Leadership Training - Diversity conscious competence Part 1 and 2 (virtual)

Wednesday 16 Sept 2020, 09:00 → 13:00 Europe/Berlin

Online - the link will be sent to you

Part 1 (16th September, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm)

• Your questions and intercultural & diversity-related experiences in academic settings
• Diversity and Perception:
  • intercultural and diversity-sensitivity
  • Iceberg Model of diversity perception; our “Diversity Glasses”; Diversity Wheel
• Critical Incident: multilayered aspects of diversity in academic leadership settings
• Intercultural and Diversity-conscious Communication:
  • Indirect & direct (non)verbal communication
  • 4 sides of communication & its application (Schulz v. Thun; Benien)
  • Non-violent communication (Rosenberg)
• Practice of Diversity-conscious, non-violent communication in academia & the lab

Part 2 (30th September, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm)

• Your experiences with assignment from Day 1 (reflection of homework)
• Critical Incident: continued analysis and work on exemplary case from Day 1
• Intercultural Competences - main cultural dimensions in academic contexts:
  • Individualism vs. collectivism; authority orientation
  • Factual vs. relation-focussed orientation
  • Orientation of time & time management
• „Intercultural Competences Flower“ (Deardorff)
• Academic Leadership:
  • What makes a good leader? – personal and organizational expectations
  • Academia / the Sciences: international system of competition & cooperation
• Being a diversity-conscious and competent leader and communicator