Leading by examples?

The mobility of women in science

Mobility Role Models to boost scientific career

Giovanna Avellis

Marie Curie Alumni Association and InnovaPugliaGiovanna Avellis – Session Organiser

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent

Eleanor Roosvelt, reformist, journalist, diplomat (1884-1962)

To what extend the mobility impact and improve the scientific career of women researchers effectively?

Which difficulties the women researchers face when they undertake mobility programs?

Why do women remain underrepresented in leadership and what we can do

about it?

• Role Models of women scientists of MCAA from GEMS WG

• Tips for Future and Current Leaders

Issues addressed

Promote mobility among women scientists

Empower women scientists and discourage discrimination

and marginalisation

Foster gender equality and scientific excellence in SET

Encourage the promotion of equality policies at national

and European level

GEMS WG Objectives

Gender Equality for Mobile Researchers in Science

Ebook on Role Model of MCAA Women Scientists

https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/

Ana Sofia Ribeiro

Giovanna Avellis

Ira Didenkulova

Irene Marco-Rius

Jodi Schneider

Louise Hardwick

Magdalini Theodoridou

Maria Bostenaru Dan

Olatz Lopez-Fernandez

Riia Chmieloswki

Rocio Micaela Crespo Quesada

Theodota Lagouri

Wuraola Akande

Lead by Example : Role Models of MCAA Women Scientists

Tips for Future and Current Leaders

• F1 Aspire to be a leader - not necessarily the boss

• F2 Build Skills - find a niche

• F3 Pursue your Passion

• F4 Get out from comfort zone from time to time

• C5 Lead by examples – Role Models

• C6 Provide positive feedback, even inspiration

• C7 Honesty is the best policy

F1. Aspire to be a leader - not necessarily the boss

Instead of aspiring to be the CEO necessarily, or fixating on the top job, aspire to be a leader, to have the confidence to raise your hand and to build different capabilities

F2 Build Skills - find a niche

The development of a strong, focused skill set is essential to leadership and career advancement. However, the workplace is not the only place to develop such skills.

F3 Pursue your Passion

Beyond skills, interests also can serve as a key building blocks of leadership: When you do find something you are passionate about, you have more confidence and feel like “I know this stuff I can do it”

F4 Get out from comfort zone from time to time

The four Cs of Career Development:

1.Confidence

2.Can-do

3.Counsel

4.Comfort Zone

C5 Lead by example – Role Models

Role Models offer many examples of leadership

Leadership has to model the behaviors we want to see

Dual career and mobility against the brain drain

Nationality - Italian

Research field - Computer science, Requirements Engineering

Fellowship - Human Capital and Mobility at Imperial College,

London, UK

Gianna Avellis

Current Position - Senior researcher in ICT

Innovapuglia, Bari (Italy)

Home Institution and obstacles to overcome

Tecnopolis is the first initiative of science park in Italy with strong links

within Europe

InnovaPuglia SpA is an in-house

company in ICT of Apulia region

• Before the fellowship at Imperial College I was a researcher in Software Engineering at TECNOPOLIS, managing European projects in software maintenance

• 18 months EIF European Individual Fellowship at Imperial College, Department of Distributed Software Engineering as experienced researcher

• Mobility as personally and scientifically enriching experience - Boost Women in Science WGs in MCAA and MCFA

• Acquire new perspectives and be confronted with different research cultures - Founding and board member of ITWIIN

• Changes at the Host and Home Institution – mobility enhances my ability to adapt to changes

• Lack of information on the Reintegration Grants

Advantages of the Mobility Experience

• Visit different research teams in Europe and US

• Reach a good work/life balance

• Make contacts which influenced my later career

• Investigate other research domains such as Mobile Learning and participate to International Conferences

• EC evaluator in IT

• Evaluator and Monitor of research projects at InnovaPuglia

Dual Career : Imperial College and British Library

• Before the fellowship at Imperial College my husband was a teacher in Combinatorics and Graph Theory at the University of Bari.

• One year sabbatical from his University and contacted Imperial College professors

• The origin of the formal thinking at the British library in the British Museum

• Change of the research interests and content and style of teaching

• Books writing « The Computer of Plato » , « The Computer of Occam », « The Computer of Kant », and « The Science of Franciscus »

• Change of teaching from Combinatorics to Mathematical Logics to Computer Science students and historical and phylosophical oriented courses

C6 Provide positive feedback, even inspiration

It is really important that our young women think they can do this -

We all should use our Role Models status to inspire

Positive feedback can come in many forms and degrees, including

day-to-day encouragement and mentoring

C7 Honesty is the best policy

Mentors should not limit themselves to providing only positive feedback.

