The current global situation is worrying: In the face of the omnipresent climate crisis, financial crises, social and political unrest, technology and information overload, we need to find our bearings and take action. How can this be achieved? This training provides strategies for successfully dealing with ambiguity and uncertainty. It highlights the aspects of mental agility, self-awareness, emotional awareness and situational awareness. Mental agility makes it possible to accept uncertainty and react flexibly to new situations. Self-knowledge opens up the space to reflect on one's own values and convictions in order to better understand one's own reactions. Control over strong emotions prevents impulsive actions. This allows situations to be realistically analyzed and appropriate decisions to be made.

Handlungsfähig bleiben:  Unsicherheit und Ambivalenz souverän meistern

Staying in Control : Managing Uncertainty and Ambivalence with Confidence 

We all have many goals and intentions. The question is, how can we move into action—and, more importantly, how do we stay committed until our goals are achieved?  This e⁠-⁠training aims to provide assistance with action control and motivation. Based on various psychological models, it explains how to set realistic, motivating goals, what to consider when planning action steps, how to maintain discipline during execution, and how to constructively analyze the results to achieve future goals even more effectively.

Ideen verwirklichen: Wie Sie Absichten in Taten umsetzen

Bringing Ideas to Life: Turning Intentions into Action

Thinking and acting in the best interest of the company isn’t just important for the C⁠-⁠suite. Everyone benefits when their values and goals align with those of the organization. This e⁠-⁠training course explains how to do that, and how to take responsibility and make decisions. It offers tools for self-reflection on roles and expectations, discusses the process of responsible decision-making, and explores how the right mindset can help you learn from mistakes to grow both personally and professionally.

Im Unternehmenssinne denken: Verantwortung übernehmen, Entscheidungen treffen

Adopt a Company-First Mindset: Own Your Actions and Make Decisions

Ensuring employees' mental well-being is crucial for companies and management—not just due to the substantial economic impact of mental health problems annually. Therefore, prevention and support must be deeply integrated into everyday management practices. This e⁠-⁠training course explains how different leadership styles can make a leader either a resource or a stressor for their team. It details the benefits of transformational leadership and guidance on how to arrange daily work to prioritize employees' mental health.  The importance of recognition and providing appropriate autonomy in tasks is also highlighted. Moreover, it promotes the creation of a supportive company culture and outlines how managers can safeguard their own mental health, considering the specific challenges they encounter.

Mental Health: Die psychische Gesundheit der Mitarbeitenden schützen

Mental Health: Safeguarding Employee Mental Health—Prioritizing Well-Being

Learning never stops, especially in today's digital and unpredictable work environment. Fortunately, today's employees can do more for their education than ever before. This e⁠-⁠training course introduces the concept of lifelong learning, explores future skills, offers tips for identifying personal learning needs, showcases diverse learning opportunities, and provides strategies for integrating learning into daily work routines. Additionally, it offers insights on effectively coordinating with managers and networking with colleagues to facilitate internal knowledge sharing.

Lernen lernen: Weiterbildungschancen erkennen und nutzen

Learning to Learn: Identifying and Seizing Further Development Opportunities

Mental illness is prevalent in the workforce, causing significant suffering for individuals and resulting in substantial economic losses. This e⁠-⁠training course aims to provide employees with options for managing their daily work routines in a way that minimizes the risk of mental health problems. To achieve this goal, resource-oriented health concepts are introduced, highlighting the importance of colleagues and social networks in preventing and detecting mental health issues early. Additionally, practical mindfulness and relaxation exercises are provided for assistance.

Mental Health: Achtsam handeln im Arbeitsalltag

Mental Health: Being Mindful in Your Daily Work Routine

We come across challenges in various aspects of life - be it at work, within the family, or on both large and small scales. While problems are an integral part of our daily existence, many individuals struggle to handle them rationally and effectively. Our e⁠-⁠training course offers you a structured approach: you'll gain the skills to precisely define problems, formulate targeted solution strategies, and consistently put them into action. Through practical methods and helpful tips, we assist you in every step of the problem-solving process, ensuring you have a solid grip on your challenges!

