Leaders´& Organizational Resilience
Resilience of leaders & organizations
Charlotte Förster
I am Junior Professor of European Management at the University of Technology Chemnitz. My research focuses on the resilience of leaders and organizations. Building on my doctorate at the Technical University of Dresden and my work at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, I also investigate topics such as (positive) leadership, crisis management, paradoxes, mindfulness, the process of sensemaking, critical infrastructure and high reliability organizations (HROs). However, I particularly focus on the resilience of and in healthcare organizations.
Based on my research, I also offer resilience counseling and trainings in the organizational context. I help to assess individual and organizational resilience, give lectures on the topic of resilience with different emphases (e.g., resilience and crisis management, resilience in the healthcare context) and offer resilience training for various professional groups (e.g. resilience in nursing, leaders' resilience).
News
- 03/2024: Read our new article "Digitale Resilienz in Gesundheitsorganisationen", which was recently published in the Pflegezeitschrift.
- 02/2024: Read our new journal article "In the eye of the storm: Hospital leaders' resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic", which was recently published in the Health Care Management Review.
- 08/2023: We are pleased to announce that our new project "Digital Resilience in Saxon Hospitals" (DiReK), funded by the Saxon State Ministry of Science and the Arts, Guideline for the Granting of Grants for Projects in the Research Sector (RL TG 70), is now starting. Current information on the project can be found here.
- 07/2023: Read our new journal article "Die Rolle der Führungskraft im Krisenmanagement von Gesundheitsorganisationen: Sensemaking und staatliche Einflüsse in der Frühphase der COVID-19 Pandemie."
- 01/2023: Read our new journal article „Why time matters when it comes to resilience: how the duration of crisis affects resilience of healthcare and public health leaders".
- 01/2023: Read our new journal article „Leading in the Paradoxical World of Crises: How Leaders Navigate Through Crises“.
Academic education
04/2016 – 07/2019 Doctoral studies in Strategic Management, Technical University of Dresden; Cumulative dissertation titled as „Leaders’ resilience: A theoretical and empirical analysis” (submitted on 12/18/2018)
10/2012 – 06/2015 Master program of Business Administration, Technical University of Dresden; Corporate Development and Innovation, Economics, Business Intelligence
10/2008 – 09/2012 Bachelor program of International Business Studies, University of Paderborn
09/2011 – 03/2012 Semester abroad, University of Seville, Spain
Professional experiences
Since 04/2021 Junior professor for European at the Technical University of Chemnitz
04/2023 – 09/2023 Visiting professor at the University of Regensburg
04/2021 – 03/2022 Project partner in the COVRES project, Johannes-Kepler University, Business School (Austria)
10/2020 – 03/2021 Co-Leading postdoctoral researcher in the research project “COVRES: Health Care Organizations’ Resilience in the Covid-19 Crisis: A Multi-Level Study Across Europe” (BUS Seed Project), Johannes-Kepler University, Business School (Austria)
10/2020 – 03/2021 Consultant for strategic (human resource) issues, University of Applied Sciences for Social Work, Education and Nursing Dresden
12/2019 – 07/2020 Research Associate for design of a HR development concept for the care sector, University of Applied Sciences for Social Work, Education and Nursing Dresden
01/2020 – 02/2020 Research Associate for a research project regarding leaders’ resilience at the Johannes-Kepler University in Linz (Austria)
04/2017 – 09/2019 Research Associate, Technical University of Dresden, Junior Professorship in Strategic Management
Grants, Awards and funding (selection)
- Funding of the cooperative research project “Digital Resilience in Saxon Hospitals” (DiReK). Funding from the Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism in the field of humanities and social sciences (RL TG 70), 09/2023
- Funding of the international scientific event "Research symposium on resilience in extreme contexts", German Research Foundation (DFG), 09/2022
- BUS Seed Money for the high impact research project “COVRES: Health Care Organizations’ Resilience in the Covid-19 Crisis: A Multi-Level Study Across Europe” at the Business School of the Johannes-Kepler University, Austria, 06/2020
- 3rd prize of the Women's Award of the SPD state parliamentary group for the research project "Women leaders’ resilience - what makes them strong?", 03/2019
Teaching experiences (subjects)
- Supervision of bachelor and master theses (University of Technology Dresden & Chemnitz)
- European Management I & II (University of Technology Chemnitz)
- Introduction to Social Science Research (University of Technology Chemnitz)
- Supervision of student application project within the lecture series “Business meet Science” (University of Technology Chemnitz)
- Chemnitz as Capital of Culture in the (hypothetical) crisis. Introduction lecture of the lecture series “Business meet Science” (University of Technology Chemnitz)
- Resilience in Strategic Management within the lecture series “Strategic Management” (University of Technology Chemnitz)
- Crises & Crisis Management within the seminar "Financial crises from a practical and theoretical perspective” (University of Technology Chemnitz)
- Application project “Reflecting hospital organizational resilience during COVID 19” (University of Technology Chemnitz; duration: 1 year).
- Resilience in times of crisis, including Resilience Training with LEGO® Serious Play® (University of Regensburg)
- Management and Corporate Ethics (Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg)
- International Management (Saxon Administration and Business Academy)
- Strategic Human Resource Management (University of Technology Dresden)
- Strategic Management (University of Technology Dresden)
- Bachelor seminars & Research seminars (University of Technology Dresden)
Languages:
German (native language) English, including commercial English (fluent) Spanish, including commercial Spanish (good) French (advanced beginner)
Contact Information
Charlotte Förster
Görlitzer Straße 5
01099 Dresden
mobil +49 (0) 1515 663 668 3
email info@charlotte-foerster.com
web www.charlotte-foerster.com