Constructive criticism can be a “gift”

Thank you for your attention

Do you agree with these best practices?

Do you have others to share?

I welcome your thoughts in this session

Gianna Avellis – Chair of GEMS WG

avellisgianna@gmail.com

Background

• European Commission Marie Curie Actions [MCA] have been a key element of EU R&D policy across successive framework programmes

• MCA Promotes / assists international mobility for researchers

• Estimated 70 000 researchers have benefitted from MCA

• Need to ‘extend’ benefits beyond the formal contractual MCA experience by creating the association MCAA

Marie Skłodowska-Curie (1867-1934)

MCAA Objectives

Networking

Collaboration

Mutual understanding

Countries

Sectors

Disciplines

Forum for debate

Promotion of MSCA

Career enhancement

Global relationship

Ambassadors of MSCA

MCA mobility experience Dissemination of outputs

MCAA Structure

EC-appointed Contractor European Commission [DG EAC]

MCAA Board

6 Ordinary Board Members

5 Executive Committee

Working Groups

Chapters

MCAA WGs

Communication

Events and Networking

Policy on SuccessfulResearchers

Information and data access

Grants and Awards

WorkingGroups

Gender Equality

Bridging Science/BusinessInternal Governance

Financial Affairs

MCAA Chapters

AfricaArgentina

ASEANAustria

Balearic IslandsBe-Ne-Lux

CzechEstonia

GermanyGreeceIndiaIsrael

Northern ItalyCentral-South Italy

Paris & Ile-de-FranceRussia

Pakistan / Sri LankaScotland

Spain /PortugalUnited Kingdom

The Difficulties and Successes In Choosing a Mobility Program From Africa To Europe

Optional Information: Lecturer, Department of Clinical

Pharmacy and Pharmacy Administration, University of

Ibadan, Nigeria

Speaker Name: Wuraola Akande

Speaker Affiliation: MCAA

Session Organiser informationLogo:

What are the causes of low involvement of Africans (Women) in Global

research and European research funding.

How can this be improved?

Tips Answer

• Role model

• Early stage career exposure

• Mentorship/Supervision

• Raise awareness and increase exposure!!!!

Mentorship refers to a personal developmental relationship that enables synergetic purposeful conversation to reflect on experiences, make informed decisions and act upon ideas generated

• M-Manages the Relationship• E-Encourages• N-Nurtures• T-Teaches• O-Offers mutual respect• R-Responds to the Mentee’s

Needs

Challenging

MotivatingInspiring

Raising awareness and increase exposure to Africa

The low involvement of Africans in European Commission, Marie Curie Actions

and other European research funding programme might be due

• Lack of awareness of the programme

• Lack of exposure to international conferences/seminars/webinar/open days

and fairs

• Slow development reaching many regions

• High costs incurred, including travel expenses

• Little financial support is available for these costs

MCAA99%

AFRICANS1%

FEMALE29%

MALE71%

Gender

African Members Of MCAA

21%

15%

15%12%

11%

8%

6%

4%2%

2% 1%1% 1%1%

Countries

South Africa Egypt Ethiopia Nigeria Tunisia

Cameroon Ghana Kenya Botswana Burkina Faso

Rwanda Senegal Uganda Zimbabwe

It is possible for the number of women in Africa participating in MCAA to increase. Afterall, Marie Curie was a woman!!!!

Promoting global relationships within

the worldwide research and

innovation community

Euro Science Open Forum

Emerging technologies in science, healthcare

and business

Africa

Empowerment of scientific research and

innovation in Africa

Importance of Euroscience Open Forum

The best way to predict the future is to create it!(Peter Drucker)

Thank you for your attention

Wuraola Akandewuradol@gmail.com

Leading by example?

The mobility of women in science

Being a mobile scientist: pitfalls and benefits

Dr. Antonella Di Trapani

G20 Wheat Initiative Secretariat &

Marie Curie Alumni Association

Mobility

• Economic, scientific, social, cultural and ‘holistic’ factors

• Geographical, inter-sectorial, inter-disciplinary and virtual

• What are the driving forces to mobility?

