The foundation aims to: a) promote a forward-looking leadership culture in Switzerland and abroad. Further education offers in the field of strategy and leadership development, as well as support for networks for exchanging experiences and solving problems across companies, are aimed in particular at SMEs; b) initiate, organize, implement and further develop a management program under the SKU brand. The program aims to provide an academically sound, practice-oriented further education to expand the personal and entrepreneurial competence of executives from private and public companies. It can collaborate with domestic and foreign cooperation partners who are suitable for disseminating and applying concepts and methods of modern corporate management with corresponding training offers; c) promote the network with universities, private research and consulting companies, as well as training programs; d) activities that promote further education and the promotion, education and development of a network within the graduates (alumni) of the management programs. The foundation does not pursue any commercial or self-help purposes. Its assets and any surplus income are used exclusively to achieve the aforementioned purposes.