6–10 months
A typical company-internal learning journey.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
CHIEF OF ANYTHING
A modular leadership curriculum for companies that want managers to become capable people leaders — with a shared language, practical tools and behaviour that carries into everyday work.
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WHY IT MATTERS
From people pains to a shared leadership standard.
As companies grow, leadership gets harder to leave to individual instinct. CHIEF OF ANYTHING gives managers a common foundation, shared language and practical people-leadership toolkit.
Why companies need a common foundation
Managers are often promoted because they are strong specialists. Others arrive with leadership habits learned in different organisations. Without a common framework, every team can end up being led differently.
A structured leadership programme gives the organisation a common way to think, talk and act around people leadership — without requiring the internal team to design, maintain and deliver an entire curriculum from scratch.
THE PROGRAMME
Learning designed to transfer.
Participants should plan for approximately 4–8 hours per month across videos, workbook work, knowledge quiz, live sessions, relevant podcast listening and continued application.
4–8 hours
Approximate participant commitment per month.
Applied learning
Independent preparation, live practice, coaching, application and peer experience sharing.
9 of 10 courses
A typical current corporate programme is configured around the organisation’s needs.
The aim is not course completion. The aim is a common leadership standard that managers can use in real situations.
THE COMPLETE CURRICULUM
10 courses. Four elements. One shared language.
A typical current corporate programme uses 9 of the 10 courses, configured around the organisation’s needs.
01Leading Myself
02Leading Others
03Leading Teams
04Leading Organisations
COURSE 01 · LEADING MYSELF
It’s My Life
Use a practical leadership model to create clarity around Purpose, Vision and Values and unlock personal and team potential.
COURSE 02 · LEADING MYSELF
Emotional Intelligence
Understand triggers, limiting beliefs, affirmations, emotions and feelings to lead purposeful behaviour more effectively.
COURSE 03 · LEADING OTHERS
Menschenkenntnis / Insights Discovery
Use psychological methods and an Insights Discovery profile to understand different people and adapt leadership behaviour more flexibly.
COURSE 04 · LEADING OTHERS
Powerful Communication
Build rapport and use practical communication methods to influence through inspiration, motivation and clarity.
COURSE 05 · LEADING OTHERS
The Six Situations of Feedback
Learn to recognise when feedback is the right tool and choose the appropriate feedforward method for the situation.
COURSE 06 · LEADING OTHERS
Coaching
Use coaching to lead and support people who may be more technically competent in their role than you are.
COURSE 07 · LEADING TEAMS
Right People on the Bus / Kick-Ass Teams
Understand what it takes to build a high-performance team and put the right people in the right roles.
COURSE 08 · LEADING TEAMS
Performance
Use the right methods and mindset to help people deliver outstanding performance in their roles.
COURSE 09 · LEADING TEAMS
Get Sh** Done
Use focus, well-formed goals, active questions, task division, delegation and meeting rhythms to help the team succeed with greater ease.
COURSE 10 · LEADING ORGANISATIONS
Run This Company
Create the cultural and strategic foundation of Purpose, Vision, Values and Strategies that supports sustainable business success.
WHO IT'S FOR
When leadership can’t be left to chance.
CHIEF OF ANYTHING is designed for ambitious organisations that need leadership capability to scale with the company.
Around 20
An early fit for successful scale-ups.
50+
A common fit as management layers develop.
200+
Especially relevant when leadership development becomes recurring infrastructure.
Typical buyers
Chief People Officers, Heads of People, HR and L&D, with CEO, Executive Team or Founder involvement.
Typical triggers
- Strong specialists are becoming managers without enough leadership preparation
- Leaders have inconsistent methods and vocabulary
- The company has grown faster than its leadership systems
- Teams are busy but not productive enough
- Top-team issues are slowing execution
- Growth has stalled and people leadership is part of the constraint
WHAT THEY SAID
Leaders on Chief of Anything.
Amazing, we got EVERYONE trained in just a month. Great new skills we now apply every day that really boosts our success…
After Chief of Anything, I got promoted and I thrived in a challenging environment thanks to the deep personal and professional skills I gained.
Michael helped us to identify our values, to give us a very clear vision and, above all, a strategy on how to achieve this vision in five years!
Chief of Anything helped us to work out and formulate our vision and strategy. A jolt of motivation went through the entire team.
Michael’s methodological coaching approach … has taken us to a new level.
I find that is enormously rich, simply to have a clear focus, to have a clear north star.
Michael develops leaders for the world of today.
RESULTS
Leadership that shows up in the real work.
CHIEF OF ANYTHING is designed to help leaders understand themselves and others, communicate more clearly, use feedback and coaching well, build stronger teams and connect day-to-day leadership to the organisation’s purpose and strategy.
The intended result is a common leadership standard people can apply immediately in their teams and organisations.
- Everyone trained in a month.Dominik Senk, Sastrify
- Promoted, and thriving.Moritz Dreger, ADFERENCE
- A five-year strategy.Florian Hempen, SOTA
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Useful details before we talk.
How long does the programme take?
A typical CHIEF OF ANYTHING journey runs for 6–10 months.
How much time should participants plan for?
Approximately 4–8 hours per month across preparation, live practice, coaching and application.
Does every company use all 10 courses?
A typical current corporate programme uses 9 of the 10 courses, configured around the organisation’s needs.
START A CONVERSATION
BUILD THE RIGHT LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION FOR YOUR ORGANISATION.
Talk directly with Michael Portz about your organisation, the leadership challenges you are solving and the right programme configuration.
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