Probleme lösen – Von der Analyse bis zur Umsetzung

Effective Problem-Solving—Strategies for Identifying and Solving Issues

The nature of work in the modern world is changing rapidly. Unlike the past where people would often do the same job for years, it has become common for work tasks to change frequently. This change is due to increasing digitalization, artificial intelligence, and temporary work. In this context, it has become increasingly important for employees to regularly undergo training and upgrade their skills to increase their own employability. But what does employability mean? What skills are necessary to stay efficient and attractive in the job market in the long run? What is the relationship between career identity, self-efficacy and employability? Our e⁠-⁠training course provides answers to all these questions and more on the subject of employability.

Employability stärken – Attraktiv für den Arbeitsmarkt bleiben

Enhancing Employability—Staying Competitive in the Job Market

Employees experience different physical and mental stressors in their daily work. These include, for example, excessive demands, stress, monotony, lack of autonomy, disruptions, varying shifts, and prolonged screen time. These stressors can lead not only to reduced performance but also to underlying health issues. In this e⁠-⁠training course, participants learn how to deal constructively with these stressors to remain healthy in the long term.

Fit im Job – Gesund und achtsam arbeiten

Staying Fit and Active on the Job—Working Healthy and Mindful

The AI revolution is one of the fastest and most profound transformations in recent history. Hardly any professional field will remain untouched by it. This shift will require all of us to take a new approach to our work and the world around us. This e⁠-⁠training course does not provide hard facts about how algorithms work. Rather, it focuses on the human aspect. The objective is to guide learners in developing their resilience, grasping strategies to manage change effectively, and recognizing how discovering their purpose can foster fulfilling work experiences, even amid new circumstances.

Mit Selbstvertrauen ins KI-Zeitalter

Moving into the Age of AI with Confidence

Today's employees and companies often no longer define success simply by how quickly someone can climb the corporate ladder. Instead, it is increasingly measured in terms of responsibility, community benefit, satisfaction, and purpose. Why is purposeful work so promising? And what can help you find more purpose and joy in your job? This course will show you how to find purpose in your work and be more successful and satisfied in your company.

Purpose – Mit Sinn zum Erfolg

Purpose—Understanding and Achieving Success

This e⁠-⁠training prepares employees to work together in hybrid teams as successfully and as smoothly as possible. Participants learn how they can establish binding rules as a basis for hybrid collaboration and where the limits of hybrid work lie. In addition, hybrid team meetings, team cohesion—despite physical distance and the recognition and communication of individual needs and wishes are essential contents. 

Hybrides Arbeiten: On- und offline punkten

Hybrid Work – Scoring in Online and Offline Settings 

Stress is a natural part of our lives. However, too much stress can have serious consequences. Numerous physical and mental issues can result from too much stress. During this e⁠-⁠training course, you will learn the definition of stress and the cause behind it. How can we succeed in reducing stress? Which methods of instrumental, mental and regenerative stress management are helpful? This e⁠-⁠training course provides answers to these questions. You will learn how to recognize stress, understand it better and manage it successfully through targeted techniques and methods.

Stressmanagement – Stress erfolgreich und gelassen meistern

Stress Management — Mastering Stress Successfully and Calmly

Burnout is an emotional and physical exhaustion syndrome, which can result from too much stress. In this e⁠-⁠training course, you will learn what the term "burnout" means, and how burnout can occur. What factors contribute significantly to this condition? What are the three stages of burnout? What can you do to stay healthy even under greater stress? And what must be done if burnout has actually occurred? 
This e⁠-⁠training course provides clear answers to these questions. 
You will learn how to recognize burnout, understand it better, and help to improve the situation by means of external assistance.

