Leadership Skills for Postdocs
Event type:
- Research Academy Ruhr
- Leadership, Supervision & Management Competencies
- Führungs-, Betreuungs- & Managementkompetenzen
- For Postdocs
- Für Postdocs
- Workshop
Leadership has undergone changes – in parallel with changes to our work environments. Flatter hierarchies, project work in a matrix structure and more rapid changes of assignments, locations and colleagues are but some of the new challenges we all face. Interpersonal skills become ever more important when leading a team or a project: for motivation, conflict resolution or work delegation.
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Hire for quality!
- How to get the best team and not just clones of yourself
- Overcoming biases in staff selection and other work processes
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Conflict management
- Prevent conflicts by your lab set-up: communication and practicalities
- Deescalate and resolve conflicts by mediation and through fair negotiations
- Escalate professionally if necessary
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Leadership styles
- Can we find a leadership style that fits all types and is this even desirable?
- Who to delegate to in your diverse team and how?
- Staff development
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Feedback and other one-on-ones
- Giving and receiving critical feedback
- Feedback in the international context: how (in-) direct can I be?
- Time: Mon–Thu, 7–10 November 2022, each day 9.00–11.30 a.m.
- Location: Online workshop via Zoom
- Target group: Postdocs of all research areas of the UA Ruhr Universities; max. 12 participants
- Trainer: Dr. Philipp Gramlich
- Registration deadline: 24 October 2022
- Contact for organizational questions: Bettina von Döllen (Graduiertenzentrum TU Dortmund)