About the training

How can academic leaders uncover hidden or competing perspectives within their groups or teams? How can differences in views be channelled into constructive dialogue? How can productive decisions be made in the presence of disagreement? The online training Leading Through Difference: An Evidence-Based Training for Academic Leaders addresses these questions by offering research-informed tools and strategies for effectively navigating perspective differences in complex institutional environments.

How to participate

If you participate in this training, you gain practical, evidence-based tools you can immediately apply in complex leadership situations; strengthen your confidence in navigating difficult conversations and high-stakes decisions through interactive, real-world academic scenarios, and contribute to the further development of a training that will benefit universities across the Netherlands.

This training is for full professors, associate professors, or senior assistant professors with supervisory, mentoring, or formal leadership roles (e.g., research group leader, department chair, PI of a lab).Training dates are May 8, May 29, June 5, or June 12 (in the registration form, you can select one preferred training date and indicate any additional dates on which you are available)

Duration and location: 3 hours, online
Cost: Free of charge.

Participation includes a pre-training survey (10-15 minutes) and post-training survey (5-10 minutes) as part of the research component of the program. You can register here. For more information, you can contact Dr. Mayssa Rishani.

The training is based on findings from an NWO-supported research project conducted by scholars at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Tilburg University. LNVH is a societal partner in this NWO-funded project.