(English) Basic Seminar: Leading with Excellence. Leading in Research.

Ethical Leadership: Combining a Culture of Excellence and Appreciation

This basic seminar is aimed at habilitation candidates and postdocs.

The goal

To achieve scientific excellence, we are convinced that excellent leadership is needed which means to not only lead by example but also ethically and responsibly. Guided by this understanding, you will receive suggestions in the form of scientific theories and practical tools for excellent leadership and collaboration in your team.

The guiding questions

• How do I know if I am a good leader?
• How do I combine top performance with human dignity?
• How do I promote cooperation in a heterogeneous team?
• How do I motivate my employees?

The implementation

In this basic seminar, you will receive an overview of the most important theories and models of professional employee leadership and learn helpful techniques that you can use in your daily dealings with your employees and in critical situations. In addition, we will introduce you to the most important theories and methods of teamwork and communication. We will focus on how to successfully deal with conflicts and how to effectively use diversity in the team.

We recommend that you first take part in this event before you visit our further in-depth offers that are of particular relevance to you.

Instructor

Dr. Silvana Weber is a research associate, trainer and consultant at the LMU Center for Leadership and People Management. She studied psychology at the University of Göttingen and UC Berkeley and subsequently completed her doctorate at the University of Koblenz-Landau (2016) with international research stays in Australia and Austria. In addition to her academic work (substitute professor of social psychology 2020/21 at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, ongoing habilitation at the University of Würzburg), she is currently receiving training as a systemic counselor and therapist. As co-editor of the In-Mind Magazine, she is actively involved in the field of science communication.

Basic seminar for Habilitands and Postdocs