Burnout besser verstehen und bewältigen

Understanding and Managing Burnout Better

At work, we face pressure to perform, complex requirements, unforeseeable events, and uncertainties on a daily basis. Resilience makes it possible to deal with these challenges in a positive way and even to develop personally. But what is resilience? And what are the differences between resilient and non-resilient people? How can the seven pillars of resilience help you to confidently overcome challenges in your everyday work? And how can you go about strengthening your own inner resilience? These questions will be covered in detail during this e⁠-⁠training course.

Resilienz – Die innere Widerstandskraft stärken

Resilience—Increasing Your Inner Resilience 

The more self-determined and self-reliant you can be in your job, the more important it is to be self-motivated in your approach. In this e⁠-⁠training you will learn the basics of self-motivation. You will explore your motives and learn how to formulate clear goals. On this basis, we will introduce you to methods for motivating yourself effectively and maintaining your motivation in the long term. In addition, you will learn how to deal productively with obstacles. Numerous practical tips make it easier for you to apply the new knowledge in your everyday life.

Selbstmotivation

Self-Motivation

Anyone wanting to use time productively must first have an idea of where their time currently goes. This e⁠-⁠learning begins by inviting participants to write down their estimates. Then, for two weeks, write down what you've done during every hour of the day. This self-assessment will then be used as a basis for learning the essential methods of time management. The Pomodoro Method, batching, timeboxing, and prioritizing according to the Eisenhower Matrix. The goal is for participants to learn to manage their time in a way that other team members can rely on. This e⁠-⁠learning can also be used to get to know individual methods more closely.

Zeitmanagement

Time Management

With the aid of learning strategies, it is possible to guide memory and learning processes for specific goals. This e⁠-⁠training course introduces participants to a series of learning strategies based on research in the psychology of learning. These strategies are geared to widely varied learning goals—ranging from classic rote learning, to the consolidation and structuring of knowledge, to the more efficient use of informative texts and one's own notes. Participants will learn how to apply these strategies for self-directed learning opportunities in everyday work, and what makes them so effective.

Lernstrategien – Methodenkoffer

Learning Strategies—Method Toolbox

More and more people are working from home all or part of the time. That has a lot of advantages, such as a better work-life balance and being spared the daily commute to work. At the same time, employees working from home also face major challenges. Many of the structures otherwise taken for granted are no longer there, and the easy, convenient contact with colleagues is also gone. The personal responsibility is greater—everyone is called upon to structure their working time, organize their workstation, avoid distractions and stay self-motivated. Learn how to do this in this practical training that includes many tips and transfer tasks for your everyday life working from home.

Erfolgreich arbeiten im Homeoffice

Working Successfully in Your Home Office

With the possibilities offered by digitization, learning is becoming more flexible, diverse, and individualized, than ever before. Thanks to this, you now have the opportunity to take more control of your learning process. In this e⁠-⁠training course, you will learn about which parts of the learning process you can have an influence on – and you will receive numerous tips for successful self-organized learning. You will learn how to identify your learning needs, and, from these, you will learn how to set learning goals and get to grips with learning content. You will also find out how to select the appropriate learning resources and create a framework that is conducive to your learning. Furthermore, you will learn how you can learn productively with other people. And, finally, you will learn how to evaluate your learning process.

Selbstorganisiert lernen

Self-Organized Learning

Every company wants creative employees with a neverending supply of good ideas. The phrase "Be creative!" has probably never spurred anyone on to imaginative high performance. But creativity can be encouraged and practiced. This e⁠-⁠learning introduces methods and techniques to generate creative ideas including Brainstorming and Brainwriting, the 635 Method, the Six Thinking Hats, the Walt Disney Method, and Stimulus Image Analysis. You will also receive valuable tips and "recipes" for a successful process. Additional transfer tasks help participants to integrate what they've learned into their everyday work.