• What are the inhibiting factors to mobility?

• Is a career in academia the only option for a scientist?

Mobility

My mobility so far…..

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Career

•Marie Curie Fellow, Johnson Matthey Technology Centre,

2002-2004

•Research Scientist, Johnson Matthey Technology Centre,

2004-2006

•Treasurer and Chair Marie Curie Fellows Association, 2005-

2007

•Science Officer, European Science Foundation, 2006- 2009

•Research Programme Officer, ERC, 2009-2014

•Vice-Chair and Founder, GEMS MCAA, 2014-present

•Senior Associate, DaVinci-Institute, 2015-present

•International Scientific Cooperation Manager, G20 Wheat

Initiative, 2016-present

Education

•Erasmus, UCL, London, 1995-1996

•Laurea in Chemistry, University of Palermo 1998

•PostGraduate Diploma in Quality Improvement, Trinity

College Dublin, 2001

•PhD in Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, 2002

•MSc in Science Communication and Journalism,

University of Ferrara, 2009

•Diploma in International Development, LSE, 2016

geographical, inter-sectorial, inter-disciplinary and

virtual

Mobility: pitfalls vs benefits

•Starting from zero in a new country

•Leave friends/family

•Language barrier

•Bureaucracy and admin issues

•Costs for relocation and

accommodation issues

•Social security and pension benefits

•Non-linear career

•Leaving permanent contracts

•Cutting the brigdes with home

country, or going back ‘one-day’?

•Cultural issues, family issues

•Work ties and responsibiities

•Lack of ‘courage’ to leave the

comfort zone

…….

•It’s a new beginning!

•New friends around the world

•Learning new languages

•Getting to know new cultures

•Open up horizons and minds

•Better flow of knowledge

•Global job opportunities

•Greater unique skills

•Better wages

•Personal and professional development

•Accepting short-term contracts with no ties

attached

•Flexible and easily adaptable

• ‘no fear’ attitude

……..

Mobility: impacts

Changing job/country/language/disciplines

-requires courage, determination, motivation, adaptation and flexibility

+ Networking

+ Knowlegde

+ Career development

+ Language

- No recognition in home country

- Non linear career, not all employers like this continous

changing

- Short term contracts

- Mobile life

= > Mobile scientists: GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE

MIGRANTS!

Shoot for the Moon….

….Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. Les

Brown

Thank

you!

Comms MOs network, ESOF Barcelona

Key-note speaker, EURAXESS

Brussels

NanoSikkim , India

ESOF 2008, Barcelona

Leading by example?

The mobility of women in scienceOrganised by: Giovanna Avellis

Dr. Theodota Lagouri

MCAA-GEMS

theodota.lagouri@cern.ch

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Women Excellence in STEM – Marie Curie mobility

• Nationality: Greek

• Research Scientist: Experimental High Energy Physics

• Doctorate: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)

• Marie-Curie Fellowships (FP4, FP5): Max-Planck Institut für Physik, Munich (Germany), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), Charles University of Prague (Czech)

• Recent Post: Research Scientist at CERN in Geneva (Switzerland) with Yale University (US)

• Languages: Greek, English, French, German, Spanish

• Member: MCAA-GEMS, MCAA-Greece, Hellenic-HEP, APS, CERN, ATLAS

"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood", Marie Curie

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Scientific Excellence in STEM-Marie Curie mobility

Max-Planck for Physics, Munich (1998-2000)

• The TMR-Marie Curie Research Training Grant (FP4-TMR, RGI, FMBICT982973) of two years, gave me the opportunity to be part of the high energy experimental physics community and explore this scientific research domain working for the ATLAS experiment at LHC at CERN (European – International - Organization for Nuclear –Particle Physics - Research).

• This grant gave me several opportunities to present my work in various conferences and workshops – enriching my scientific knowledge and interacting with other scientists.

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Aristotle University, Thessaloniki (2003-2004)

• Returning to my home institute in 2003, after the completion of my grant in Germany, the Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, Return Grant (FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL, RGI, HPMF-CT-2002-02102), allowed me to continue for another year my research in this interesting area working for the ATLAS experiment at LHC at CERN.

• This Return Grant gave me the opportunity to participate in various international conferences and schools.

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Charles University, Prague (2004-2006)

• The Marie Curie Research Training Network (FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL, HPRNT-CT-2002-00292), allowed me to continue my research work for the ATLAS experiment at LHC at CERN.

