WIN workshop: Becoming a Feedback Professional - A Training for Self-confident and Effective Communication

Frequent and candid communication plays an integral role in all walks of life. Docs and postdocs communicate with students when lecturing, with colleagues and subordinates in research teams and with supervisors - and on all levels a professional feedback culture will be essential for success.

In this workshop we focus on the aspects of professionally giving and receiving feedback. We will train important tools for a self-confident and at the same time valuing feedback communication, raise the awareness for the cange of perspective and exercise relevant conversations. This shall give you more security and a positive mindset for installing a proactive and profitable feedback culture fostering personal growth on all sides.

Workshop Topics:

• The idea of feedback
• Positive (praise) and negative (criticizing) feedback
• Preparation of a feedback conversation
• Relevant and proven conversation techniques for feedback
• What can I do to increase clarity and to decrease the risk of misunderstandings?
• How can I foster open mindedness for my arguments 
• Remaining objective and not losing sight of the goal
• Conversation guide for feedback situations
• Self-confident rhetoric and appearance 
• What to do when a conversation goes in an unexpected direction?
• How to establish a professional feedback culture

Your Lecturer: Wolfgang Leybold

Application via GRIPS until 27.04.2025