Extended Leadership Winter Academy

Please note that we select applicants on a first-come, first-served basis. At the same time we try to form a group of participants with complementary experiences and backgrounds. The number of participants is limited. Therefore we recommend you to submit your application in a timely manner.

Please note that we can offer the following discount:

• 10% for groups of 2 or more participants* 
• Discount for Frankfurt School partner universities is available upon request

* successfully enrolled,

The Winter Leadership Academy will be held at the new Campus of Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. The campus facilities offer a broad variety of seminar rooms including high-class training facilities. The brand new campus (inauguration ceremony is in October 2017) is situated in the center of Frankfurt am Main and offers an inspiring environment with excellent training facilities and internet access. Accommodation in single rooms will be arranged at a high-class hotel.

The language of instruction will be English and no translation will be provided.

6 ECTS

Born in Munich, Germany, Ute Bühler completed formal vocational training as a banking clerk and attained a degree in Finance, Sales and HR. She completed further training courses in finance, focusing on sales and human resources in Germany, Italy and Switzerland. Being a certified coach and trainer of mediators rounds out her image. After 15 years of management experience in bank sales at Unicreditgroup she was responsible for the Unicredit Division Private Banking, Germany and Luxembourg as head of human resources for more than 700 people. Since 2015 she has been working for Frankfurt School as well as a freelance coach and mentor.

Dr. Björn Michaelis is a post-doc researcher and lecturer at the UBS-Endowed Professorship for Strategic Management at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. He is also the program director of China Development Bank’s Executive Education Program in Strategy, Innovation, and Leadership at Goethe Business School as well as a lecturer in the Master of Finance and Master of International Business programs at Frankfurt School. Before coming to Goethe University Frankfurt, he was an associate professor in organizational behavior and a research associate at Heidelberg University, Germany. Gaining experience abroad, he was a visiting fellow at the Graduate School of Business in Fontainebleau (France) and the Collin County College in Dallas (U.S.). His research interests include organisational behavior, corporate strategy, mergers & acquisitions, innovation management, and leading change.

Prof. Dr. Erich Bartel is professor of corporate culture and human resources at Frankfurt School. His research interests include change management, performance-oriented remuneration, and human capital.
He began his studies in economics with emphasis on human resource management in Augsburg. He was an assistant lecturer at Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen and was then employed with PA Consulting Group in Frankfurt am Main. He has held various positions at BfG Bank AG, incl. head of human resources development, TQM project manager and head of human resources. During this time he was also a member of the Board of Trustees for Bankakademie, an honorary judge at Frankfurt Labour Court and member of the Managing Board of Vereinigung für Bankberufsbildung. He recieved his Doctorate at the University of Stuttgart Hohenheim.

Prof. Dr. Hakan Lucius is head of corporate responsibility and civil society at the European Investment Bank (the European Union’s bank and largest supranational lender) where he covers the sustainability and stakeholder engagement of the institution. Prior to that he was responsible for the financing of operations, ranging from large-scale infrastructure projects, structured operations, environmental investments to SME finance, both through loans and equity. This broad financial experience, gained both within and outside the European Union, required extensive negotiations with corporations, governments, financial institutions and civil society organizations, requiring extensive cross-cultural knowledge and competence. Prof. Dr. Lucius also serves as the Vice-President of the EIB’s Pensions Board and is a member of the social committee of the EIB Institute devising the strategy of its social programme and supervising its implementation.

Dr. Barbara Drexler is Associate Dean of Interantional Affairs at Frankfurt School. Dr. Drexler is responsible for international student recruitment, partner universities, and international executive education. She has been teaching economics and monetary policy for the past ten years for both students and professionals. She has more than 7 years experience in higher education management. Dr. Drexler holds a PhD in monetary economics from Witten Herdecke University Germany, a Master in Political Economy from the London School of Economics, and a Bachelor in Economics, Politics and Philosophy from the University of York, UK. She continues to teach Economics at undergraduate and postgraduate level both for the Frankfurt School and the Protestant University Congo, Kinshasa.