• This position allowed me to interact with the international scientific community of high energy physics, presenting my work in several workshops and conferences.

• Also it gave me the opportunity to participate in the organizing committee of various (RTN) workshops.

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CERN & ATLAS Experiment at LHC

• ATLAS is 46 m long, 25 m in diameter, and weighs about 7000 tonnes.

• The ATLAS experiment is a collaboration involving ~3000 physists from

over 175 institutions in 38 countries.

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• CERN founded in 1954, the CERN laboratory

sits astride the Franco-Swiss border near

Geneva and has 21 member states.

• CERN has ~3000 employed members and

~13000 associated members of personnel

representing ~600 institutions.

ATLAS Experiment at LHC at CERN

• On July 4, 2012, ATLAS (together with CMS – its sister experiment at the

LHC) reported evidence for the existence of a particle consistent with the

Higgs boson with a mass around 125 GeV (or 133 times the proton mass).

• In 2013 two of the theoretical physicists who predicted the existence of the

SM Higgs boson, Peter Higgs and François Englert were awarded the Nobel

Prize in Physics.

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@ CERN, with ATLAS women

Summary of my EU mobility experience

• My main motivation to follow the Marie Curie EU mobility programs was my desire to learn more on my scientific research subject, to acquire scientific skills to advance my career and explore new interesting research areas.

• The EU mobility programs were much more important than I had initially anticipated, in parallel to the scientific benefits they also affected my personal life.

• Despite the practical difficulties (new country/environment) of mobility, I’ve learned, based on the experiences (good and bad), to adjust faster, to become more flexible, to be open-minded, to not be afraid of the unknown and pursue my goals not giving them up easy.

• Definitely scientific skills help women to advance their careers but also require scientific and social networking.

• Women networking should be developed more to advance support and communication between the current women leaders and inspire future ones.

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Theodota Lagouri

• e-mail: Theodota.Lagouri@cern.ch

• Twitter: theodotalagouri

• Web page in Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Theodota_Lagouri

• Book on Role models for mobility of MCFA women scientists: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267483385_Role_models_for_mobility_of_MCFA_women_scientists

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Thank you for your attention

Additional Slides

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Marie Curie Fellowships (I)TMR Marie Curie Research Training GrantFP4-TMR, RGI, FMBICT982973

• June 1997-November 2000:

• Post-doctorate with Max-Planck Institut fuer Physik, (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut) in Munich.

• ATLAS experiment at Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN.

• The construction and development of the high-precision Monitored Drift Tube Chambers (MDT), for the tracking of muonsin the ATLAS experiment and for the software-development and data analysis for the ATLAS-MDT project.

• July 1998-June 2000: TMR Marie Curie Research Training Grant(FP4-TMR, RGI, FMBICT982973): “High Accuracy Momentum Measurement of Muons in a new generation p-p Collision Experiment (ATLAS)”.

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@ CERN office, Geneva (Switzerland)

Marie Curie Fellowships (II)Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, Return GrantFP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL, RGI, HPMF-CT-2002-02102

• October 2002-March 2004:

• Post-doctorate with Nuclear Physics Laboratory of Aristotle University in Thessaloniki.

• ATLAS experiment at LHC at CERN.

• Working for the software to reconstruct and identify muon tracks in the ATLAS detector.

• October 2002-March 2003: “ATLAS Software Development and Testing in GRID Environment”.

• March 2003-March 2004: Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, Return Grant (FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL, RGI, HPMF-CT-2002-02102): “Muon Identification and Reconstruction in a new Generation p-p Collision Experiment (ATLAS)”.

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@ conference in Rome (Italy)

Marie Curie Fellowships (III)Marie Curie Research Training NetworkFP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL, HPRNT-CT-2002-00292

• October 2004-February 2006:

• Post-doctorate with Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics of Charles University in Prague.

• ATLAS experiment at LHC at CERN.

• ATLAS B-physics, LVL1 muon trigger, SCT project.

• Marie Curie Research Training Network: “The Third Generation as a Probe for New Physics, Experimental and Technological Approach”, (HPRNT-CT-2002-00292).

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@ Yale University (US)

Mobility through competitive grants from

undergraduate student to postdoctoral

researcher: tips to move granted

Olatz Lopez-Fernandez

Intra-European Fellowship Marie Curie as Senior

Researcher at Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium)

Session lead by Gianna Avellis:

Leading by example?

