EMBO Lab Leadership for Postdocs
A leadership course for scientists at the postdoctoral career stage. Enhance your skills to supervise students, work effectively with the head of your lab, and prepare for your own transition into running a team.
Who this Course is for
If you are ready to develop your skills as a postdoc supervising students, or ready to take the next step to run your own lab, then this course is for you. Your training and experience so far have given you excellent technical and research skills, including careful observation, data collection, hypothesis development, planning, experimentation, and critical thinking. This course will build on those skills and teach you how to use those ‘research tools’ to work effectively with your people. The course will enhance your leadership with practical tools from psychology, human behavioural science, and the business world. You will learn how to lead with empathy to empower your people to get innovative, reproducible research done.
Style of this Course
The workshop consists of three days:
- In-person (three days):
- Daily: 09:00 – 17:30
- Online (three days):
- Daily: 09:00 – 17:30 (CET/CEST)
The course is a conversation between you, the other participants, and the trainers, to explore and cultivate your leadership skills. The course relies on your critical thinking, intelligence, and personal experience to work with the tools and models offered to develop your own leadership approach. To facilitate the spirit of discussion and exploration, the trainers deliver the content with contributions from participants captured directly and integrated into the course. The course involves learning about models and tools from psychology, human behavioural science, and business, and a lot of small group work to explore ideas and practice with each other. The emphasis on discussion and interaction also makes the course a great opportunity to network with peers and share the joys and frustrations of being a researcher.
NEW! In addition to the intensive live training, you will receive 12 months of access to our Training Hub, which provides supporting course materials and guidance for implementing the frameworks and tools. This combination of live training and reference material makes the course compatible with busy research schedules.
Applying newly learned skills from this course made an impact on my leadership style, bringing me closer to my aspirations and people around me!
Jorune Sakalauskaite | Postdoc
Vilnius University
The EMBO Lab Leadership course is essential for anyone in leadership or supervisory roles in academia and industry. After completing it, I immediately expressed more empathy towards my colleagues. I found that focusing on active listening and clearly communicating my feelings and needs helped deescalate difficult situations effectively.
Yoel A. Klug | Postdoc
University of Oxford
This course challenged my perspective and equipped me with tools to handle conflict and navigate power dynamics in the lab. Feeling confident & empowered in my work environment!
Babukrishna Maniyadath | Postdoc
University of Southern Denmark
EMBO Lab Leadership at your Institute
If you have a group of leaders that you would like to train together – maximising the benefit of the course by creating supportive, professional relationships between them in addition to building their leadership skills – then we’re happy to come to you! Find out how…