Date: November 26-27, 2024
Format: On-site workshop, City Center Campus, two-day workshop, Day 1: 9:00-17:00 & Day 2: 9:00-13:00, plus 3.0 hours pre-workshop activities
+ optional: personal consulting sessions in the following days
Target group: New research group leaders, professors on tenure track and advanced postdocs with (at least) initial leadership experience
Content and aim of the workshop: The workshop raises critical awareness of how to build research capacity and navigate research leadership with confidence. By reflecting on different styles of leadership, it provides hands-on tools and techniques to develop vision and mission, set goals, identify specific needs, recruit and develop research talent, manage expectations and review progress.
Your benefits: By participating in the workshop, you will be better equipped to:
- enhance research capacity as your career advances
- understand what makes an effective research leader
- set out vision and direction for your research group
- identify your needs and recruit the most qualified candidates
- employ appropriate tools and techniques to foster progress
- and realise your full research leadership potential
Methods: This highly interactive workshop employs theoretical input and practice scenarios, plenary discussions, individual and small group work, experience sharing, and expert advice. It is limited to 12 participants and will be presented in English.
Trainer: Dr. Thomas Koch is a research management consultant, certified business trainer and coach. Holding a PhD in physical chemistry from the UK, he builds on more than ten years of international research experience. For twelve more years, he has worked as a research manager and senior administrator, delivering high-level support and advisory services for both researchers and university top management at the universities in Bochum (RUB) and Munich (LMU). In 2016, he started up his own consultancy academic futures to provide hands-on workshops and individual guidance for researchers to realise their research ideas and career objectives.
Registration & Deadlines: You can register for the workshops by filing our registration form. Except for Info-Sessions, where the number of participants is not limited, registration opens 6 weeks before the start of a workshop. Registration closes 2-3 days before a workshop starts. In the case of a late registration, please send us an email at postdoc(at)tum.de. The selected applicants are expected to participate in the entire workshop.
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