eurac - European Academy for Executive Education

Through a strong concen­tra­tion on the scien­tific and busi­ness advi­sory fields, eurac has special­ized its own train­ings concept around the indi­vid­uals’ compe­ten­cies for success: the eurac skill and compe­tency frame­work.

As a profes­sional trend­setter in the devel­op­ment of excel­lence for

Indi­vid­uals: (Personal Excel­lence)
Teams: (Team Excel­lence)
Companies/Organizations: (Company Excellence)

eurac contin­u­ously invests in the latest research and science to develop methods and tech­niques of commu­ni­ca­tion, lead­er­ship, and self-management.

The strength of eurac is to work with small and exclu­sive groups, in order to provide indi­vid­u­ality, differ­en­ti­a­tion, and quality at the highest level. This is under­lined by the inter­na­tional certifi­cates of eurac-educa­tion according to inter­na­tional stan­dards offered together with our partner universities.

“YOU!” Excel­lence is about the active self-design of your own life, in other words, self-manage­ment. The concept of manage­ment comes from the Latin words “manu agere”, meaning “take some­thing in your hand.” It is to seize, to grasp, or to have some­thing handled, in this case your self.

These compe­ten­cies are:

Commu­ni­ca­tion Competencies

1. Inter­per­sonal
2. Intrap­er­sonal

Self-Manage­ment Competencies

1. Self-compe­tence and Performance
2. Change Manage­ment

In partic­ular: 

• Task Manage­ment to coor­di­nate upcoming tasks
• Moti­va­tion as a prereq­ui­site for self-management
• Self-regu­la­tion as the back­ground of the cyber­netic system theory
• Trans­for­ma­tion Compe­tency as a compe­tency to change goals into results
• Voli­tion (Manage­ment) as willpower for self-control
• Voli­tion (Psychology) as the devel­op­ment of goals and objectives
• Time Manage­ment as an aspect of self-management

Commu­ni­ca­tion Competencies

Having good commu­ni­ca­tion skills is one of the most impor­tant parts of social skills. It includes the ability to dialogue, to express oneself orally, to moderate, and to argue. Commu­ni­ca­tion is a train­able skill that requires system­atic prac­tice and learning certain tech­niques. Through eurac, you will not only obtain commu­ni­ca­tion skills, but also further develop your insights into the commu­ni­ca­tion process.

Self-Manage­ment Competencies

Self-manage­ment is defined as the ability to create solu­tions in diffi­cult situ­a­tions for your­self, in order to over­come these situ­a­tions success­fully. In short, self-manage­ment refers to “managing” your own mental and emotional state.

The mental sphere is the most impor­tant, followed by the emotional. They are inter­de­pen­dent. A change on one level has logical conse­quences on the other level.

There are various topics in the mental and emotional spheres, including dealing with self-esteem, self-confi­dence, values, personal goals, etc.

The concept of Lead­er­ship means “conduct”, “set the direc­tion”, or “set in motion”. Lead­er­ship refers to plan­ning, coor­di­nating, and control­ling activ­i­ties in groups, teams, and organizations.

Lead­er­ship Compe­ten­cies are:

• Authentic leading – e.g., by modeling the way
• Chal­lenging the process
• Make sugges­tions –ability toin­spire and encourage
• Promote inno­v­a­tive thinking
• Leading – Chal­lenging – Stim­u­lating – Giving perspectives
• Ability to build teams – Commu­ni­ca­tion competencies

It is becoming increas­ingly impor­tant that those who want to achieve success possess the ability to speak confi­dently and convinc­ingly in front of groups, have well-prepared lectures and presen­ta­tions, and are able to create a comfort­able and moti­vated atmos­phere. Even in minor discus­sions and meet­ings, good presen­ta­tion skills are extremely important. 

The goal of the trainers’ training is to signif­i­cantly increase your perfor­mance as trainer, presenter, speaker, and/or salesman/woman.

Training compe­ten­cies are:

• Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion and coor­di­na­tion of group processes
• Spoken compe­ten­cies at different levels of (partic­i­pant-oriented) communication
• Dealing with attacks and diffi­cult participants
• Preparing and giving excel­lent talks and lectures
• Creating a pleasant learning atmosphere
• Authentic, genuine, and reli­able presentations
• Presen­ta­tion compe­ten­cies and tricks
• Self-coaching and self-reflec­tion based on partic­i­pants’ feedback
• A goal-oriented approach to presentations
• Designing train­ings and training transfer
• Using anchors, body language, and voice
• Using the right learning mate­rials for presentations