For public managers nowadays the challenge is in finding the right balance between having the expertise on the substance of the area they are working in and being able to lead their staff towards the objectives of their department. This often requires a wide repertoire of skills like setting clear objectives, negotiating between different interests, coaching, supporting, motivating, delegation of tasks, handling conflicts dealing with different employees of different age and levels of experience within the administration. In a six days training programme divided over two modules of three days emphasis will be mainly given to people’s management. The main goal of the programme is to improve the effectiveness of the senior managers by building up reference frames about management in general and specific knowledge and skills for leadership and people management. Before the start of the first seminar the trainers try to increase self awareness by sending a questionnaire inquiring about their personal learning goals, challenges they encounter and 2 tests, one about their interaction style and the other about personality. | 