Leadership training in small groups
Saturday 25 May is the day on which leadership training will be given in small groups, with expert instructors to help develop your personal leadership under headings such as “political leadership”, “organisational leadership development” and “distributed leadership”.
“Leadership development is about bringing genuine knowledge into play in your own daily life. That is why Saturday’s programme will be dedicated to combining knowledge, reflection and action in small groups, where the individual participants will develop their leadership skills,” says Professor Lotte Bøgh Andersen.
Further information:
Professor Lotte Bøgh Andersen (+45 31587780 or lotte@ps.au.dk)
Research assistant Camilla Sommer Thomsen (+45 50711318 or cst@ps.au.dk).
Please find the two leadership training sessions in English below. For description of the 9 sessions in Danish go to: http://matchpoints.au.dk/program/ledelsestraening-loerdag-den-25-maj/
The sessions on Saturday will be held at Aarhus University, building 1324 and 1325.
v. John Antonakis (University of Lausanne)
In this session, we will discuss the following question: How can we motivate followers using “soft means”? We will see why followers identify with leaders and why followers go the extra mile for charismatic leaders—leaders who have an almost alchemic ability to get others to do great things. We will focus on identifying the verbal and nonverbal influencing tactics that charismatic leaders use to get commitment and better employee performance and then how to project charisma in various organizational settings. Professor John Antonakis will facilitate the session.
v. Sandra Groeneveld and Ben Kuipers (Leiden Leadership Centre, Leiden University)
This workshop is about the “why” and “how” of shared leadership in teams. Nowadays, we all work in teams–one way or the other, and often in more than one team at the time. Also, we all engage in the process of leadership in many roles, formal and informal. Looking at the promises that the popular literature on teamwork and leadership provide, we may expect many benefits. But why do we actually need to work in teams, how do you make them work well, and how does leadership look like when we all are expected to take initiative and ownership? This workshop provides insights from the academic literature and examples from research and practice on this matter. Interactively, we will share knowledge and skills through discussions and exercises. Professor Sandra Groeneveld and Associate Professor Ben Kuipers from the Leiden Leadership Centre of Leiden University will facilitate the session.
