Be a strong and authentic female leader

TitleTimeRoomTeacher
Be a strong and authentic female leader22.09.2026 09:00 - 12:00 (Tue)onlineDoris Schönbeck
Keywords: 
Authentic & human-centered leadership, resilience,communication biases, power of female networks
Course Description: 

This workshop is an empowering journey for female doctoral candidates, providing practical tools and methods to grow as strong, authentic, and empathetic leaders. We delve into strengths and challenges women face in professional settings, equipping you to lead with confidence and drive positive change.

The training is grounded in the principles of human-centered leadership, helping you to cultivate a resilient growth mindset, navigate communication with intentionality, and build a powerful, lasting network of support.

Course aims: 
  • Build a resilient Growth Mindset and enhance your self-reflective capability.
  • Empower your authentic leadership by learning effective, human-centered tools for self-empowerment.
  • Navigate communication dynamics and gender biases to ensure your voice is heard and your ideas are advocated for.
  • Cultivate a purpose-driven network of aspiring women leaders, entrepreneurs, and changemakers.
Teaching methods: 

Google Slides Presentation, structured mastermind sessions & group discussions, guided self-l reflection, Peer-Learning, Role Models, Leadership Canvas work on Miro board.

This course fits doctoral candidates in the following phase: 

At the beginning of the doctorate | during the doctorate | at the end of the doctorate

Participation requirements: 

Exclusively for women. This course fits for you if you're a female doctoral candidate who wants to grow as an authentic, human-centered leader and build a supportive network of peers, with a focus on raising your awareness of leadership growth rather than deep theoretical models.

Technical requirements: 

Laptop/tablet with stable internet connection, microphone, webcam, Zoom (in most cases).

Course preparation: 

To ensure time for interactivity during the workshop, all participants have to prepare online course material in advance. The tasks will be sent 3-5 days beforehand, preparation time is about 45-60 min.

Additional information: 

None.

What participants say about this course: 
  • Excellent discussion about several topics! I enjoyed the methodology too.
  • The course has much useful information, it was very nice and interesting to do group discussions with other participants.
  • Interactive environment and having a lof of new information and resources for me.
  • Talking about different perspectives about female leadership.
Category: 
Fachübergreifende Veranstaltung
Event type: 
Seminar/Workshop
Organizer: 
Graduate School Geschäftsstelle
Responsibility for event: 
Hauptverantwortung
Format: 
Digital/Online
Co-Organization: 
Unternehmer TUM
Course Language: 
EN
Course Capacity (Max): 
5
Course capacity (Min): 
1
Duration in hours: 
3
Financial contribution: 
10 Euro
Trainer: 
Doris Schönbeck

Doris Schönbeck is currently team & leadership development trainer & coach at XPLORE and Women Start-up!, UnternehmerTUM GmbH. Entrepreneurship educator, trainer, and coach for more than 20 years; start-up co-founder, business & team coach, manageress, and sharpen of diverse entrepreneurship education programs at UnternehmerTUM. Find more on LinkedIn