EMBO Self-leadership Workshop for women scientists

"How self-awareness, self-confidence and self-efficacy can help me to achieve my goals"

INTRODUCTION

Self-leadership is the process by which a person becomes more comfortable with who they are and what they want, allowing them to fulfill their potential and build a strong foundation from which to take daily decisions – both professional and personal. Self-leadership enables better communication, satisfaction and more-balanced decisions.

In the world of scientific research, both men and women can benefit from learning and practicing self-leadership to improve their professional and personal lives. This course, however, is tailored specifically to women scientists to facilitate sharing experiences and insights.

Because women are in the minority at the level of group leaders and professors, they can experience additional challenges in their working environments and institutional structures. This course aims to give women specific support, advice and tools to use in their leadership roles. It is intended for senior postdocs and group leaders.

HOW THIS WORKSHOP WILL HELP YOU

This workshop will enhance your self-leadership. We will explore the topic of self-leadership by addressing self-awareness, self-confidence and self-efficacy. At the same time, this workshop will provide a space where you can exchange ideas and strategies with other women on dealing with and succeeding in the situations that women leaders face at the higher levels of life science research.

At the end of this workshop, you will:

• recognize that good leadership starts within
• be more aware of your values, strengths, achievements and intentions
• understand how personality, biases and stereotypes (your own and those of others) impact your leadership
• feel strengthened in your capacity to find effective and satisfying ways to deal with challenges concerning your professional role
• identify your own strategies to develop your (self-)leadership
• have a clearer view of your different roles in all areas of your life, how you want to be perceived in each one, and how to achieve this

The format of the workshop is highly interactive and practical, involving case-studies, role play, small group work and discussion sessions. You will be actively involved in the course, discussing your own life and leadership experiences and self-reflecting in a guided process. You will be taught leadership and self-focused techniques that can be readily used in daily life to enhance your leadership, success and satisfaction.

A mixed-gender version of this course will run on 14–16 October 2019. You can sign up here: http://lab-management.embo.org/dates/TR-SLA-2019

A note from Maria Leptin, EMBO Director, is available on this subject.

Trainers: Melissa Davies & Stéphanie Ruder Schoof

Programme

DAY I 

DAY II

DAY III