Developing and enhancing leadership skills for young managers in times of crisis: an innovative training package for European young professionals

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Developing and enhancing leadership skills for young managers in times of crisis:

an innovative training package for European young professionals

http://www.adam-europe.eu/adam/project/view.htm?prj=10821 2012-1-CY1-LEO05-02319

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Developing and enhancing leadership skills for young managers in times of crisis: an innovative training package for European young professionals (2012-1-CY1-LEO05-02319)

Project Information

Title: Developing and enhancing leadership skills for young managers in times of crisis: an innovative training package for European young professionals

Project Number: 2012-1-CY1-LEO05-02319 Year: 2012

Project Type: Transfer of Innovation Status: granted

Country: CY-Cyprus

Marketing Text: YOUNG LEADERS aims to develop an innovative training package for the development of leadership skills for Young Business Leaders at national and European level. This training package will have an exclusive focus on leadership development, equipping University graduates, young unemployed people, young professionals with less than 5 years of working experience and would-be entrepreneurs with the necessary skills and insight to achieve more than they thought possible through the development of leadership and other relevant skills. -If you are a young University student or graduate

-If you are young professional with less than 5 years of working experience -If you are interested in starting your own company

-If you are interested in developing your leadership skills further;

-If you believe it is important to invest in professional and personal development to achieve success

...then YOUNG LEADERS project is of great interest to you!

Summary: Our project entitled“Developing and enhancing leadership skills for young managers in times of crisis: an innovative training package for European young professionals” is addressed to young people aiming to develop or enhance their leadership skills. In the rapidly changing and unstable business environment that EU firms operate nowadays, there is a fundamental shift in how organizations compete and in how they are managed. In this new era of economic uncertainty, leadership becomes critically important, as great leaders are the basis of all business achievements. Companies globally are striving to identify and develop outstanding leaders to face the challenges of a highly volatile market and do more with less. Thus older models of leadership are not appropriate. This project entitled YOUNG LEADERS will train Young Business Leaders (YBLs-University graduates trying to enter into the workforce, young professionals who want to progress to senior management positions and would-be

entrepreneurs) to develop their leadership skills.

The main aim of YOUNG LEADERS is to provide a coherent, innovative and complete training package to young people in Cyprus, Lithuania, Bulgaria and Latvia on new leadership skills needed during turbulent economic times.

The training material, which will be developed by an academic/research team of Panteion University in Greece, will be transferred to the other four EU partners involved. Each partner will adjust this training package within their local environment, taking into account cultural, language, business-related and other factors that are relevant to their own country. At the end of the project, the final product will be a complete YOUNG LEADERS training package, which will be available both electronically and in hard copy.

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Developing and enhancing leadership skills for young managers in times of crisis: an innovative training package for European young professionals (2012-1-CY1-LEO05-02319)

Project Information

across Europe.

c) YOUNGLEADERS will achieve transparency and recognition of professional skills and qualifications for young managers and development of new skills and knowledge of VET trainers.

d) Increase firm competitiveness in Europe through the training provided to young managers, assisting in enhancing employee productivity and satisfaction levels across all industries. Impact envisaged:

a)Develop hundreds of new leaders across Europe in the following 5-10 years, who can contribute in firms becoming more competitive.

b)Through the development of new companies, youth unemployment will also decrease. c)Moreover the project will assist professional trainers/VET people to enhance their

knowledge and skills in the leadership area and equip them with a powerful and contemporary training tool.

Themes: *** Labor market *** Enterprise, SME *** Continuous training

* Utilization and distribution of results * Others

Sectors: *** Education

Product Types: transparency and certification website

open and distance learning teaching material

modules

material for open learning program or curricula evaluation methods Film

distribution methods

Product information: The main product developed through YOUNG LEADERS project is a comprehensive training programme on executive leadership skills for youths in time of economic crisis in both electronic and hard copy format.

-A complete and innovative training programme

-The only one of its kind which has been funded by the European Commission

-Modern and customized to the business environment of the European and worldwide market -Translated in 5 languages (Greek, Lithuanian, English, Bulgarian and Latvian)

-Pilot tested with massive success in Cyprus, Bulgaria, Latvia and Lithuania, where we had 105 pilot testing participants, from which 99% were satisfied participants, 100% enjoyed taking the course, 98% developed new skills, knowledge and experience

YOUNG LEADERS training package is available to:

-Companies aiming to develop and enhance their young employees’ skills

-Youth organizations and associations working towards the enhancement of employability and entrepreneurial skills of young people.

