Leadership and Team Skills Workshop
Learning Objectives for the 2024 workshop
Participants will be able to
recognize their own personality style and how that relates to working with others
better navigate their own communication style with other communication styles
define emotional intelligence and how and why it is important in leadership
better prepare for giving and receiving feedback
grow their network, particularly their network of mentors
be more clear about their interests and abilities as a mentor
Frequently Asked Questions
Participants and facilitators from the 2023 Leadership workshop at Oregon State University
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There will be multiple networking opportunities and so we suggest you wear professional/business casual clothing. The hotel is approximately 1.1 miles from campus so bring comfortable walking shoes. Layers will also be helpful as July in Rhode Island can be quite warm (75 - more than 90 degrees Fahrenheit) but the buildings will be air-conditioned.
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Participants will be sent a survey link from Chris Olex (workshop facilitator) to complete between June 17-July 1, 2024. This survey will allow Chris to put together a personalized report for you to use during your participation in the workshop. If you will be unavailable by email between June 17-July 1 please let us know how/when best to reach you below.
Otherwise, there is nothing further to prepare ahead of time.
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Travel funding notifications went out via email on Tuesday June 11.
If you requested ground transportation funding support, you will receive up to $125 in reimbursement (receipts required).
If you requested airfare and ground transportation support, you will receive up to $500 for domestic flights (or $800 for international flights) plus up to $125 in ground transportation support. Receipts are required for all airfare and ground transportation.
If you are driving your personal car, we will need a mapped driving distance to/from the workshop from your home. This can be done after the workshop via Google maps.
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The workshop will take place on Thursday July 18th (~8:30am-5pm) and Friday July 19th (~8:30am-3pm) on the campus of Brown University.
Local accommodations will be provided: A hotel room will be provided for you at The Hilton Garden Inn in Providence, RI for a checkin date of July 17th and a checkout date of July 19th.
The hotel is a ~25 minute walk from where we will meet during the day. There are many restaurants and coffee shops near Brown University (for example, search for businesses along Thayer Street). Downtown Providence is ~15 minute walk from campus as well.
For travel: The nearest airports are T.F. Green Airport, RI (PVD) or Boston Logan Airport, MA (BOS). PVD airport is ~15 minute drive to the hotel. You can take a public bus or vehicle (e.g., Lyft, Uber, taxi, rental car) from the airport to Providence/the hotel. From BOS to get to Providence, RI you can take the Peter Pan Bus, a bus and train via MBTA (for example this itinerary). You can also access downtown Providence via Amtrak train (PVD station).
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Meals during the meeting will be provided/paid for: lunch on July 18 and July 19, a dinner on July 18. You will need to buy your own breakfasts the morning of July 18 and July 19 and will receive $16.00 per diem for each of those two breakfasts ($32 total). Dinner on July 19 will be on your own as the workshop will be concluded at that time. If you requested travel funding for the workshop, you will receive $96.00 per diem total for the two travel days ($48 per day).
You do not need to keep your receipts for per diem. You will be reimbursed through the Oregon State University “BennyBuy” vendor portal after the workshop.
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You will be reimbursed through the Oregon State University "BennyBuy" system after the workshop. You will receive an email from this system where you can indicate an address to send a physical check or indicate a bank for a direct deposit reimbursement.
Get to know the workshop facilitators!
Christina Olex
Chris Olex is a Corporate and Academic Trainer specializing in personal and team development, relationship building and communication, and self-awareness work. Chris utilizes a variety of teaching methodologies, including assessment, experiential learning, and group discovery, as a means to help participants fully connect training content to direct application in the workplace and in their personal lives. Chris has extensive experience in the academic arenas speaking at the following conferences: DIACES, DIALOG, IPY, APECS, NGPR, and DISCCRS. Chris has also been a presenter of leadership development work at ESWN conferences for over a decade. Other client relationships include delivering content for The National Center for Faculty Development, speaking to IGERT cohorts at WSU, Rutgers Women of Color Scholars Initiative, the Bard Center for Environmental Policy, and the Bard MBA in Sustainability. Finally, along with authors C.S. Weiler and J. Keller, Chris published a paper in 2011 titled “Personality Type Differences between Ph.D. climate researchers and the general public: implications for effective communication”. Chris believes in the power of assessments for self-discovery, and is a certified trainer for the MyersBriggs Type Indicator™ through the Association for Psychological Type; DiSC™ through Inscape Publishing; Emotional Intelligence through the Institute for Health and Human Potential; and is a certified coach through IPEC and the International Coaching Federation.
Meredith Hastings
Meredith Hastings, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at Brown University and the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, an interdisciplinary research center focused on understanding interactions between natural, human and social systems. Prior to joining the faculty at Brown in 2008, Meredith was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Washington’s Joint Institute for Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO). She completed her Ph.D. at Princeton University, working with researchers in the Department of Geosciences and at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. She is an NSF CAREER awardee, a recipient of the American Geophysical Union’s Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award and was named one of Insight into Diversity’s 100 Most Inspiring Women in STEM. She is currently a co-PI of ADVANCEGeo (serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo), a national program funded by NSF to transform workplace climate in the geosciences and other scientific fields through the development of bystander intervention and research ethics training in partnership with professional societies. She also serves as President of the non-profit Earth Science Women’s Network (ESWN, www.eswnonline.org), increasing diversity across the geosciences with an emphasis on creating a nurturing community working for cultural change to eliminate barriers to a diverse scientific workforce, and empowering scientists through professional development. And she is a proud mom of two beautiful daughters, Anne (12) and Lyla (11).
What are past participants saying about the workshop?
“Chris (Olex) is a wonderful facilitator and is clearly very knowledgeable in the workshop topics.”
“I think the content of the course was excellent. I particularly found the sections on emotional intelligence and giving/receiving feedback useful.”
“I loved that there was a mix of interactive and personal activities. It helped to keep me engaged and deepen the meaning I got out of the workshop as a whole.”
“I really liked the interaction between workshop attendees, talking with different people throughout the day helped me feel more comfortable with everything.”