The mobility of women in science

• I am originally Catalan/Spanish

• Psychologist and Educational academic

• I have conducted pioneering research on positive impact of technologies (ePortfolios in Higher Education) and negative impact of technologies (behavioural addictions through Internet and online applications in computers, consoles and mobile phones) across countries and cultures

• I was one of the women to win a Queen Sophia Prize (2013) and a Marie Curie award (2014) in Spain

• I have moved to advance in my career through several countries always granted competitively from 2002 to 2016.

Olatz Lopez-Fernandez: short bio

The intelectual trip: from BSc to MCSA

Dr. Olatz Lopez-Fernandez

MCAA alumnus testimonial highlighting the interdisciplinarity and academic path

“From Barcelona to Brussels:

Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships for Career (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF; ID: 627999)”

Name: Olatz Lopez-Fernandez

Nationality: Catalan, Spanish

Research field: The impact of technology on humans

From: Lecturer in the University of Barcelona, Spain (2005-2014)

To: MCFA activity as Postdoctoral Marie Curie Researcher (IEF 2013), Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

(2014-2016)

Key elements to succeed:

Languages spoken: Catalan, Spanish, English and French

Training: Psychology (clinician) , Audio-visual Communication (ICT)

Motivation, Perseverance, Sacrifice, Luck

The real trip: from BSc to MCSA (1998-2016)

- First grant (Ministry of Education, Government of Spain): Psychology at the University of Barcelona (UB) in 1999.

- Second University Bachelor: Audio-visual Communication (UB) 1999-2001

- Research PhD in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) applied to Higher Education (HE; UB)

1999-2007.

- Several grants to support this career (e.g., Socrates-Erasmus, etc.) 1999-2001

- Pre-doctoral Spanish Grants from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport of Spain: PhD in Pedagogy in

Educational Technology (UB) 2002-2005

- PhD in Pedagogy (UB), Excellent Cum Laude and Mention as European Doctor, 2007

- My first PhD research was done between:

- Spain (UB): 1999-2013

- Chile (Universidad de la Frontera): 2002

- United Kingdom (University of London): 2003, 2005

- United States (Iowa State University): 2003

- Denmark (Aalborg University): 2004- EU-USA Project “ILET: International Leadership for Educational Technology”

A long journey: from little grants…

- Position as assistant teacher in Psychology (UB) 2005-2009

- Tenure-track lecturer position (UB) 2009-2014

- PhD, in Psychology “Technological Addictions in Spain and Great Britain” (UB) 2005-2013

- Excellent Cum Laude and Mention as European Doctor

- Competitive grants:

- University of London (UK) 2009, 2010 [BDR, Generalitat Catalunya]

- Nottingham Trent University (UK) 2013, 2014 [Erasmus teacher-Staff, Fundació Pedro i Pons UB]

- Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) 2012, 2014 [IEF-MC, European Commission]

- Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant in 2013, postdoctoral research in Belgium

- “Tech Use Disorders” project: a cross-cultural research in Europe http://uclep.be/participate/tech-use-

disorders-projet-europeen-european-project/

- Marie Curie Alumni Association: Working Group Gender Equality for Mobile researchers in Scienc and

chapter Benelux

A long journey: to big grants!

• You need to reflect, to dream and to think news ideas for yourself and for society (as researcher in applied social sciences): use your background and push forward, attending science and society issues

• You need to look the options you have to make real these ideas through projects granted: visit your admin staff, who manage little and big grants from your country and outside, and ask them

• You need to contact with academics really involve in the field and that could have interest in collaborating and supporting you: check papers, official webs, do a list and write emails

Tips (I)

• Invest time reading the documents that could support your advancement: search through your admin and by Internet how to prepare well a proposal, do it with time and experienced support

• Think that is difficult to get a good mark first-time: do the best you could to win a grant, and re-built your proposal for different grants if it is possible; and learn about errors to improve next time

• Make yourself important, and work guided to be someone at your scientific landscape and support others: students, colleagues, professionals (e.g., reviews, assessments), if you provide you receive!

Tips (II)

THANK YOU!

