Through activities, discussions and stories, develop the competencies to better lead yourself and others.
What You Will Learn in This Program
Level 1 - Leading Yourself
1. Intro to Leadership and Self-Awareness
Begin your leadership journey by creating your definition of leadership, evaluating leadership styles and identifying the personal qualities of the leaders you most admire
Develop your self-awareness, a foundational leadership competency, critical to leading yourself and others
Use tools such as introspection and meditation, the Reflected Best-Self Exercise and the dissection of crises and crucible moments
2. The Role of Personality and Personal History
Grow your awareness of others and analyze your most formative relationships
Explore the Myers-Briggs Type personality test and how your personality drives your work and your WHY
Contrast the Hero and the Heroine’s journey as similar but different stages of Jungian personality evolution and locate yourself in the cycle
3. Communication Basics
Compare the strengths and weaknesses of communication styles in your workplace and catgorize your communications with different personality types
Learn to listen not just to what is expressed in words but also to non-verbal messages
Establish a clear communication strategy and practice adjusting your message to the audience and to the culture
4. Leadership, Ethics and Values
Explore your moral compass through personal values and organizational values statements
Distinguish the many shades of grey from the simple black and white of a polarized issue
Distinguish the “right” thing to do in an ethical dilemma and then express the steps required to give voice to your values
Gain the courage to be an ethical leader by taking small steps to act on your values
5. Inclusive Leadership and our Biases
Understand bias as a necessary human survival tool that needs to be deconstructed to approach “objectivity” and begin the journey of identifying your personal biases
Develop cultural intelligence
Investigate code-switching, microagressions, microaffirmations, bystanders and upstanders in work environments
Analyze your strengths and weaknesses as an inclusive leader
6. Vision, Decision Making and Leadership Styles
Compare leadership styles and learn to adjust your style depending on the situation
Strengthen your internal power so that you project confidence
Express your personal vision
Design strategies to carry out your vision
Examine decision making stages, practice making decisions with incomplete information and learn to say no
Level 2 - Leading Others
7. Complexity of teams – Part 1
Examine types of teams and organizational structures
Explore how teams develop over time and the characteristics of “when the sum is greater than the parts”
Illustrate the leader’s role on a team: to adjust and monitor team progress, recognize dysfunction, and master tips for early intervention
8. Complexity of Teams – Part 2
Master how to build and maintain trust and resonate with your team
Build the right team for each job – create the team charter, assign positions and responsibilities and use work plans
Adjust practices for virtual and/or multicultural teams
Define the role of the leader as ambassador of their team in the organizational structure
9. The Spectrum of Conflict
Recognize and resolve conflict by perceiving conflict as an indicator for needed change and improvement
Identify your preferential conflict mode and practice de-escalation of conflict
Apply methods to emotionally disengage from others, build empathy and overcome blocks to dialogue
10. Influence, Power and Your Path
Master the different influencing styles in order to champion and implement change
Map the power landscape and empower yourself by navigating organizational politics and building power
Plan your leadership journey – Where are you now? What is your destination? What are your strengths? Your weaknesses? Which path should you take through this labyrinth?
11. Negotiation – Dos and Don’ts
Discover the art of negotiation, assess your negotiation style and identify the most effective methods to get your way
Identify your Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement (BATNA)
Develop the art of re-framing as a tool to overcome resistance to change
Practice a salary negotiation agreement
12. Coaching and Mentoring
Differentiate between coaches, mentors and sponsors
Contrast the different mentoring models and the most effective mentor behaviors in STEMM
Evaluate yourself as a mentor
Practice listening, questioning and reflecting as a coach
Our Leadership Development Courses
Ask your employer to sponsor your training
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Registration Rates for Virtual Workshops
Registration rate for all virtual workshops: $950
AWIS members* pay $475
Postdocs pay* $300
Graduate students* pay $200
*Please submit appropriate documentation with your application and once verified, you will receive a payment link
Please download course flyer to share with your thesis advisor, department chair or supervisor to get sponsorship
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Level 1 - Leading Yourself
Virtual and Interactive - 6 zoom meetings
Jan-Feb 2025 (6 Wed evenings)
Wed Jan 8, 15, 22, 29 and Feb 5, 12: 7 pm – 9 pm EST
Class size: up to 25 (min of 12 required)
Application deadline: Jan 5, 2025
Non-refundable registration fee due: Jan 7, 2025
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Level 1 - Leading Yourself
Virtual and Interactive - 6 zoom meetings
Jan-Feb 2025, (6 Fri lunches)
Fri Jan 10, 17, 24, 31 and Feb 7 and 14: 11 am to 1 pm EST
Class size: up to 25 (min of 12 required)
Application deadline: Jan 5, 2025
Non-refundable registration fee due: Jan 7, 2025
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Level 1 - Leading Yourself
Virtual and Interactive - 6 zoom meetings
Jan-Feb 2025 (6 Saturday mornings)
Sat Jan 11, 18, 25 and Feb 1, 8, 15: 10 am – 12pm EST
Class size: up to 25 (min of 12 required)
Application deadline: Jan 5, 2025
Non-refundable registration fee due: Jan 7, 2025
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Level 2 - Leading Others (prerequisite Level 1)
Virtual and Interactive - 6 zoom meetings
Feb-Mar 2025 (6 Wed evenings)
Feb 19, 26 and Mar 5, 12, 19 and 26: 7 pm to 9 pm EST
Class size: up to 25 (min of 12 required)
Application deadline: Jan 31, 2025
Non-refundable registration fee due: Feb 10, 2025
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Level 1 - Leading Yourself
Hybrid - dates TBA
Spring-Summer 2025 (Sat 9-5 pm, followed by three Sat 2 hour zoom meetings)
In person Sat-Sun at several locations (MA, MI, NJ, CA, IL, TX)
Class size: up to 25
Registration rate: $1,995* Scholarships available for graduate students and postdocs
Application deadline: TBA
Non-refundable registration fee due: TBA
Reserve your spot today:
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Level 1 and 2 - Leading Yourself and Others
International, intensive and in person
One week (TBA May 2025 ) at the American College of Greece, Athens, Greece (https://www.acg.edu/virtual-tour/)
Class size: up to 25
Registration rate: $3995 - Scholarships available for graduate students and postdocs
Application deadline: Feb 1, 2025
Final decision: Mar 1, 2025
Non-refundable registration fee due: Apr 1, 2025
Information session by appointment - Email epistimi.org@gmail.com to schedule
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Custom Workshops
Epistimi will create a custom in person, hybrid or virtual/interactive program for a group of 15 to 25 participants which can include the entire curriculum or a select subset of the program
Program fee depends on curriculum covered and specific format requirements
Epistimi’s leadership program is based on the MIT LEAPS (LEAdership and Professional Skills and Strategies) Program which was developed for doctoral students and postdocs in science and engineering at MIT.
*Scholarships are available. Please fill out the necessary information in the application package.