to pause, recharge and move forward with renewed energy.
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Powerful building blocks for development
It is also possible to follow separate components of our leadership programmes: think about: - Change Management, - Impactful Coaching, - Remote Leadership, - Building High Performance Teams - Transformational Leadership, - Work/Life Balance.
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For leaders who want to grow
- Management and MT
- Leadership
- Teams
- Organisations in change
What we regularly encounter
Below the surface, there are patterns at play that influence cooperation, leadership and change.
Mock harmony: avoiding awkward conversations
Responsibility: too much is placed on the leader
Repetition: the same themes come up again and again
Stagnation: people linger too long in the past
Leadership programmes
Practical and in-depth training for leaders at every level, focusing on awareness, cooperation and sustainable impact in daily practice.
Leadership for Starting Managers
This hands-on programme is specially designed for entry-level leaders who are changing from field expert or colleague to leader and want to feel confident in their new role. Whether you have just started or are about to start: you want to stand firm, give direction and build confidence, without losing yourself in the hustle and bustle of everyday life.
In this programme, you will develop a solid foundation for your leadership. You will learn how to make choices, bring people along and deal effectively with tensions and expectations.
After the programme, you will have:
- Clear insight into your leadership style, qualities and development points.
- Practical tools to give direction, make decisions and set priorities.
- More confidence and effectiveness in dealing with your team, difficult conversations and resistance.
Content & duration
In a four-day training course, you work on your development as a leader in a small, interactive group of up to ten participants. Reflection, practical assignments and exchange of experiences alternate so that insights are directly applicable in your daily work.
Programme components
- Personal Insights behavioural analysis including debriefing.
- Understanding your role as a leader: taking position, managing expectations and building trust - even if you were previously a team member.
- Leadership style and self-awareness: discovering your natural qualities and pitfalls.
- Giving direction and making choices: balance between cooperating and managing.
- Communication in practice: conducting difficult conversations, dealing with conflict and resistance.
- Influence and connection: building cooperation and commitment in your team.
- Balance and personal development: dealing with workload, priorities and your own growth as a leader.
- Personal development plan: concrete steps to further strengthen your leadership after the programme.
Results?
You develop a solid foundation as a leader, get a grip on your role and grow in self-confidence, clarity and effectiveness in daily practice.
Find out what the programme can do for you
With almost 40 years of experience in leadership training, we know exactly what budding leaders are up against. This programme will help you become stronger, more confident and effective in your role. Contact us to find out how we can accelerate your start as a leader.
Systemic Leadership
Leadership starts with seeing what is going on under the surface. There are always visible and invisible forces at work in organisations: patterns, dynamics and unwritten rules that influence behaviour and decision-making. In this programme, you will discover how systemic principles guide healthy, powerful and sustainable leadership.
You learn to look at patterns in yourself, in your team and in the wider organisation - and make more effective choices and interventions from there. The programme invites you to slow down, deepen and keenly observe, creating movement where it is stuck. After the programme, you will have:
- Deepen understanding of systemic patterns and your role in them as a leader.
- More clarity and firmness in taking your place and leadership position.
- Concrete tools to recognise and sustainably influence underlying dynamics.
Content & duration
The programme consists of four intensive training days. Theory is interspersed with systemic interventions, constellations, reflection and practical assignments. You work with your own casuistry, so that insights are directly applicable in your daily leadership practice.
Programme components
- Ordering - leading from clarity and place: understanding natural order within teams and organisations, taking your place as a leader and making shifting roles and responsibilities visible.
- Balance in giving and taking - leadership that is right: examining where exchange is out of balance, practising limiting and receiving and restoring healthy reciprocity.
- Acknowledge what is - leadership with realism: learning to see and name what is expressed as well as what remains under the surface, including emotions, facts and history, to enable movement.
- Everyone belongs - inclusion at the system level: recognising exclusion, missed roles or unseen contributions and working with interventions that strengthen connection and collaboration without losing direction or safety.
Results?
You develop firmer and more conscious leadership, with more peace and clarity in decision-making. You break underlying patterns, strengthen cooperation and create sustainable change - for yourself, your team and the organisation as a whole.
Find out what the programme can do for you
An in-depth 4-month programme for leaders who want to grow in direction, build trust and achieve results with their team.
Personal Leadership
Leadership starts with yourself. Our programme is especially for professionals without a formal leadership role who do want to make an impact. Think of staff advisers, project leaders or HR business partners who want to grow in self-awareness, influence and personal effectiveness - and who want to bring, convince and inspire others, even without hierarchical power.
