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Professional Development at JMU

Leadership & Management

Leadership and management skills are of particular importance in the professional environment, as they significantly influence and promote interpersonal interaction and cooperation . Many of these competences have a positive effect on professional and methodological skills and therefore also on joint success.

The requirements in the working environment are complex: each person brings their own individual skills, characteristics and challenges. In our constantly changing and performance-orientated world, in which time is often a scarce resource, the importance of stable and reflective personalities is increasing.

Understanding leadership at the University of Würzburg

For many years, the university has been examining the leadership mandate and the leadership priorities of managers in science and in the science-supporting area.

The aim is to develop a shared understanding of leadership and a standardised leadership culture and to give leadership activities a comparable orientation.

These considerations resulted in the management guidelines for the university administration. The leadership guidelines create an awareness among employees and managers of the importance of "good" leadership for constructive and productive cooperation in everyday working life. At the same time, they provide a basis for action in management situations for people with personnel responsibility.

Our offers

Leadership programme for doctoral candidates and postdocs

  • Target group: Doctoral and postdoctoral researchers up to 4 years after their doctorate
  • Objective: Preparation for future leadership positions in science, business and society
  • Procedure: structured and supervised programme over 1-2 years with 80 work units from 6 modules
  • Start: second quarter of 2026

Annual review in the central administration

In 2021, the central administration has set itself a new framework for annual appraisals between managers and employees. All information (e.g. a guideline for conducting the meeting, a forum and further information) is available to employees from the Central Administration as well as all other interested parties at JMU in a WueCampus room.

to the WueCampus room "Jahresgepsräch"

"Leadership development" project in science and administration

Since November 2016, the first level of management at the University of Würzburg has been taking part in a series of training courses on the leadership mandate and priorities of managers in administration. There are also various leadership programmes in academia, with the aim of creating a shared understanding of leadership and leadership behaviour across the entire university.

Range of events in the context of leadership

We offer JMU scientists and academics a wide range of further training opportunities in the context of leadership. From self-management to setting up a working group, many important topics in everyday scientific life are addressed by employees from PE and external trainers.

to the leadership workshops

Coaching for managers

Managers from administration and science can request coaching from the HR Development staff at any time. This is carried out either by our internally trained coaches or by renowned external coaches. Please contact us if you have a current management issue and we will discuss the best course of action with you: personalentwicklung@uni-wuerzburg.de

Further guided tours at the University of Würzburg