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Services and trainings supporting self-leadership
By developing self-leadership skills, each of us can improve one's own wellbeing at work and ability to face changing working life challenges better.
Self-leadership's four-field aims to create Aalto University's framework for the whole of self leadership and describe the entirety so that it helps to structure and consider selfleadership skills and supports their development in the changing working life.
Self-leadeship is based on self-knowledge/awareness, and it is therefore important to identify one's own personality features, motivation factors and strengths and development targets. In addition, it is necessary to recognize own goals in work life and oneself as part of a work community. Self-knowledge can be developed for example by reflecting own thinking and working methods and by asking feedback from colleagues about own performance, strengths and development targets.
Self-leadership is a multi-dimensional entity that can be structured and described in different ways. In this model, the entity has been described from the point of view of work life and of the support provided by Aalto University.
Below are listed services and trainings to support self leadership skills and areas
Mindfulness
Mindfulness gives us the ability to lead our own minds, to be truly present in our lives, and to focus on the essentials. At work, it means less stress and faster recovery from stressful situations. It helps you succeed in the midst of work pressures, interruptions, and information flooding, and develops our problem-solving, decision-making, and interaction skills.
In mindfulness training, you will learn the skills of being consciously present, the development of which, among other things, strengthens the ability to concentrate, increases the flexibility of the mind and supports resilience.
Check here mindfulness practicesMindful connections: Cultivating Presence, Compassion, and Creativity starting 21.10.2025
Emotional skills & compassion
Emotional skills mean the ability to identify, regulate and express one’s own feelings.
Oasis of Radical Wellbeing improves our understanding of wellbeing by distributing research-based information about how we can better understand and take care of ourselves and each other. Keys to your wellbeing offers among other things information and practices related to emotional skills.
Check the Keys to your wellbeing series
Compassion training provides tools for meeting yourself and others in an accepting and compassionate way. Among other things, compassionate skills increase togetherness and sharing, support coping and strengthen the ability to face adversity (resilience), and increase wellbeing at work.
Time, energy and focus management
In Mind Management training you will learn to schedule and organize your tasks so that you can better focus on the task at hand. You will also learn about brain function and managing your thoughts/mind as well as procrastination and resilience.
Entrepreneurial Mindset and Self-Leadership online course is self-paced course which consists of 8 short videos of different self-leadeship themes
Also individual coaching helps with self-leadership related challengies and achieving goals.
The whole of leading own wellbeing encompasses several areas which one can first and foremost influence oneself.
There are several possibilities to support your wellbeing in Aalto, for example:
Versatile and affordable physical exercising opportunities in UniSport
See Unisports offerings and services
Taking breaks and taking care of ergonomics
Utilize the Break Pro break exercise program
Now available for everyone! Individual coaching for supporting all employees' wellbeing
Read more and book a session with a coach
Aalto University's "Wellbeing at work index" offers a wide range of services offered by the employer, such as comprehensive occupational health care and sports services, as well as support for different needs and situations.
In addition, the Oasis of Radical Wellbeing website has a lot of help and resources to support your wellbeing.
Community or people skills refer to all the skills that support working and interacting with each other. Considering each other, both on campus and remotely, is of great importance for job satisfaction and work flow. With good people skills, we are implementing Aalto University's values - responsibility, courage, cooperation - in everyday life and in practice, and acting in accordance with the university's ethical principles and respecting each other.
Appreciative interaction micro-learning and 60 minutes' labs
Competent colleagueship,interaction skills, giving and receiving feedback
Support and Skills for difficult or challengin situations
Acting according to University's Code of Conduct Read more here.
Skills needed in working at a diverse and inclusive work community. Read more
Changing work and constant changes in working life and information systems challenge our ability to cope at work. With the skills and means listed below, we can influence to our own wellbeing at work and surviving - even thriving - in a changing work and world.
Flexible and multilocational way of working Read more about University's guidelines and tips.
Continuous learning. The changing work requires the continuous development of one's own skills, and digitalisation in particular requires the constant adoption of new information systems and platforms. Aalto University's Digi help community in Teams shares tips for staff on how to adopt new technologies. Join the Digi help community
Career coaching, work coaching and mentoring are available to support your career planning Read more about work coaching Read more about mentoring
The power of appreciative interactions: webinars in Autumn 2025
Webinar series consists of three webinars during autumn 2025. The webinars covers themes such as appreciative interactions, Negotiations &Conflicts and Challenges & opportunities for interaction in hybrid work .
Human Resource (HR) services contact details
Contact details to Human Resources (HR) services for Joint University services as well as for HR units at Schools and Departments.