Moreover, everyone interested in having access to the training material, he/she could visit our E-learning training course. The purpose of the e-learning platform developed is to reach potential users (YBLs, young entrepreneurs, University graduates) from across Europe and abroad and also training/VET organisations wishing to expand and update their training material on the leadership topic.

Projecthomepage: www.youngbusinessleaders.eu

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Developing and enhancing leadership skills for young managers in times of crisis: an innovative training package for European young professionals (2012-1-CY1-LEO05-02319) GrantXpert Consulting Ltd Name:

Project Contractor

Nicosia City: Kypros / Kibris Country/Region: CY-Cyprus Country:

SME - small and medium-sized enterprise (up to 250 employees) Organization Type: http://www.grantxpert.eu Homepage: Contact Person Vassilia Hadjichristodoulou Name: 5 Alkaiou Str., Office 101 Address: Nicosia City: CY-Cyprus Country: 00357 22 669266 Telephone: 00357 22 669256 Fax: celia@grantxpert.eu E-mail: Homepage:

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Developing and enhancing leadership skills for young managers in times of crisis: an innovative training package for European young professionals (2012-1-CY1-LEO05-02319) GrantXpert Consulting Ltd Name:

Coordinator

Nicosia City: Kypros / Kibris Country/Region: CY-Cyprus Country:

SME - small and medium-sized enterprise (up to 250 employees) Organization Type: http://www.grantxpert.eu Homepage: Contact Person Vassilia Hadjichristodoulou Name: 5 Alkaiou Str., Office 101 Address: Nicosia City: CY-Cyprus Country: 00357 22 669266 Telephone: 00357 22 669256 Fax: celia@grantxpert.eu E-mail: Homepage: 5 http://www.adam-europe.eu/adam/project/view.htm?prj=10821

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Developing and enhancing leadership skills for young managers in times of crisis: an innovative training package for European young professionals

Partner

Department of Communication, Media and Culture, Panteion University Name: Athens City: Attiki Country/Region: EL-Greece Country: university/Fachhochschule/academy Organization Type: http://www.panteion.gr Homepage:

Partner 1

Dias Publishing Group Public Ltd Name: Nicosia City: Kypros / Kibris Country/Region: CY-Cyprus Country:

SME - small and medium-sized enterprise (up to 250 employees) Organization Type:

http://www.diasmedia.com Homepage:

Partner 2

Kaunas University of Technology Name: Kaunas City: Lietuva Country/Region: LT-Lithuania Country: university/Fachhochschule/academy Organization Type: http://www.ktu.lt Homepage:

Partner 3

National Association of Small and Medium size Business Name: Godech City: Yugozapaden Country/Region: BG-Bulgaria Country: association/non-governmental organisation Organization Type: http://www.nasmb-bg.org Homepage:

Partner 4

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Partner

Riga Technical University Name: Riga City: Latvija Country/Region: LV-Latvia Country: university/Fachhochschule/academy Organization Type: http://www.rtu.lvwww.ievf.rtu.lv Homepage:

Partner 5

Institute for socio-scientific consultancy Name: Regensburg City: Bayern Country/Region: DE-Germany Country: research institution Organization Type: http://www.isob-regensburg.net Homepage:

Partner 6

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(2012-Products

YOUNG LEADERS TRAINING PACKAGE 1 PROMOTIONAL VIDEO 2 NEWSLETTERS 3 BROCHURE 4 WEBSITE 5 FACEBOOK PAGE 6

VALORISATION AND DISSEMINATION PLAN OF ACTIVITIES 7

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(2012-Product 'YOUNG LEADERS TRAINING PACKAGE'

Title: YOUNG LEADERS TRAINING PACKAGE Product Type: program or curricula

Marketing Text: An innovative training package and methodology for developing new leaders in the four EU countries (Cyprus, Lithuania, Latvia and Bulgaria). The training embraced all the latest developments in the leadership field, which were still not available in the receiving countries. Description: The package includes a complete training curricula for a large number of leadership-related

subjects, a trainers' manual and a description of the training methodology that needs to be used in each country. The training also includes theoretical applications, practical guidelines and case studies, for the development of future leaders in businesses.

