Today’s university leaders face a variety of challenges. Among other things, they play a central role in implementing family-friendly personnel policies: They are the ones who encourage and support employees in taking advantage of appropriate offers to balance work and family life. At the same time, it’s about setting a good example in times of high stress.

To help you manage these two tasks, we provide various information offerings and materials, and offer individual consultation for leaders. The content can address questions about changing life concepts and the effort to balance work and family. This involves dealing with the often-perceived incompatibility between professional demands in the field of science or science management on the one hand, and the need to reconcile the needs of those involved in other areas of life (children and partners, dependents in need of care and chronically ill relatives) on the other.

In this regard, please also take a look at the information for managers on the project “Lebensphasenorientierte Personalpolitik” of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, as well as the handbook “Familienbewusste Führung” by the association “Familie in der Hochschule e.V.”.

If you would like personal advice, please schedule a consultation appointment in advance. The Personnel Development team advises you on issues from your daily leadership routine and develops ideas and measures that you can implement together with you. In the conversation, we determine what support services Personnel Development can offer, whether, for example, a team development process or coaching would be suitable instruments. All consultation discussions are of course confidential. You can find more information on our pages about Leadership Development.

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