CBSN Members are invited to join this first Career Chat of 2024

Wednesday January 10, 4pm ET

Topic: Paving a Pathway to Leadership

with Professor Maydianne Andrade, PhD, FRCGS

Many people in STEMM describe how they ‘ended up’ in leadership roles despite not having any training to prepare them to be a good leader. However, deconstructing the career paths of successful leaders often reveals commonalities in the acquisition of skills and knowledge that reflect the literature on leadership development across sectors (business, academia, government). Join Professor Maydianne Andrade for an overview of ways to think about paving your own path to leadership, including a broad consideration of acquiring and demonstrating leadership competencies, tips on the ‘nitty gritty’ of the day-to-day approaches of an effective leader, and the realities of Leading While Black (where the challenges are made abundantly clear by the recent treatment of former Harvard president Claudine Gay).

Leadership takes many different forms and manifests at different scales, so everyone can benefit from understanding the ‘unwritten rules’ for success. Whether you know you are interested in leadership, or whether you would just like to keep your options open, fee free to join this conversation!

Want to prepare for this session?  Consider downloading and completing this leadership self-assessment for your own personal consideration.

This questionnaire asks you to rate yourself on 20 different questions on a scale of 1 to 5 and provides some insight into your interests, strengths and areas for improvement if you are interested in a leadership role.

Please contact the CBSN Project Administrator if you are a member looking for the registration link, or sign into the CBSN ‘connections’ channel on Slack 

Register once and we will remind you each month.

Watch the calendar for future session topic announcements!

• September 13. CRC & Professor Jennifer Adams (U Calgary): Preparing a faculty dossier.
• October 11. Professor Adango Miadonye (Cape Breton University): Flourishing in Academia-Part I.
• November 8. Mark Casselman & Nickiesha Linton (Digital Health Canada): Exploring Professional Careers – Digital Health in Canada.
• December 13. Angelo Nwigwe & Christopher Dixon (Mitacs): Career transition skills and networking  & Postdoctoral fellowships and industry positions.
• January 10. Professor Maydianne Andrade (U of T): Paving a Pathway to Leadership
• February 14
• March 13
• April 10