You will learn to act consciously, firmly and effectively in the dynamics of your organisation. After the programme, you will have:
- A clear picture of your qualities, drives and development points.
- Increase personal effectiveness and impact, even without formal power.
- The ability to give direction, get people on board and achieve results - authentically and connectively.
Content & duration
In five training days, an in-depth intake and two personal coaching sessions, you develop insight into your personal qualities, patterns and behaviour.
Programme components
- In-depth intake interview: including Insights profile, feedback from your environment, genogram and reflection interview with your manager.
- Understanding your values, beliefs, vitality and leadership style.
- Clarity about your vision and purpose: focus, priorities, energy management and sustainable work-life balance.
- Communicating effectively - emotional intelligence, DISC styles and communication techniques.
- Exercising influence - dealing with resistance, persuasive behaviour
- Inspiring groups - inspiring presentations, effective consultations.
- Getting synergy from collaboration - peer review, building high performance teams, cross-departmental collaboration and stakeholder management.
- Coaching - two personal sessions to permanently embed insights into practice.
Results?
You can lead without formal power, consciously take influence, communicate authentically and move with confidence in complex environments. In this way, you not only increase your personal effectiveness, but actively contribute to cooperation, growth and results.
Leadership for Team Leaders
From managing to really leading is the movement you want to make. This in-depth programme is designed for team leaders and shift leaders who want to increase their impact and move their team permanently.
In this programme, you will explore your own style, patterns and communication, and learn how to lead effectively in daily practice. The focus is on action, guts and learning by doing, with assignments that connect directly to your work environment. After the programme, you will have:
- Clear insight into your leadership style, strengths and pitfalls.
- Get a better grip on how to give direction, build trust and foster cooperation.
- Concrete skills to achieve results through communication, coaching and effective conversations.
Content & duration
The programme consists of five training days, a personal intake interview, two individual coaching sessions and a return day after seven months. You work in an interactive setting with hands-on exercises, supported by individual coaching, a buddy and guidance from your line manager in your own work environment.
Programme components
- Get started - connection and positioning: introduction, linking organisational goals to transformational leadership and formulating personal learning objectives.
- Empower Yourself - personal leadership: understanding your own behaviour and drives (DISC & Insights), prioritising and acting proactively.
- Communication & interviewing - active listening, questioning, summarising and effective communication in everyday practice.
- Inspire & motivate - creating support, coaching team members, setting SMART goals, managing expectations and following up on agreements.
- Feedback & challenging conversations - giving and receiving feedback, dealing with resistance and having difficult conversations.
- Wrap-up & anchoring - reflecting on development and results, sharing learning and success experiences and determining next steps with the line manager.
- Retreat day - peer review, recalibrating learning objectives and applying leadership skills to current case histories.
Results?
You lead your team with more clarity, confidence and impact, achieve results and develop a mature, coaching leadership style.
Find out what the programme can do for you
A 6-month in-depth programme for leaders who want to grow in direction, build trust and achieve results with their team.
Female Leadership
A powerful programme in which women leaders strengthen their authenticity, visibility and influence. This 5-day programme is designed for women in leadership and strategic roles, such as regional managers, project leaders or specialists with employee responsibility and advancement potential.
Content & duration
Five training days, an in-depth intake session and a personal coaching session.
Programme components
- In-depth intake interview including Insights profile and genogram
- Visibility and recognition in an often masculine environment
- Decision-making skills in complex situations
- Influence and persuasiveness without losing your own style
- Balancing ambition, work and personal boundaries
- Dealing with self-criticism and perfectionism
- Making your own leadership potential visible
- Personal coaching session
Result
- Do you have a clear personal vision for leadership.
- Know your own qualities, challenges and beliefs better
- Can you create even more support among your employees, your team and stakeholders.
- Know how limiting mindsets and external expectations affect your leadership.
- Have skills that increase your effectiveness and influence as a leader.
- Are you able to deploy transformational leadership.
Find out what this programme can do for you
Contact us and discuss the possibilities.
Leadership for Middle Management
Leadership in middle management requires switching between strategy and operations, between top and bottom, and between steering and letting go. This intensive programme is designed for experienced managers who want to increase their impact and lead with confidence in complex organisations.
In this programme, you will explore your leadership style, patterns and communication, and develop skills to give direction, develop people and connect teams to organisational goals. You learn by doing, reflecting and applying theory directly in your own practice. After the programme, you will have:
- Deep insight into your leadership style, beliefs and impact in middle management.