Kreativitätstechniken – Methodenkoffer

Fostering Creativity—Methods for Your Toolbox

In this e⁠-⁠learning course, you will learn how you can work more productively and with less stress. It's not about working faster and harder to boost output. Instead, you can employ easy-to-learn methods to structure your day efficiently and be more relaxed in achieving your goals. You will learn how to get into the flow and become absorbed in your work. We will show you what your biorhythm has to do with your productivity and how you can plan your day so that you work harmoniously with your internal clock. After all, people who work efficiently, with less stress, not only perform better but are also more relaxed and satisfied on the job.

Produktiver und zufriedener im Job

Becoming More Productive and Satisfied at Work

The ever-increasing use of digital communication tools has led to information overload in the workplace, which poses challenges for people every day. In this e⁠-⁠training course, you will learn how to control the flood of digital information by using personal information management skills. In addition, you will learn strategies for increasing your productivity, creativity, and ability to concentrate. Practical techniques and tricks will be introduced to demonstrate how to bring order to any overflowing inbox. Additionally, the e⁠-⁠training course will teach you how to scrutinize your personal use of digital communication tools more closely, as well as showing you methods for handling such tools in a balanced and healthy way.

Digitale Informationsflut effizient meistern

Overcoming the Digital Information Overload

There's circuit training for those who want to increase their athletic performance. But what about those who want to get in shape for their career? What do they do? Joachim Pawlik, a former professional athlete and leading consultant for the performance of managers and the development of potential, has adapted the circuit training method to professional life. At ten stations, you will learn which skills play a crucial role and how to develop them. You will learn how to take genuine responsibility in crucial moments and how you can have greater courage. You will see how you need to practice getting the last ten percent out of yourself and improving speed by thinking more slowly. At every stage, there will be questions to reflect on, exercises, and micro-learnings to challenge you to take a critical look at yourself and work on yourself with specific objectives – for greater flexibility, resilience, and performance at work as well as in your personal life.

Zirkeltraining für die Karriere

Workout for Your Career

Do you struggle to take action, even though you really want to?  Then engage in self-reflection and set concrete goals for yourself.  This microlearning will show you how. 

Ich finde nie den richtigen Zeitpunkt, um mit der Umsetzung meiner Ideen loszulegen

I Never Find the Right Time to Start Implementing My Ideas

When a customer conversation gets emotional, it’s important to hit pause and de-escalate.  This microlearning offers practical strategies to help!

Im Kundengespräch kochen öfter mal die Emotionen hoch

Customer Conversations Can Sometimes Get Emotional

There are situations where clients seem to act irrationally from our perspective. Their decisions may be completely baffling, and they might even act against their own interests. This microlearning will show you how a shift in perspective can help uncover the reasons behind their behavior.

Das Verhalten meines Kunden oder meiner Kundin ist mir völlig unverständlich

I Can’t Make Any Sense of My Customer’s Behavior

Bottling up anger is harmful. Allowing yourself to feel it internally and taking a moment to pause helps to defuse and resolve situations.

Meine Kolleg:innen nerven mich und machen mich wütend

My Coworkers Annoy Me and Make Me Angry 

Learn how to stay centered and calm under external pressure to meet expectations. Develop the skills to listen to your inner voice and effectively communicate your concerns, even in the face of uncertainty and ambivalence.

Mein Team sagt, das Projekt ist fertig, aber mein Bauchgefühl widerspricht

My Team Says the Project Is Done, but My Gut Tells Me Otherwise

Suppose you have an implementation intention ready for as many situations as possible. In that case, it will be much easier for you to take the necessary steps to reliably reach your desired goal. This micro shows how it's done!

Mit Durchführungsintentionen Ziele sicherer erreichen

Achieve Goals More Reliably with Implementation Intentions

How do wishes turn into goals, and goals into actions? The Rubicon Model provides an explanation! 

Mit dem Rubikonmodell Handlungsprozesse besser verstehen

Understanding action processes better with the Rubicon Model

Responsibility means prioritizing. In this microlearning, you’ll learn how to reflect on and evaluate your roles and the expectations that come with them.

