Projects "Leadership culture and change"

Revising management mission statement and management tools

As part of the action area "leadership culture and change", the university's leadership mission statement is to be revised and integrated into leadership training. Additionally, the management tools for line managers are to be reviewed and, if necessary, adapted to the mission statement. Managers from all faculties are to be involved in the analyses and further development so that the mission statement can be made suitable for the entire university. Work will be started as soon as the necessary resources are available.

Management training will be supplemented with courses in English. The introductory events, which are aimed at new middle and senior managers, are to continue and now also be held in English. The five introductory courses “The University Executive Board welcomes you”, “Principles of Human Resources Management”, “Basics of Financial Management”, “Employee Appraisals - Leading with objectives” and “Good Teaching and Communication” cover relevant principles and objectives of the University of Bern on leadership topics.

Further information on leadership training can be found here (UniBE intern).

Professional Change Management

The rapid pace of change in today's world places great demands on the employees of the University of Bern. To ensure that everyone can cope well with change and is well supported in this process, managers are to be trained in professional change management.

Change management is seen as an integral part of the “Leadership culture and change” action area and is therefore no longer pursued as a separate topic. A kind of toolbox is to be made available to managers to support them in change processes, using the basis of the Canton of Bern, which will publish a new website with a toolbox in spring 2025.

Status: March 2025