This training session is delivered by Dr Sabina Strachan of how2glu for the GUDTP.
This graphically-facilitated participative online workshop will
- provide a clear definition of ‘culture’ and its component parts
- describe key characteristics of different types of workplace culture
- describe how to identify these characteristics in different sectors – public (including sub-sectors such as higher education), private (including corporates and SMEs), and charitable (including social enterprises)
- explore ways to identify and align your own values with workplace values.
Dr Sabina Strachan is an experienced manager who has put together job descriptions and recruited postgraduate candidates, coached PhD researchers in their job searches, analysed skill requirements for different sectors, developed internship programmes, analysed organisational culture, and made recommendations for effective cultural leadership. She will bring appropriate insights from these settings into the workshop to help you navigate workplace culture.
We will work through glucard™ tools that will help you understand different facets of workplace culture. These include behaviours, norms and assumptions, and proportionate ways to find out about workplace culture when assessing different opportunities. We will discuss how to align choices with your own values, and ways to understand the intangible aspects of workplace culture. And we will highlight placements as one effective way to develop your understanding of different sectors and practise decision-making and adaptability through your PhD experience.
Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, and once places are full, we will maintain a waiting list.
Please only register if you are certain of your availability and commitment to attend.
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