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<p><font face="Calibri"> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Also
in 2021, </span></font><font face="Calibri"><span
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a unique development opportunity for <strong>new
and emerging academic leaders</strong> in
Informatics and Computing through: </span><br>
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<p><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-US"><a
href="https://www.informatics-europe.org/services/academic-leadership.html"
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Development Course:<br>
Leading People in Academia<br>
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<font face="Calibri"> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Six
Online Workshop Sessions:</b></span><b><span
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<div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Calibri"><b><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">11 & 25 March, 15 &
29 April, 13 & 27 May (Thursdays)<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">10:00-12:00
CET/CEST</span></font><font face="Calibri"><span
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Registration Deadline:
</b><b>15 February 2021</b></span></font></div>
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href="https://www.informatics-europe.org/survey/index.php/283622"
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fill in this online form.</b></a></span></font></b></span><br>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">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?<br>
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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 <a
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href="http://igw.tuwien.ac.at/hci/people/gfitzpatrick">Prof.
Geraldine Fitzpatrick</a> and <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/austen-rainer">Prof.
Austen Rainer</a>, 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. <br>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">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:<br>
<ul>
<li><b>Situate your leadership:</b></li>
<ul>
<li>Appreciate the unique opportunities and challenges
of academic leadership; </li>
<li>Locate your academic leadership within its wider
context and identify the leadership approach you
want to bring to it;</li>
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<li><b>Lead yourself:</b></li>
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<li>Evaluate your own values and strengths to provide
the foundation for a positive strengths-based
approach to your leadership;</li>
<li>Identify and practice simple techniques to survive
and thrive as an academic leader; <br>
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<li><b>Lead others:</b></li>
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<li>Appreciate what makes academics tick and how to
bring out the best in people;</li>
<li>Identify and practice simple techniques for
building collegial cultures;<br>
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<li><b>Further your own development:</b></li>
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<li>Identify how to integrate evidence-based
recommendations with reflection on your and others’
experience with individual, pair and small-group
activities;</li>
<li>Develop a plan of action for growing as an
academic leader.</li>
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<b>Dates & Agenda </b><br>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">Online Zoom sessions will
take place every <b>second Thursday from 10:00 to 12:00
CET/CEST.</b><br>
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Participants are also strongly encouraged to <b>block off
alternate Thursdays at the same time</b> in their
calendar for peer support time, in addition to making time
for the critical in-between preparation work. <br>
<p>The sessions are scheduled as follows: <br>
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<li>4.03.21 Pre work (own time)</li>
<li><b>11.03.21</b> <b>Session 1: </b>Intro/overview
& leading Informatics in academia</li>
<li>18.03.21 In-between work and optional peer support 1</li>
<li><b>25.03.21</b> <b>Session 2:</b> Knowing ourselves
and others</li>
<li>8.04.21 In-between work and optional peer support 2</li>
<li><b>15.04.21 </b><b>Session 3</b><b>:</b> Leading
others - building collegial environments</li>
<li>22.04.21 In-between work and optional peer support 3</li>
<li><b>29.04.21</b> <b>Session 4:</b> Leading others -
having effective conversations</li>
<li>6.05.21 In-between work and optional peer support 4</li>
<li><b>13.05.21</b> <b>Session 5:</b> Leading others -
difficult conversations</li>
<li>20.05.21 In-between work and optional peer support 5</li>
<li><b>27.05.21</b> <b>Session 6:</b> Connecting
leaders & where next</li>
<li>[TBD] Post-course check-in session - date to be
agreed at the end of the course (approximately 6
months after)</li>
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<p><em>* 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.</em><em><br>
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<b>Target Audience<br>
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<p>This course is intended to develop <b>new and emerging
leaders in Informatics and Computing</b>. 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
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<b>Format</b>
<p>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. <br>
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<b>Intended Outcomes<br>
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<p>Takeaways from this course include:</p>
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<li>A clearer sense of your own leadership identity and
style;</li>
<li>Strategies for self-care, self-management, life
hacks, cognitive hacks, work-life integration, being a
good role model;</li>
<li>An understanding of what makes people tick;</li>
<li>Strategies for identifying and developing people’s
strengths and building a collegial culture;</li>
<li>Strategies for communicating powerfully through good
attention, questions, listening, and dealing with
challenging conversations;</li>
<li>An action plan for what to do next;</li>
<li>Opportunities to continue to engage with
participants upon completion of the course.</li>
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<p>Participants will receive an <b>Informatics Europe
Certificate</b> recognising their participation and
engagement with the course (attendance at least 4 of the
6 online workshops required for a certificate to be
issued).<br>
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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.<br>
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<strong><strong>Registration Fees: </strong></strong>
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<li>€ 600 - Informatics Europe Members</li>
<li>€ 700 - Non-Members</li>
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<p>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.<br>
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<b>100% of the registration fee must be paid within 15
days after the registration.**</b></p>
<p><em>** Please note that the amount of the bank transfer
will have to include any bank fee related to the
transfer and/or processing. <br>
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