We can answer this question with the results of a survey conducted by the education platform Ausbildung-Weiterbildung.ch. According to this survey, the interest in continuing education for management courses/modular management training (cert.) is based on these facts:

• 88 % in favor of a needs match between the course and the objectives
• 8 % following a recommendation from another manager
• 4 % due to mentions in job advertisements
• Other reasons given as free text answers are: "Training in leadership is required", "Honestly, I would have liked to learn something about it, but I really had zero idea about management...", "It is important to me to be able to lead people properly" and "Promoting employees"

A modular management training course teaches the following topics, among others, in order to train participants to become good managers:

• From specialist to manager
• The situational and authentic leadership style
• Various leadership techniques and team leadership
• Guidelines and help with management problems
• Group dynamics and group norms: Building and developing a team
• Creative handling of conflicts (conflict symptoms, conflict skills, problem solving and avoidance, discussion tools for solution-oriented disputes, mediator conflict management)
• Levels of communication (the positive effect of feedback, barriers to conversation, making yourself heard, formulating wishes clearly)
• Team and staff meetings (discussion techniques, negotiations)
• Motivating employees (solving obstructive group dynamics, interface problems, making meetings productive, promoting mutual tolerance)
• Self-management and resilience (own thought and behavior patterns, own boundaries)
• Various management aspects
• Leadership qualities
• Organizational and legal aspects

The benefits of leadership training in modules for managers include

• Compact and practical knowledge transfer
• Acquire knowledge on current management topics
• Suitable for new and experienced managers
• Focus on people-oriented leadership skills
• Action-oriented methodology with a focus on skills (not just knowledge)
• Teaching by professional lecturers with many years of in-depth practical experience
• Confirmation of participation in the modules attended and certificate
• High significance of such modular management training in the market environment
• Improving career opportunities
• With the SIB Leadership Certificate: certified quality - the SIB is EduQua-certified
• For Leadership SVF certificate: issued by the Swiss Association for Management Training and recognized for the federal professional examination for management specialists (supplement with management modules such as business administration, personnel management, project management, process management and accounting)

The results of a survey of prospective students conducted by the education platform Ausbildung-Weiterbildung.ch show the following reasons for inquiries about management training courses:

• 67 % ask schools on the basis of online evaluation/s
• 14 % make school inquiries based on a recommendation from another manager
• 19 % make a training request to a school they already know

Two free text responses each show an additional school inquiry reason for modular leadership training: "Is near me", "Timing", "It was the first in the series", "Online courses are offered" and "Seen by chance when researching further training".

There are several federally recognized training courses in the field of leadership and also some certificate courses recognized by the Swiss Association for Leadership Education (SVE) in the areas of leadership and management, which also serve as the basis for Federal Professional Examination. However, both certificates can also be completed separately. Following these certificates, the following federally recognized leadership training courses are also available:

• Management Specialist with Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Federal Professional Examination)
• Management expert with federal diploma (Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE))
• Leadership and Management postgraduate studies CHE (College of Higher Education)

The range of university degrees and, above all, certificate courses and master's degree courses at postgraduate level is also considerable, all of which constitute federally recognized education or continuing, further training.

Switzerland offers a wide range of seminars, training courses and courses in the field of leadership and management, so it is not always easy to find the right continuing education, further training for your own goals and requirements. All continuing education, further training courses differ in terms of structure and content, and many also differ in terms of target group, degree and duration, requirements and methods. For example, some courses are designed for people with a university degree (CAS, DAS, MAS), while others award a federally recognized qualification after appropriate examinations (FPE, AFPE, CHE). Some continuing education, further training courses last one or two days, others extend over a period of several years. There are currently well over 400 providers listed in this area, all of whom have different ideas and often offer fundamentally different courses. So take a little time when looking for your new continuing education, further training course to find the leadership course that is just right for you.