- Increased ability to motivate, develop and empower employees.
- Concrete tools to translate strategic goals into actions, results and cooperation at team and organisational level.
Content & duration
The programme consists of six training days, an in-depth intake interview, individual coaching moments, (online) intervision and a return day after seven months. You work in a compact group, with practical assignments that are directly linked to your daily work. You are supported by a buddy, your manager and - where applicable - a mentor, so that development is permanently anchored.
Programme components
- Get started - positioning in the organisation: kick-off with manager or HR, linking organisational goals to transformational leadership and formulating personal learning goals and guidance.
- Empower Yourself - personal leadership: intake with Insights Discovery, reflection on behavioural style and beliefs, personal effectiveness, stress resilience and time management.
- Leadership & conversation techniques - basic principles of transformational leadership, reflecting and communicating effectively.
- Empowering People - developing employees: translating strategic goals into individual development goals, situational leadership, coaching, feedback and (performance) evaluation interviews.
- Empowering Teams - team and organisational dynamics: increasing team effectiveness, understanding group processes (Tuckman & Lencioni), dealing with change and organising work meetings with impact.
- Influence & presentation - inspiring presentation and leadership in complex stakeholder fields.
- Show it & wrap-up - assurance and visible impact: presenting personal development, team results and organisational impact, evaluation, follow-up steps and certification.
- Return day - peer review, recalibration of learning objectives and application of leadership skills to current case histories.
Results?
You move with greater clarity, confidence and influence at the centre of the organisation. You connect strategy and execution, develop employees and teams and achieve results in complex contexts - with a leadership style that suits you and the organisation.
Find out what the programme can do for you
A 6-month in-depth programme for leaders who want to grow in direction, build trust and achieve results with their team.
Strategic Leadership
Strategic leadership is about connecting vision, organisation and people. This programme is designed for senior leaders, MT members and directors who want to increase their influence, translate strategic choices into actions and develop a leadership style that inspires, connects and delivers results.
You learn to understand your own qualities, patterns and leadership style, and develop skills to move teams and the organisation forward. The programme combines theory, reflection and practical assignments, so that you apply insights directly in your daily work. After the programme, you will have:
- A personal vision of leadership and insight into your qualities, challenges and behavioural style.
- The ability to break through limiting mindsets and realise strategy successfully.
- Increase effectiveness in inspiring, transformational leadership.
- Improved connection with yourself, your team and the wider organisation.
- Concrete tools to translate strategy into actions and team results.
Content & duration
The programme consists of six training days, individual coaching, peer review and practical assignments. You will work in a compact group with senior professionals, allowing you to test and apply experiences directly in your strategic role.
Programme components
- Get started - connecting with vision and strategy. Personal deep dive with Insights, genogram, 360° feedback and intake interview for personal learning goals.
- Empower Yourself - self-awareness and personal vision: insight into qualities and pitfalls, personal vision of leadership, stress resistance, emotional intelligence and self-reflection.
- Empowering People & Teams - teams and transformational leadership: situational leadership, team development, coaching, building High Performance Teams, guiding transformation processes and translating strategy into actions.
- Stakeholders & Future - organisation-wide connection: working with business units, customers and markets, SWOT analysis, stakeholder management, internal marketing, communication and building master teams.
- Ongoing success - achieving assurance and lasting impact, linked to personal development, team results and organisational impact, evaluation and planning of follow-up actions.
Results?
You develop a strategic leadership style that inspires, connects and achieves results at team and organisational level. You will increase your influence, strengthen the connection between strategy and implementation and bring about sustainable change in complex environments.
Want leaders who think strategically, inspire and make an impact?
Our experienced trainers help fully tailor this programme to your organisation's vision, strategy and culture.
Contents Leadership Retreat
Leadership requires moments of reflection and recalibration. This four-day retreat offers time and space to pause, recharge and take direction with renewed energy in complex environments. The programme is designed for professionals with influence - such as managers, staff advisers, project leaders, HR business partners or other experts - who want to deepen their self-awareness, personal power and collaboration.
In an inspiring environment, away from the hectic daily routine, you develop insight into who you are as a leader, discover how to give authentic direction and learn how to get people on board and achieve results, even without formal power. After the retreat you will have:
- A clear picture of your qualities, drives and development points.
- The ability to exert conscious, firm and connecting influence, even without a formal position.
- More peace, focus and energy in your actions within the dynamics of your organisation.
