Effective communication
Learn to communicate constructively and influentially.
- Target group
- Objective
- Course content
- Working method
- Enrollment and dates
- Costs
- Cancellation
- Course tutor
- Any questions?
Target group
PhDs in the second year of their programme who want to learn how to communicate constructively and influentially.
The course may also be useful for other members of staff. You can indicate your interest on the registration form. If there are enough potential participants, we will organise a separate course, focusing on your work and working environment.
Objective
The course will make you more aware of your style of interaction, and will offer guidelines for more effective communication with your PhD supervisor/manager, mentor, colleagues and others. This will have a positive effect on the PhD process and on how you carry out your work.
Course content
Prior to the course you will receive a questionnaire about your expectations and objectives. You will also be asked to give an example of a difficult situation you have encountered. During the morning session we will look at these personal examples and the relevant theory. Factors for you to consider:
- Styles of influence
- Handling differences in outlook and interests
- Unarticulated expectations
- Taboos in communication
- Giving and receiving feedback
In the afternoon you will carry out practical exercises based on examples from your own experience. A period of an hour is reserved for discussion with a professor, who will give feedback from his perspective.
Working method
- Experience-related training
- The course addresses the participants’ current situation
- Mix of theory and practical exercises
Enrollment and dates
You can enroll by returning the completed and fully signed submission form to HRM Opleidingen (scanned & by email or by post).
Dates 2012:
open enrolment 2012/2: 20 November (English) (still 10 places available)
Courses especially for Science-PhD's in 2012:
Course 2: 10 May (in Dutch) (fully booked)
Course 3: 26 September (in English) (fully booked)
Course 4: 9 November (in English) (fully booked)
Venue:
Academy Building/Faculty Club, Rapenburg 73, Leiden
Costs
- PhDs: no charge
- All other participants: € 425
Cancellation
In the event of cancellation within two weeks before the start of the course or when the requested preparation has not been received in time, we will charge the full fee – also to PhDs.
Course tutor
One of the trainers from Aletta Wubben Mens en Organisatieontwikkeling.
Any questions?
hrmopleidingen@bb.leidenuniv.nl
Experiences from participants
To give you an image of the opinion of participants that took this course before, we made a summary of the evaluation forms of the compulsory course for Science PhD candidates: