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Berlin Leadership Academy

The Berlin Leadership Academy (BLA) coordinates the Leadership development in the name of Berlin University Alliance. The BLA expands the leadership trainings and enhances it to strengthen the Alliance.

The BLA addresses high executive personnel and supports them to improve their leadership competences and to network with their colleagues from other Universities. The main goal is getting a shared managerial cognition.

Flagship programs of the Berlin Leadership Academy

The Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the Freie Universität Berlin (FU), the Humboldt-University (HU) and the Technische Universität Berlin (TU) design new leadership development programs funded by the Berlin University Alliance to support the participants managing their challenges of human resources management: the programs include confident decision making in challenging situations (Charité), optimal handling with complex governance-structures (FU Berlin), developing personnel strengths and resources for leadership (TU Berlin). These flagship programs address professors having managerial responsibility within the Alliance or alliance-funded projects.

The Humboldt University has a flagship program fostering the leadership of female professors to contribute to the goal „Diversity und Gender Equality“ at the Berlin University Alliance.

Flagship program of the Charité

Effective and efficient decision making - lead confidently in challenging situations

Goal: This program supports the participants to improve their quality, speed and sustainability in making decisions and getting a sovereign handling with vague and complex situations. For this purpose the program conveys effective and efficient decision making competences and applys them to the university context. The program communicates a professional risk and fault management to recognize disruption, crises and adverse events early, to anticipate them and to face them target-oriented.

Target group: First of all this program aims professors, having managerial responsibility within the Alliance or alliance-funded projects (e. g. members of executive committees, executive board, Board of directors, directors of clusters of excellence, special research fields and other initiatives of the alliance). Furthermore all professors of Charité, FU, HU and TU can participate and others in a leadership position within the Berlin University Alliance as well.

Trainers: Prof. Dr. Daniel Wrede is a freelance trainer, lecturer and coach for universities and scientific institutions - regionally and nationally active in consulting firms - trained as a coach - at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts (FHDW) Hannover professor for business psychology - and privately: family man - photographer - guitar player

Alexandra Busch is an executive coach and senior consultant for professors and works throughout Germany as a systemic coach, strategy consultant, team and organizational developer and trainer for colleges and universities.

Dates: The program consists of three modules. Applications for 2025 can be sent informally and by email to Dr. Mareike Behmann. In 2024, the program is fully booked in both rounds.

For family-friendliness reasons, no events will be held during the Berlin school vacations. 

Registration: Please note: Your program registration includes participation in all of the three workshops. The dates cannot be booked individually.

When registering for the flagship program "Effective and efficient decision making - lead confidently in challenging situations", please indicate:

1. How long have you been employed in a management position at a university or the Charité?
2. How long have you been in your current position?
3. Are you working on a BUA project?
4. Are you a researcher?
5. Full professorship (also tenure track), junior professorship or junior research group leader?

Thank you! We will be happy to answer any questions you may have about the program.

As far as possible, places are allocated on a gender-parity basis and equally distributed among the four BUA-partners FU, HU, TU and Charité. You will receive a final confirmation/refusal of participation in the program after the application deadline.

Please contact

Dr. Mareike Behmann
Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH)
Translationsforschungsbereich der Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin 
Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Str. 2
10178 Berlin, Germany
Tel. +49 (0)30 / 450 543 317
mareike.behmann@charite.de
BIH Biomedical Innovation Academy
      
Head of the BIH Biomedical Innovation Academy and head of project
Dr. Nathalie Huber (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin)

Additional programs of the Berlin Leadership Academy

In addition to the Charité flagship program, the Berlin Leadership Academy offers three other programs, each with a different focus, which are open to the responsible leaders of the Freie Universität Berlin (FU), the Humboldt Universität Berlin (HU), the Technische Universität Berlin (TU) and the Charité. In the area of non-professorial further training, the Berlin leadership academy bundles the further trainings of the BUA-Universities.

The “Women - Leadership - Science” program is aimed at female managers in leadership positions in the areas of administration, service and technology at the four partners FU, HU, TU and Charité. Your contact person: Dr. Mareike Behmann

Additional programs of the Berlin Leadership Academy

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Contact

  • Dr. Nathalie Huber, BIH Charité Clinician Scientist Programm

    Dr. Nathalie Huber

    Head of BIH Biomedical Innovation Academy; Head of Clinician Scientist Office

    Contact information
    Phone:+49 (0) 30 450 543 017
    E-mail:nathalie.huber@bih-charite.de
  • Dr. Mareike Behmann

    Coordinator Leadership Academy Initiatives

    Contact information
    Phone:+49 (0) 30 450 543 317
    E-mail:mareike.behmann@charite.de