How can I enable my employees to tackle a problem more autonomously and secure the outcome? How can I motivate staff to devote more time, attention and initiative to projects?

Providing professional advice and support to junior scientists is an important part of leadership in science and often involves a considerable investment of time. Research assistants who work in a proactive, results- and goal-oriented manner take the pressure off professors and supervisors.

Essential coaching techniques support the employees‘ independent and goal-oriented solution finding. At the same time, the potential of employees and doctoral candidates is promoted.

How can interdisciplinary and international teams overcome communication barriers and align their goals effectively? What strategies ensure that diverse perspectives work together towards a common research vision? 

Bringing together researchers from different disciplines and countries offers enormous potential – but also specific challenges for team leaders. Through practical tools, case-based discussion, and peer exchange, participants will examine the dynamics within their own research groups. Topics include goal-setting in collaborative contexts, managing team dynamics, and navigating intercultural communication. The workshop supports participants in shaping a leadership culture that fits the needs of their interdisciplinary and international teams.

„If only I could have a more productive relationship with my supervisor and with my colleagues…my life here would be so much easier!” This seminar nurtures „leading up“ and “lateral leadership” skills to address ongoing challenges with supervisors and colleagues to  nudge them toward the goals that matter most to the participants. Crucially, a series of one-to-one meetings on the second day allow participants to discuss their specific situation, eventual challenges they are facing and possible ways forward to improve the relationship with their supervisors and colleagues.

“I can see there is something strange going on here in terms of discrimination issues… but what is it? And what is my role in all this?” Targeted at academics, this seminar aims to support participants in becoming more aware of existing forms discrimination, to appreciate diversity and to nurture an inclusive professional environment. In doing so, it encourages participants to become proactive “agents for change” within academic contexts and, also, beyond these. The specific issues covered in the workshop include both gender equality and all forms of discrimination.