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Leadership Responsibilities

Start: End: Location: online via Zoom
Event type:
  • Research Academy Ruhr
  • TU Dortmund
  • InFokus
  • For Junior Faculty
  • Für Junior Faculty
  • Workshop
The workshop aims to help scientists reflect on self-leadership while consciously shaping their contributions to a research organization. Additionally, it seeks to support the development of a sustainable and proactive academic career strategy

Module 1: Self-Leadership - Leading yourself under permanent ambiguity 

The first part of the workshop will focus on:

  • Leading oneself under ambiguity & uncertainty
  • Self-leadership frameworks for complex responsibility portfolios
  • Personal operating systems: energy, attention, decision load
  • Priority logic beyond urgency
  • Boundaries, delegation, and decision rules

Output: Personal Self-Leadership System
 

Module 2: Contribution - How do I want to shape my organisation 

The second part of the workshop will focus on: 

  • Organizational ecosystems
  • Organizational contribution beyond research
  • Strategic visibility and selective engagement
  • Contribution vs. compliance
  • Contribution strategy and researcher identity

Output: Contribution Map and 12-month engagement plan

Date: Mo, 26 October 2026, 09:00 – 12:00h
Location: online via Zoom
Target group: Junior Faculty of the UA Ruhr universities (Habilitation Candidates, Junior Research Group Leaders, Junior Professors) (max. 14 participants)
Trainer:  Dr. ès sc. habil. Alexander Schiller 
Registration deadline: 12 October 2026
Contact for organizational questions: event@rs.rub.de

Further information and registration

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