Target group: -Interested individuals and firms -Young workers

-Young unemployed people -Entrepreneurship centres -Youth Associations -VET/training organisations

-Employees and Employers' Association -Chambers of Commerce and Industry -Universities/Research Centres.

Result: A complete training package on executive leadership programmes targeted to YBLs was developed which was adapted to the market, to the cultural, economic and other national conditions of Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia and Cyprus.You can also find the training package online by following the link http://www.softbot.com.cy/demo/ybl/

Area of application: Development of a new leadership programme in order to enhance the necessary skills of young managers in times of crisis.

The training product prepared will be used on a daily basis by the partner organisations for their own training and consulting activities.

The training product will be commercialized by the consortium once the project is completed through the YOUNGLEADERS website. By paying a small fee any interested individual or company will have full access to the training content, the trainers' manual and the online lectures that will be made available. Moreover the YOUNGLEADERS training package will be available in hard copy for interested buyers in all partners involved in the project.

Homepage: http://www.softbot.com.cy/demo/ybl/ Product Languages: English

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Building Networks & Connections.ppt

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CASE STUDY - Climate change.ppt

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Collaboration & Teamwork.ppt

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Comics workshops.ppt

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CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING.ppt

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Interpersonal Communication.ppt

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INTRODUCTION.ppt

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Motivating others.ppt

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Optimism.ppt

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Self Confidence.ppt

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STRATEGIC THINKING AND PLANNING.ppt

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StrategylockComicBook.pdf

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The Concept of Leadership.ppt

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THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENT.pptx

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(2012-Product 'PROMOTIONAL VIDEO'

Title: PROMOTIONAL VIDEO Product Type: others

Marketing Text: A promotional video was prepared by a subcontracting company to disseminate widely the YBL project and inform the general public about the activities implemented.

Description: The video presents the aims and objectives of YOUNG LEADERS, the pilot testing seminars implemented in all participating countries and some of the comments of the participants. Target group: -Interested individuals and firms

-Young workers

Result: The project team produced an innovative and fresh promotional video in order to raise awareness for the project.

Area of application: The video was diseminated widely by all parnters involved through emails and social media. Homepage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs9Wybr0VpA

Product Languages: English

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(2012-Product 'NEWSLETTERS'

Title: NEWSLETTERS Product Type: others

Marketing Text: The project newsletters served as the main information channel of the findings of the project and every partner invited their contacts to subscribe. It aimed to disseminate widely the results of the projects at local, EU and international level.

Description: The 1st newsletter included: -An introduction to the project

-Description of the training needs from each participant country according to the national reports.

-Articles regarding the 1st meeting in each country with the External Advisory Committees. The 2nd newsletter included:

- A short introduction to the pilot testing seminars

-An article for the implementation of the seminar in each country with photos of the training -Overall statistics data

-A poster presented by Dr. Dimitra Ioardanoglou (P1) in the International Scientific

Conference Economics and Managements which was held in Latvia. The poster described the aim of the YBL project, the essential leadership skills in time of crisis, the methodoloigy and the stages in the development of the innovative leadership training package of EU Young professionals.

The 3rd newsletter included:

-Articles from all partners involved for the final dissemination events implemented in their country

-Photos from the events

Result: The project newsletters were available online on YOUNG LEADERS website and were sent by email to a large number of interested stakeholders across the partner countries involved in the project.

Area of application: Public awareness campaign Homepage:

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2nd newsletter.pdf

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3rd newsletter.pdf

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(2012-Product 'BROCHURE'

Title: BROCHURE Product Type: others

Marketing Text: The YBL brochure was served as a source of information and dissemination of the project, for those seeking to find more about the project or about innovative trainings on leadership skills in general.

Description: The brochure presents the title of the project, a general introduction of the project, the mission of the project and why leadership skills are important, the target group, an info graphic with statistic data of the pilot testing programme, the three categories of the management skills, which organisations can benefit from the programme, testimonials, contact details, the partners of the consortium and their logos and the symbol of the Lifelong Learning Programme.

Result: The YBL brochure was disseminated widely within each partner country and other EU countries.

Area of application: Public awareness campaign Homepage:

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young leaders leaflet ENG.pdf

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(2012-Product 'WEBSITE'

Title: WEBSITE Product Type: website

Marketing Text: The website is the focal point for those seeking to find out more about the project in general, our main news and activities and the partnership involved.

