Transferable Skills Course: Female leadership in diverse working environments

Description

Leadership skills highly influence team performance, colleague and staff engagement and the potential for innovation in a research group. Skillful leadership is particularly needed when operating in heterogenous group settings, e.g., in terms of world views, areas of interest, personalities, age, cultures, (formal and informal) hierarchies, and gender. Leading by example can help effectively teaming up of scientific, teaching and administrative staff and can create many opportunities for extraordinary results. Yet, diversity entails challenges at the individual and group scales. While every person in each field of work has a contribution to make to some bigger goal, it can get lost in unfavourable group dynamics, misunderstandings, (subtle) conflicts and competing priorities. Project processes can feel highly ineffective and complicated rather than creating the leverage effects they are meant to produce. Furthermore, women in particular face challenges on their leadership path due to systemic biases.

This two-day workshop aims to equip female researchers and science support staff with effective tools for stepping into 360° leadership roles. The workshop emphasizes leading by example through practicing vulnerability, candid communication, and making meaningful contributions to a group, which are essential for creating a positive team environment. By fostering these qualities and identifying authentic (female) leadership values, participants will be better equipped to drive innovation, learning, creativity, and well-being within their teams. The workshop provides practical tools based on conscious and transformational leadership, enhancing the ability to build trust, motivate team members, and create a collaborative atmosphere. Additionally, it covers building strong work relationships, supporting students and team members in their professional development, and cultivating responsibility and ownership in everyone in the team.

Trainer

Dr. Insa Flachsbarth is a business economist by training; she holds a PhD in agricultural economics and has over 10 years of experience as a researcher and scientific project manager in several European and American research institutions and universities. She is also a professionally trained coach for researchers at different career levels. Her coaching and trainings focus on female leadership in science as well as inter- and transdisciplinary group processes. Her workshops are designed to create long-lasting transformative experiences leaving the participants with confidence to create authentic and joyful (work) lives.

Programme

11^th November 2024

9:00 – 9:45: Welcome and introduction

9:45 – 10:30: Defining (female) leadership

10:30 – 10:45: Coffee Break

10:45 – 12:15: Understanding success ; Agreements for inclusive teams

12:15 – 13:15 Lunch Break

13:15 – 14:45: The role of trust for empowering diverse teams

15:00 – 16:45: Leading by example: 1) Embracing failure & learning together; 2) Creating team support

16:45 – 17:00: Wrap-up

12^th November 2024

9:00 – 10:00: Introduction and learning from day 1

10:00 – 11:15: Female leadership & stereotype threat

11:15 – 11:30: Coffee Break

11:30 – 13:00: Leading authentically grounded in values (continued)

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 – 14:30: Leadership action

14:30 – 15:30: Building a learning environment - 1) Building on the (diverse) ideas of others

15:30 – 15:45: Coffee Break

15:45 – 16:45: Building a learning environment - 2) Giving and receiving empowering feedback

16:45 – 17:00: Wrap-up

Registration

Please email gindrat@molgen.mpg.de to register for this course.

Before signing up for this workshop, please make sure that you can attend all the dates and write them in your calendar. If you do not show up or cancel at very short notice, other interested people will not be able to participate.