Range of topics in the field of science and university

• Role clarification for junior scientists, postdocs and professors
• Dealing with power, dependence and autonomy
• Self-positioning, career planning and job decisions
• Academic work between cooperation and competition
• Reflection on one's own role and attitude as a leader
• Leadership and team development
• Generativity
• Building networks
• Interdisciplinarity, heterogeneity and diversity; communication and cooperation in mixed teams
• Conflict management
• Communication and presentation
• Self-organization and project management
• Change processes and transformation
• Creativity and innovation; development of ideas and concepts
• Consulting for academic writing projects
• Life-domain balance; parenthood and academic career

Dr. Karin Herrmann, coach (DGSv) and counsellor, based in Stuttgart. She has an academic background in the humanities; as a literary scholar, she had been working at university for many years, from 2009 to 2015 as an assistant professor (W1) and head of an interdisciplinary team for three years. In her professional work as coach, she follows a systems psychodynamic approach. She maintains professional exchange and discourse in diverse settings in order to ensure a high quality of work. Last but not least: She is mother of an adult daughter.