[ie-announce] Informatics Europe Online Academic Leadership Development Course: Leading People in Academia

Franziska Hauffe franziska.hauffe at informatics-europe.org
Mon Jan 18 10:09:29 CET 2021


Dear Colleagues,

Also in 2021, Informatics Europe provides a unique development 
opportunity for *new and emerging academic leaders* in Informatics and 
Computing through:

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*Online Academic Leadership Development Course:
Leading People in Academia
* <https://www.informatics-europe.org/services/academic-leadership.html>

*Six Online Workshop Sessions:**
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*11 & 25 March, 15 & 29 April, 13 & 27 May (Thursdays)
*10:00-12:00 CET/CEST//*
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*Registration Deadline: **15 February 2021*
**To register, please fill in this online form.* 
<https://www.informatics-europe.org/survey/index.php/283622>*
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All academics are or will become leaders, but how do you lead clever and 
independent-minded academics? How do you bring out the best in people as 
a leader? How do you have those difficult conversations? How do you and 
your colleagues not just survive but thrive? How do you ‘do’ academic 
leadership?

Leading people is one of the most difficult aspects of being a leader 
and particularly so in the complex academic environment of Informatics. 
And the foundation for being a good leader is knowing yourself and being 
able to bring your full self to the role. You will have the opportunity 
to explore these issues together with Prof. Geraldine Fitzpatrick 
<http://igw.tuwien.ac.at/hci/people/gfitzpatrick> and Prof. Austen 
Rainer <https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/austen-rainer>, who are both 
senior Informatics/Computing academics with strong leadership 
backgrounds and experience and who complement that experience with 
scientific evidence-based approaches to positive leadership practice.

Through six 2-hour online workshop sessions, complemented by in-between 
preparation work (own time engaging with video/audio content, worksheets 
and readings) and peer support sessions, you will have a facilitated 
learning experience to help you:

  * *Situate your leadership:*
      o Appreciate the unique opportunities and challenges of academic
        leadership;
      o Locate your academic leadership within its wider context and
        identify the leadership approach you want to bring to it;

  * *Lead yourself:*
      o Evaluate your own values and strengths to provide the foundation
        for a positive strengths-based approach to your leadership;
      o Identify and practice simple techniques to survive and thrive as
        an academic leader;

  * *Lead others:*
      o Appreciate what makes academics tick and how to bring out the
        best in people;
      o Identify and practice simple techniques for building collegial
        cultures;

  * *Further your own development:*
      o Identify how to integrate evidence-based recommendations with
        reflection on your and others’ experience with individual, pair
        and small-group activities;
      o Develop a plan of action for growing as an academic leader.

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*Dates & Agenda *

Online Zoom sessions will take place every *second Thursday from 10:00 
to 12:00 CET/CEST.*

Participants are also strongly encouraged to *block off alternate 
Thursdays at the same time* in their calendar for peer support time, in 
addition to making time for the critical in-between preparation work.

The sessions are scheduled as follows:

  * 4.03.21 Pre work (own time)
  * *11.03.21* *Session 1: *Intro/overview & leading Informatics in academia
  * 18.03.21 In-between work and optional peer support 1
  * *25.03.21* *Session 2:* Knowing ourselves and others
  * 8.04.21 In-between work and optional peer support 2
  * *15.04.21 **Session 3**:* Leading others - building collegial
    environments
  * 22.04.21 In-between work and optional peer support 3
  * *29.04.21* *Session 4:* Leading others - having effective conversations
  * 6.05.21 In-between work and optional peer support 4
  * *13.05.21* *Session 5:* Leading others - difficult conversations
  * 20.05.21 In-between work and optional peer support 5
  * *27.05.21* *Session 6:* Connecting leaders & where next
  * [TBD] Post-course check-in session - date to be agreed at the end of
    the course (approximately 6 months after)

/* Please note that the course will take place provided that the minimum 
number of participants is reached. In case not, the paid registration 
fee will be reimbursed.//
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*Target Audience
*

This course is intended to develop *new and emerging leaders in 
Informatics and Computing*. This is particularly appropriate for early 
or middle career academics. Indicative examples are (assistant) 
professor, project leader, group leader, theme leader; or any other 
academic leadership service roles, recognising that all academics are or 
will become leaders in some way.

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*Format*

This will be an exclusive, highly interactive, practical, experiential 
course by computer scientists for computer scientists. There will be 
opportunities for reflection through individual conversation, 
small-group activity, larger group discussion, peer support, and pre- 
and post-session activities. The course takes a blended learning 
approach. It will require at least a 2 hour commitment every week over 
12 weeks (counting the pre-work time), to attend bi-weekly Zoom sessions 
and to undertake the in-between work. The in-between work is an 
essential component of the 12-week course.

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*Intended Outcomes
*

Takeaways from this course include:

  * A clearer sense of your own leadership identity and style;
  * Strategies for self-care, self-management, life hacks, cognitive
    hacks, work-life integration, being a good role model;
  * An understanding of what makes people tick;
  * Strategies for identifying and developing people’s strengths and
    building a collegial culture;
  * Strategies for communicating powerfully through good attention,
    questions, listening, and dealing with challenging conversations;
  * An action plan for what to do next;
  * Opportunities to continue to engage with participants upon
    completion of the course.

Participants will receive an *Informatics Europe Certificate* 
recognising their participation and engagement with the course 
(attendance at least 4 of the 6 online workshops required for a 
certificate to be issued).

There are also opportunities to continue discussion with the 
facilitators and participants after the course has completed so as to 
support participants in their continued leadership development.

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**Registration Fees: **

  * € 600 - Informatics Europe Members
  * € 700 - Non-Members

The registration fee provides access to expert facilitation and content 
specific to informatics contexts, participation in the workshop sessions 
with an exclusive small group, and access to extensive materials that 
include slides, videos, audio, and related papers, as well as access to 
the expertise and experience of the facilitators.

*100% of the registration fee must be paid within 15 days after the 
registration.***

/** Please note that the amount of the bank transfer will have to 
include any bank fee related to the transfer and/or processing.
/

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