Description: More specifically the website contained information, which is available in all partnership languages, on the following areas:

-Short introduction to the the LdV ToI programme -YOUNG LEADERS aims and objectives

-upcoming events and training seminars -links to related resources/websites -news and announcements

-summarised results and reports -signing up to the mailing list

-Weekly information about the developments of YOUNG LEADERS.

-Updated worldwide information, news and articles related to leadership skills development. -Information about the pilot training seminars in all participating countries.

-Information about our project team

-Information about the Advisory Committees in each country.

Target group: General public, National Agency, EC, interested stakeholders across Europe and abroad, partners of the consortium (private area)

Result: The project website contributes to disseminating widely the results of the project, project-generated deliverables at local, EU and international level. Since we planned to attract a large number of interested stakeholders to the social media of the project, the website assisted in driving back traffic from the website to the social media and vice versa. The website is available in English, Greek, Latvian, Lithuanian and Bulgarian.

Area of application: The project website serves as the main information channel for the partners and the stakeholders and as the most important exploitation tool once the project is completed. Homepage: http://www.youngbusinessleaders.eu/

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(2012-Product 'FACEBOOK PAGE'

Title: FACEBOOK PAGE Product Type: others

Marketing Text: A strong network of people interested in the development of leadership skills among young people was developed through YBL facebook page, which assisted us to disseminate the news of our project and several events organized by the project team, to present the final product results and to exploit the training package financially once the project is completed. Description: A short description of YOUNG LEADERS has been included in the project Facebook page

and also relevant information concerning the meetings of the project team and the progress made so far has been posted. In general the facebook page contains:

-Description of the aims and the objectives of the project

-News/articles with the main activities going on and the findings of the project so far -Information about the events that will take place during the lifetime of the project -Information about the upcoming training activities in the four RP countries -Weekly information about the developments of YOUNG LEADERS

-Updated worldwide information, news and interesting articles related to leadership skills development

-Updated informations about upcoming events, trainings and the progress of the project.

Target group: YBLs, general public, interested stakeholders, VET and training organisations, Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Trade Associations, Employees and Employers' Associations Result: The project team reached a large number of young people by using social media. Through

the Facebook page of YBL Project and the use of other social media accounts, the project was disseminated widely across a number of users and interested stakeholders from all around the world. This was the most efficient and cost-effective method for disseminating information to all interested stakeholders.

Area of application: All partners invited their friends, students, relatives and colleagues to join our page. Through facebook page all partners disseminated widely within their local and national context the project findings and make YOUNG LEADERS well-known.

Homepage: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Young-Business-Leaders/391132747630755?ref=hl Product Languages: English

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YOUNG LEADERS facebook group page - Screenshot.JPG

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(2012-Product 'VALORISATION AND DISSEMINATION PLAN OF ACTIVITIES'

Title: VALORISATION AND DISSEMINATION PLAN OF ACTIVITIES Product Type: others

Marketing Text: The dissemination and exploitation of project results was implemented across the whole project duration and was based on the results of all other work packages. Our aim was to promote the results on National, EU and international level; thus all partners following the detailed dissemination plan developed for their country implemented several dissemination activities in order to reach a large number of young people, which was the main target group. Description: The dissemination activities concerning our project started from the beginning of the life of the

project from all partners aiming to disseminate widely the objectives of the project and its results.

Target group: University graduates, young managers and young professionals, senior and experienced managers, employees, teachers, trainees, unemployed.

Result: A great number of dissemination activities in all partners countries.The plan was prepared by each partner and presented in detail the dissemination activities implemented during the whole duration of the project by each partner involved.

Area of application: A balanced geographic spread of dissemination was achieved through our partnership. We disseminated widely the results and the activities implemented during the whole duration of the project.

Homepage:

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Events

Final YOUNG LEADERS dissemination events

Date 24.09.2014

Description All participating countries have organised final dissemination events at national level, to make widely known the results of YOUNG LEADERS.

Target audience -Young unemployed people

-Young university graduates and students -Represtatives of employers organisations -Representatives of youth organisations -Managers and employees of SMEs

-Public Closed event

Dr Celia Hadjichristodoulou celia@grantxpert.eu +357 22 669266 Contact Information Cyprus: 24/09/2014, Latvia: 17/09/2014, Bulgaria:11/09/2014, Lithuania:17/09/2014, Greece: 24/09/2014, Time and place