Workshop: "Developing Your Leadership Skills as a Researcher"
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Target Audience: OIST Community
Session format: Interactive workshop (50 seats)
Speaker: Dr Kerstin Fritsches, Managing Director and Head Trainer of PostdocTraining, Australia
Short Description:
Leadership is an important part of your role as an early career researcher, whether you are officially ‘the boss’ or are currently working as a team member. So what are the skills, characteristics and behaviours that make a great leader - and how do you overcome leadership challenges?
Learning objectives:
By the end of this session you will ...
- learn how to lead effectively by understanding your strengths and weaknesses
- understand how to develop leader's mindset and improve your leadership skills
- acquire new ideas and practical tools to help you improve continuously as a leader
NO REGISTRATION is required!
About the Speaker:
Dr. Kerstin Fritsches is a former research fellow with first-hand experience of the challenges facing early career researchers and a strong track record in postdoc affairs and career development. A lack of effective career training for PhDs led Kerstin to found PostdocTraining in 2011, to bridge a gap in professional development by delivering support tailored specifically for PhD students and postdocs.
PostdocTraining delivers career development support and mentoring for researchers worldwide and Kerstin has become a sought-after workshop facilitator on topics such as career planning and research leadership in both Europe and Australia.
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