Dr. Olatz Lopez-Fernandez

lopez.olatz@gmail.com

Leading by examples? The

mobility of women in science

Mobility grants: GEM tools for personal development

and leadership

Magdalini Theodoridou

MCAA, University of Cyprus

Nationality: Greek | Year born: 1983

Research field: Civil Engineering, Conservation Science

Doctorate: University of Bologna (Italy), 2009

Marie-Curie fellowship: EPISCON, 2006-2009 (Italy-Hungary)

Currently: Post-doctoral fellow at University of Cyprus (Cyprus)

Languages spoken: Greek, English, Italian, Spanish, French

E-mail: magdatheodoridou@gmail.com

A few words about EPISCON project - European PhD in Science for Conservation…

Topic: MOBILITY-1.2 - Marie Curie Host Fellowships - Early stage research training (EST)

Coordinator: University of Bologna, Italy

10 Host Institutions – 7 European countries

16 fellows – 12 different nationalities – 3 non EU – different backgrounds

Objective: Promoting the synergy between the cultural heritage field and the natural

sciences – First generation of true conservation scientist – Strong interdisciplinary character

6 month initial training Conservation of Cultural Heritage by International experts organised

by the University of Bologna

2.5 year research project at Host Institutions

Some characteristics of my personal MC-EST experience:

a) ample networking opportunities (common training, yearly internal monitoring meetings)

b) active participation in international conferences

c) collaboration with other Institutions inside or outside the consortium / knowledge exchange with other

fellows

c) learning from culturally different approaches to the preservation of cultural heritage

d) time limit: 3 years for completing PhD thesis

e) 2 new residencies in 3 year period

f) multicultural working environment

g) complex administrative procedures and bureaucracy

Benefits or Challenges?

Benefits or Challenges?

GEM tools for personal development and

leadership

• Learning & Development

* Develop / improve personal skills and knowledge

* Actively use new skills and knowledge

* Understand personal contribution to project objectives and look beyond own role

* Develop a common understanding of a collective situation

• Learning & Development

* Develop / improve personal skills and knowledge

* Actively use new skills and knowledge

* Understand personal contribution to project objectives and look beyond own role

* Develop a common understanding of a collective situation

• Complex issues: Development of Analysis & Problem solving

* Grasp the overall picture / interpret information correctly

* Identify critical points

* Adopt practical and creative approach in the search for solutions

• Learning & Development

* Develop / improve personal skills and knowledge

* Actively use new skills and knowledge

* Understand personal contribution to project objectives and look beyond own role

* Develop a common understanding of a collective situation

• Complex issues: Development of Analysis & Problem solving

* Grasp the overall picture / interpret information correctly

* Identify critical points

* Adopt practical and creative approach in the search for solutions

• Limited duration: Time Management

* Prioritising: Define main priorities, focus on them

* Organising: Manage time efficiently, act strategically

* Apply that correctly with in a group

• New work environment, Heavy workload, Organisational frustrations: Resilience

* Create strategies for coping with large volumes of work

* Remain calm and collected under heavy workload

* Face organisational changes and new approaches as a positive challenge

* Be patient and not easily discouraged by others

* Cope with difficult interlocutors or situations within a group

• New work environment, Heavy workload, Organisational frustrations: Resilience

* Create strategies for coping with large volumes of work

* Remain calm and collected under heavy workload

* Face organisational changes and new approaches as a positive challenge

* Be patient and not easily discouraged by others

* Cope with difficult interlocutors or situations within a group

• Large Network: Working with others

* Establish working relations and work towards consensus

* Consider who to consult / collaborate with / ask for approval

* View things from different angles

* Become aware of other cultures, show sensitivity to diversity

* Be flexible but efficient within a group

• Communication Skills

* Be confident when working with others, convince them

* Develop strong presentation and writing skills

* Adjust content, style and language to the audience / readers

• Communication Skills

* Be confident when working with others, convince them

* Develop strong presentation and writing skills

* Adjust content, style and language to the audience / readers

• Evaluations, Reports, Deliverables: Deliver high standard work, Respect the procedures

* Develop realistic and concrete ideas

* Respect the deadlines

* Deal personally and promptly with problems

* Deepen into the subject, evaluate options systematically, find room for alternatives

* Take responsibility of the result (successful or not)

• Leadership

* Strong personal skills: grounds for leading people and not just managing tasks

* Create your own action plan

* Be confident but get out of the comfort zone

* Inspire people to follow your vision

* Be comfortable with the idea of encountering problems, take risks

* Respect others, avoid being aggressive or dominant

Thank you for your attention

Please share your experiences and ideas