Die Verantwortungen in meinem Beruf machen mich fertig

My Work Responsibilities Are Exhausting Me

With strategic weekly planning, you can make better use of your time and achieve your professional goals.

Effektive Wochenplanung mit Zielen

Weekly Planning Made Simple for Achieving Goals

The key to long-term success is transforming knowledge into actionable skills!  Exercises, discussions, Q&A sessions, and role-playing activities all help in this process. 

Wissen verankern mit nachhaltigem Wissenstransfer

Anchoring Knowledge through Sustainable Learning Methods

Acknowledging one's own knowledge gaps can be intimidating, yet it's essential for personal growth and improvement. This micro shows how it's done!

Ich traue mich nicht, meine Wissenslücken zuzugeben

Tackling the Fear of Acknowledging What I Don't Know

In this microlearning module, we demonstrate effective strategies for organizing and prioritizing your arguments to persuade your manager to support your ongoing education.

Ich möchte meine Führungskraft überzeugen, mir eine Weiterbildung zu erlauben

Persuading My Manager to Authorize Further Development

With the loci method, you link information with familiar places to make it easier to remember.

Sich leichter Dinge merken mit der Loci-Methode

Memorise things more easily with the loci method

With the SQ3R method, you can better grasp the most important content when reading a text and keep it in mind for later.

Verstehendes Lesen mit der SQ3R-Methode

Comprehensive reading with the SQ3R method

The design thinking approach helps to make products and companies competitive again by focussing on customers, openness, curiosity and innovation. Three rules will help you prepare for the design thinking process in the best possible way.

So bereitet sich dein Team auf den Design-Thinking-Prozess vor

How your team prepares for the design thinking process

Sometimes, it may feel like your work is meaningless—but it never is! When you view your tasks as part of the larger picture, that's where you find the real meaning. 

Mir fällt es schwer, den Sinn bei stumpfen Routineaufgaben zu sehen

I Struggle to See the Point in Mundane, Routine Tasks

It can be frustrating when learning doesn't work out the way you want it to. By realising why the skills you want to acquire are important, you will be able to motivate yourself for the learning process.

Es fällt mir schwer, meinen Start in den Lernprozess zu finden

Finding a Start in the Learning Process is Challenging

It can be difficult to delegate tasks that are enjoyable, but it is crucial for both time management and employee development. 

Ich möchte nicht delegieren, weil ich die Aufgabe lieber selbst abschließen will

I Don't Want to Delegate Because I Prefer to Complete the Task Myself

If you are too emotionally involved in your work, we'll show you here how to channel the intensity of your emotions into productive avenues.

Ich nehme mir meine Arbeit zu sehr zu Herzen

I'm Overly Emotionally Invested in My Work

We all have uncertainties and weaknesses. This microlearning is designed to assist in embracing one's weaknesses, fostering more confidence in the process.

Andere wirken so souverän und stark – und ich krieg das nicht hin

Others Seem So Confident and Strong—I Struggle to Measure Up

Those who work from home face the challenge that many of the usual work structures don't exist. This micro shows how they can better structure their own work time.

Die Trennung zwischen Homeoffice und Zuhause gelingt mir nicht

Struggling to Separate My Work in My Home Office from My Personal Life

In a home office, you always seem available and approachable as a parent. This micro shows how simple symbols can be used to clearly distinguish work mode from home mode.

Im Homeoffice werde ich ständig von meinen Kindern unterbrochen

Dealing with Interruptions from My Children in Home Office

Do your eyes get tired and dry quickly with all the screen work you do? In this micro-learning, we'll introduce you to the 20-20-20 rule, which you can use to give your eyes quick and easy relief. 

Gesunde Augen mit der 20-20-20-Regel

Keep Your Eyes Healthy with the 20-20-20 Rule

Mindfulness can help you keep your perspective in stressful situations.

