Leadership Training: The Lever That Strengthens Every Other Measure

The most effective investment in the BGM system: training on healthy leadership multiplies the impact of every other action area – and is directly demonstrable in the psychological risk assessment.

Why leadership is the strongest health factor The iga.Report is unambiguous on this point: leadership behavior explains more variance in mental health, engagement, and retention than all other measurable factors combined. A manager who provides clarity, tolerates mistakes, respects boundaries, and shows appreciation protects their team better than the best fitness program. And these behaviors can be trained.

What a good training program teaches Healthy leadership is not a self-optimization course. The focus is on concrete situations – the difficult conversation, the overburdened employee, the conflict within the team – and effective behavior in those moments. Topics such as appreciation as a leadership principle, dealing with mistakes, psychological safety, and one's own leadership behavior under stress are not soft topics; they are the hardest-hitting levers of health prevention.

When and for whom Ideal is a training series of two to three modules that leaves room for real cases from the company itself – not purely frontal instruction. It's complemented by self-reflection on one's own leadership style and clear guidelines that serve as orientation after the training. Content-wise, the topic of psychological strain should be explicitly addressed.