Leadership
Leadership is always a complex and challenging issue – but, in academia you have to face the fact that, on the one hand, the primary task of gaining new knowledge is a thoroughly non-hierarchical process, whereas, on the other hand, the university as an organisation entails a hierarchical structure. Hence, academic leadership has to consider both aspects. Furthermore, in an academic career, leadership skills become more and more important besides scientific excellence – but are never ‘taught’.
Therefore, the workshop offers an opportunity to enhance and deepen your leadership skills. Starting point is the reflection on a pre-condition for successful leadership: analysing your role and clarifying your self-conception as a leader. This is the fundament for further subjects that can support you to expand your leadership repertoire – always with the focus on leadership in academia.
Workshop Topics – (on campus):
- Role Clarification
- Specifics of Leadership in Academia
- Leadership Concept at University of Stuttgart
- Leadership Topics – Tailored to the Participants’ Needs
- Dealing with Diversity, Interdisciplinarity, and Heterogeneity – Communication and Cooperation in Mixed Teams
- Sources and Dynamics of Power and Influence in Organisations, especially in Universities
- Collegial Advice in Practice
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