Unlock your leadership potential with workshops crafted specifically for NYU faculty. Join us for a dynamic four-session faculty workshop series, held from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in Hemmerdinger Hall at the Silver Center for Arts and Science.
Session 1: Exploring Context and Role
Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Speaker: Ellen Schall, NYU Senior Presidential Fellow.
Join us for an interactive session of the Ecosystem Hub’s Effective Leadership program. This first session lays the groundwork for the series by exploring what it takes to be an effective leader. Leadership is not just an inherent trait but an activity that can be developed. Ellen Schall, with her extensive experience and study in leadership across various roles and contexts, will guide us in examining how to engage in leadership and begin crafting our own leadership approach.
Session 2: Building Successful Teams
Date: Monday, November 18, 2024
Speakers: Stacie Bloom, Chief Research Officer and Vice Chancellor for Global Research & Innovation at NYU, and Suzy Welch, Professor of Management Practice, Director of the NYU Stern Initiative on Purpose and Flourishing
The “Building Successful Teams” workshop will help prepare emerging leaders through a discussion of key strategies for cultivating a positive and supportive team culture while achieving high performance. Led by Stacie Bloom and Suzy Welch, this session will cover essential topics beyond hiring and retention, including aligning purpose, recognizing and leveraging individual strengths, boosting team morale and motivation, and fostering authentic communication.
Workshop Recording: Video; Workshop Recording: Audio
Session 3: Faculty Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Date: Monday, February 10, 2025
Speakers: Frank Rimalovski, Executive Director of the Innovation Venture Fund & Entrepreneurial Institute at NYU; Stephanie Shyu, Associate Director, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship; Vadim Gordin, Director – NYU Tandon Future Labs A/X Venture Studio, Associate Director – Incubation and Acceleration; Sadhana Chitale, Senior Director of Life Sciences/Technology Transfer at NYU’s Technology Opportunities and Ventures Office.
Join us for “Faculty Innovation & Entrepreneurship,” a workshop designed to help faculty members bring their research to market. This session will cover:
- Intellectual property, including provisional and issued patents
- Customer discovery and assessing the market potential for your technology
- Starting a company, managing disclosures, and addressing conflict of interest issues
- Licensing options for IP, whether to your own company or others
- Various funding opportunities, including non-dilutive grants, venture capital (pre-seed, seed, series A, etc.), and research funding from other companies
Workshop recording:Video; Workshop recording: Audio
Session 4: Leading Multi-PI Research Teams and Centers
Date: Monday, April 7, 2025
Speakers: Kristie Patten, Counselor to the President and Lead PI of Steinhardt’s Nest Project, Co-PI NSF Making Mentors; Laure Zanna, Professor of Mathematics at the Courant Institute, Lead PI of M2LINES and the Climate Process Team, and Co-PI of LEAP; Melody Goodman, Interim Dean of Global Public Health, Founding Director of the Center for Antiracism, Social Justice, and Public Health; Miguel Modestino, Donald F. Othmer Associate Professor, Director of the Sustainable Engineering Initiative, and Co-PI of DC-MUSE.