- More effective communication, inspiring leadership and collaboration with impact.
Content & duration
The retreat spans four consecutive days, combining personal reflection, hands-on exercises, group interaction and inspiring assignments. The setting in nature supports slowing down, deepening and active application of insights.
Programme components
- Day 1 - You as the source of leadership: in-depth reflection on values, beliefs and personal history; explore where your leadership comes from and what drives you today.
- Day 2 - Acting powerfully and effectively: understanding behavioural patterns, communication styles and emotional intelligence; learning to consciously influence, deal with resistance and act persuasively.
- Day 3 - Connection and collaboration: practising conversations, inspiring groups and creating synergy within teams and departments.
- Day 4 - Focus, direction and balance: sharpening personal vision and goals, discovering energy consumers and givers, and learning to maintain sustainable work-life balance.
Results?
You stand firmer and more authentic in your leadership. You know how to take influence, build trust and get people moving, regardless of your formal position. You act with clarity, energy and impact and actively contribute to cooperation and results within your organisation.
Are you ready for rest, reflection and deep self-insight combined with further deepening your leadership style?
Keep an eye on our calendar. We regularly launch retreats.
- Leadership at every level
Strong leadership does not come naturally. It requires awareness, courage and the will to keep learning. In our programmes, leaders - at every level - develop their own style, strengthen their influence and bring movement to people and organisations.
Our leadership programmes connect to different levels within the organisation and are always custom. Based on your personal style, role and context, they help leaders give direction, connect and deal effectively with complexity.
- Practical and directly applicable
Our programmes are practical and in-depth at the same time. We translate insights directly into daily practice, with training courses, coaching and assignments that tie in with current issues.
In this way, leadership development does not become an isolated intervention, but a permanent part of the work itself.
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Frequently asked questions
Practical answers to questions we often get.
What kind of organisations work with ElevenGroup?
We work mainly with medium-sized and large organisations, often internationally, in sectors where collaboration, leadership and culture are crucial. Our clients range from commercial companies to (semi-)public organisations. What they have in common: the desire to look beyond standard solutions and achieve truly sustainable development.
What sets you apart from other training agencies?
We combine more than 20 years of leadership and team development experience with systemic work and organisational consulting. This means that we do not only look at behaviour or skills, but also at underlying patterns, dynamics and context. In addition, we always work in a custom way, paying close attention to the reality of the organisation as well as to what happens between people.
What do you mean by systemic work?
Systemic work is about making unconscious patterns and relationships within teams and organisations visible. Consider questions such as: Who takes what place? What gets excluded? By working with these, clarity, movement and relaxation often emerge quickly - without becoming woolly. We always translate insights into concrete steps in practice.
Isn't systemic work too 'soft' for business environments?
We often get this question. Our experience is exactly the opposite. Systemic work is actually very effective because it gets to the heart of the matter quickly and makes persistent issues open for discussion. We always link it to organisational goals, performance and results. Gentle in the approach, clear in the impact.
Do you work with fixed programmes or custom programmes?
We almost always work with custom solutions. Sometimes we build on existing leadership programmes or interventions, sometimes we design something new together. We match the form, pace and content to the organisation, the people and the question behind the question.
What issues can we come to you for?
Among others for:
- leadership development (individual and collective)
- team development and cooperation
- coaching of leaders and professionals
- culture and organisational change
- guidance in case of tensions, transitions or growth
Often, assignments start with an exploration in which together we clarify what is really needed.
Who do we work with during a programme?
You work with one or more experienced professionals from our network, always carefully selected for the demand and context. We strongly believe in cooperation and complementarity - also within our own team.
How do you ensure lasting impact?
We focus not on 'inspiration alone', but on change that carries through into everyday work. We do this by:
- Work on concrete issues
- giving leaders and teams ownership
- linking interventions to practice
- make room for reflection and action
Sustainable growth occurs when insight and doing come together.
What does an initial introduction look like?
An introduction is always non-binding. We listen to your question, share our initial observations and think along about possible follow-up steps. Sometimes one conversation is enough to determine the direction to take; sometimes an in-depth intake follows.
Can we start small?
Sure. Many collaborations start with a pilot, a team intervention or an individual coaching programme. From there it can grow - or not. That, too, is fine.
What languages do you work in?
We work in Dutch and English, and are used to international contexts and multicultural teams.
How do we contact you?
Via the contact page on our site or by calling or emailing us directly. We are happy to meet you in person.
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