Mit Achtsamkeit den Arbeitsalltag gelassen meistern

Calmly Navigate Everyday Life through Mindfulness

Hybrid work often requires more communication about needs, coordination and even work/life boundaries. This micro provides practical tips on how to do this. 

Sichtbar bleiben im Homeoffice

Staying Visible in Your Home Office

Being afraid of AI is the wrong reaction. We should see it as a tool and partner to simplify our own work processes and do what we really want to do.

Ich habe Angst, dass die KI meinen Job übernimmt

I Am Afraid That AI Will Replace My Job

There are some to-dos that you like to put off. This micro presents three possible motivational techniques for getting unpopular tasks done. 

Sich selbst motivieren

Staying Self-Motivated

Monotasking allows you to tackle tasks one at a time and concentrate fully on them. 

Monotasking: Volle Konzentration

Monotasking: Full Concentration

Employees work better when the meaning and purpose of their work is clear to them. An understandable purpose, an inspiring corporate mission statement, good communication and authenticity play a key role in creating clarity.

Tätigkeiten einen Sinn geben

Giving Meaning to Tasks

Use the ALPEN method to efficiently plan your to-dos for the day and keep track of all your tasks!

Produktiver arbeiten mit der ALPEN-Methode

Work More Productively with the ALPEN Method

Job crafting helps you better match your tasks and responsibilities to your skills and interests.

Mit Job Crafting Aufgaben und Interessen verbinden

Connecting Tasks and Interests with Job Crafting

Signature strengths are skills that you particularly like to use frequently and that distinguish you as a person. By using your signature strengths at work, you can achieve your professional goals and advance your career.


Signaturstärken zur beruflichen Entfaltung nutzen

Using Signature Strengths for Professional Development

Purpose means living out your passion at work. Passion is therefore a central key to finding out what really makes you happy.

Leidenschaft gezielt im Job nutzen

Passion at Work

The concept of the Golden Circle can guide you to discover deeper meaning in your work, leading to greater satisfaction and long-term success in your career.

Mithilfe des Goldenen Kreises einen Sinn im Job finden

Finding Meaning in Your Work with the Golden Circle

Here you will learn how to define your goals according to SMART logic so that they are precise and motivating.

Die SMART-Methode

The SMART Method

Use the Eisenhower Matrix to prioritize your tasks by urgency and importance in order to focus on the right tasks.

Clever priorisieren mit der Eisenhower-Matrix

Clever Prioritization with the Eisenhower Matrix

In this micro, you'll learn how to manage your time in your home office efficiently and draw a clear line between working time, free time and breaks. Small rituals and a clear structure that is individually tailored help. 

Arbeitszeit im Homeoffice strukturieren

How to Structure Working Time in Your Home Office

The Johari window shows the difference between external image and self-image. From this, you can deduce how you can help your employees or colleagues to achieve a healthy self-perception.

Das Selbstbild erweitern mit dem Johari-Fenster 

Expanding the Self-Image with the Joahri Window

With the Inbox Zero method, you'll get more order out of your inbox. You won't be distracted by emails outside of your designated time slots.

Ordnung im Postfach dank Inbox Zero

Bringing Order to Your Mailbox Thanks to Inbox Zero

The Design Thinking process helps create innovative products that are attractive to customers. By following these six steps, you can truly understand your customers' problems and develop a sustainable, effective solution.

Innovativ und kundenorientiert handeln mit Design Thinking

Acting innovatively and customer-oriented with Design Thinking

With the PINKTUM Master Certificates, you sharpen your skills profile and are rewarded for consistent learning. Choose from different topic clusters for your personal development. Each cluster contains a selection of thematically appropriate e-trainings that you can flexibly compile as learning paths according to your needs. Once you successfully complete ten e-trainings from a topic cluster, you will earn a Master Certificate.

German-language learning paths for the PINKTUM Master Certificates can be completed in all subject clusters without restriction. We also offer the Master Certificates in English, French and Spanish. For these language versions, however, some e-trainings in the topic clusters will only be available at a later date.

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