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GRK1721 Girls Workshop: Levelling the Playing Field

How to be assertive, negotiate and define boundaries to counter the gender imbalance

04.11.2019 – 05.11.2019

The GRK1721 organized a course for the GRK1721 girls on Levelling the Playing Field.
Location: Gene Center

The world is getting better when it comes to levelling the playing field and narrowing the gender imbalance but there is still a gender gap. Unfortunately, subconscious biases still play a part in everyday life. While those subconscious biases still exist, you need to know how to react to and cope with them.

The workshop

  • will teach you how to be more assertive and how to deal with different types of difficult people (colleagues and supervisors), how to define boundaries and how to generate a productive working environment.
  • covers special techniques for understanding hidden motivations and strategies for responding to the biases commonly encountered in the workplace.
  • will also cover non-aggressive and non-confrontational techniques for ensuring the improvement and maintenance of productive, harmonious working relationships.

Because having the techniques alone is not enough, there will be a module on increasing self-esteem so that you can confidently use the techniques.

Depending on the needs of the participants, this flexible workshop will cover:

  • Uncovering hidden motivations
  • The different types of difficult people and how to manage them
  • Overcoming deadlock and creating win-win situations
  • Not being exploited while remaining proactive and flexible
  • Managing differing motivations
  • Building confidence and being appropriately assertive (but not aggressive)

Outcomes

Participants will learn useful, easy-to-follow guidelines which will enable them to be proactive and flexible in managing and quickly resolving the biases and conflict that is an inevitable part of any workplace.

Workshop style

The workshop draws on the personal experience of all participants as well as that of the trainer, thereby ensuring that the training is specific for and relevant to the participants’ individual needs. The workshop will be a structured discussion forum to facilitate ideas and develop strategies.

The workshop will be very interactive. Expect to be asked lots of questions, expect to be challenged, expect to participate!

The trainer is Rob Thompson from RTTA: He has worked both in industry and with research scientists and has over 10 years’ experience helping groups to improve their skills. Rob Thompson gives workshops to help scientists optimize their working practices and so become more productive.

Please also visit his webpage for further details.

Please note that it is only possible to attend a complete course.

For participation please send an email to the coordination office (grk1721@genzentrum.lmu.de).
The places are distributed on a first come, first serve basis.