Especially in times of crisis, many existential questions arise about health, security, the meaning of life, career prospects and the compatibility of work and family. Nevertheless, everyday life often consumes us and we live into the day without getting to the bottom of these existential questions. The two-day workshop is a cooperation between the UW/H Career Service and the Reinhard Mohn Institute for Corporate Management (RMI). We aim to strengthen the famous gut feeling by providing it with an analytical partner - strategic thinking.
Strategise Your Life aims to apply the principles of strategic thinking used in the world's boardrooms to your life in 7 interactive sessions:
1. Great Life: What are the cornerstones of a great life?
2. Life Purpose: How do I find my purpose?
3. Life Vision: What should my life look like in 5 to 10 years?
4. Life Portfolio: How can the strategic Life Portfolio help me prioritize?
5. Life Benchmarks: 22 ideas for a great life.
6. Life Choice: What small and big decisions should I make?
7. Life Change: How do I ensure successful implementation?
At the end of the course, you will have defined the first version of your life strategy - on one page. You study hundreds of hours for exams, and you spend thousands of hours online, but we have probably never invested 10 hours in our life strategy. We should do it before the 30,000 days are up.
Who is the workshop for? Students of all disciplines. Maximum 50 participants, minimum 20 participants. The Language of the workshop is German. Each participant agrees to write a 3-5 page reflection of the workshop on his/her life. All information shared by the participants in the workshop will be treated confidentially.
This confidentiality - also among each other - is expected and assumed by all participants. The results of the questionnaire will only be evaluated and processed anonymously, as will the 3-5 page reflection on the workshop.
After submission and review of your written reflection, it is also possible to receive one ECTS point for participation in this workshop. Please get in touch with Mr. Joos van den Dool joos.vandendool@uni-wh.de from WittenLab.Zukunftslabor Studium fundamental.
About the workshop-coach:
Prof. Dr Rainer Strack, Senior Partner Emeritus and Senior Advisor Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Honorary Professor for Strategic Human Resources Management at the University of Witten Herdecke and trained executive coach. Rainer Strack worked full-time at BCG for more than 27 years. BCG has been a pioneer of strategic thinking since the 1960s. Rainer Strack led the People Strategy practice globally for more than 10 years, the People & Organization practice in Europe and Africa and the Social Impact practice in Germany for more than 9 years. In 2014, he gave a TED Talk on the topic of "Global Workforce Crisis" with more than 2 million views. Rainer Strack led the "Future of Work" project for the World Economic Forum. In 2021, he was inducted into the "HR Hall of Fame" of Personalmagazin. Rainer Strack is also a physicist, ski instructor, avid soccer fan, amateur painter, Christian, husband and father of three boys.
When will it take place? April 9, 2024, from 18:30 - 22:00, room to be announced April 10, 2024, from 8:30 - 17:30, room to be announced
Registration deadline: April 3, 2024
You can register via the Career Center.