Fiona Sheridan

Fiona's PhD (Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, 2011) is in the area of leadership and gender. Specifically, she examined the role congruity theory of prejudice towards female leaders (Eagly and Karau, 2002). Prior to that, she completed an MBS IR and HRM at UL.Fionas undergraduate qualifications include a BA (French and Sociology and Politics) from UCG and a Diploma in Business Studies, at GMIT. Having worked for several years in industry, Fiona started lecturing in GMIT in 2001 on the CIPD Diploma and then joined the Discipline of Management (at University of Galway) in 2002.Since that time, Fiona has taught, designed and managed several management-, business- and skill-development modules to postgraduate, undergraduate, Access and Foundation students and adult learners, in the School of Business and Economics, Student Services and the Centre for Adult Learning and Professional Development.Fiona aims to develop and deliver quality modules with a view to engaging students at all levels. She isdelighted to have received a Teaching Hero Award, 2020 , from the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and the Union of Students in Ireland and has been nominated for other teaching awards since. Fionasteaching philosophy is to develop in students not only knowledge of content, but also the ability to engage in and reflect on their learning and capacity for leadership, and to think critically about the concepts, rationale and implications of the material that they are studying, for life outside the university, as well as within it. Fiona is the Programme Director the MSc Human Resource Management. She enjoys leading this programme and teaching modules on it.Leading the re-design of a contemporary, competitive, and bespoke new MSc Human Resource Management programme that meets market, student and employer needs, with new modules such as Sustainable Human Resource Management, has been a very rewarding and informative experience for Fiona.With a view to maximising the attractiveness, reach and credibility of the programme, Fionaled the CIPD reaccreditation for the MSc Human Resource Management andwas successful in her submission for SHRM alignment, making us the third Irish university to have acquired this alignment and one of the first 10 programmes in Europe. Fiona secured a new award called: CIPDAward for the Best Applied Management Report for MSc Human Resource Management and CIPDAward for the Best Applied Management Report for MSc Strategy, Innovation and People Management. Fionasecured this new sponsorship in early 2022. The first award will be given to the AY22-23 graduates.Fionas research interests inform her teaching, not just through the content, but through her delivery and design of the modules, where the classroom culture that she attempts to create, allows for a cooperative paradigm of leadership and education to shine through, where experience and knowledge are leveraged between lecturer and students and the communities that we represent. Humility, authenticity, vulnerability, self-awareness, creativity, innovation and compassion are key to this classroom experience and are to the fore of her design, delivery and assessment choices. Teaching, researching and strategising for the Public - No restriction good requires a commitment to the co-creation of knowledge between student and teacher and it is this that is the heart of Fionas classroom, with the health and wellbeing of the student to the fore.

Fionas research interests and peer reviewed are in the areas of leadership and gender, prejudice and stereotyping and gendered language in the workplace. An evolving area of interest for Fiona is focusedon authentic leader-follower development and the crucibles of leadership.Fionas research interests inform her teaching, not just through the content, but through her delivery and design of the modules, where the classroom culture that she attempts to create, allows for a cooperative paradigm of leadership and education to shine through, where experience and knowledge are leveraged between lecturer and students and the communities that we represent. Humility, authenticity, vulnerability, self-awareness, creativity, innovation and compassion are key to this classroom experience and are to the fore of Fionas design, delivery and assessment choices.Teaching, researching and strategising for the Public - No restriction good requires a commitment to the co-creation of knowledge between student and teacher and it is this that is the heart of Fionas classroom, with the health and wellbeing of the student to the fore. Now, more than ever before, we need leaders to reflect on, value and use their uniqueness for connection and creation of a positive ethical organisational climate where the capacity for decent work, performance, sustainability and economic growth is enhanced. Business Schools need to address that the world we live in now is volatile, chaotic and ambiguous. Thus we must to teach students that as leaders of themselves and others that they will need to make decisions under the conditions of ambiguity. Students must be allowed to consider and practice in order to step into the arena when they dont know what the outcome will look like. Fonabelieves that we need to prepare students to be ready to adapt to changing conditions because industry requires leaders today to be highly adaptable, creative and innovative. Work in progress, currently:Title: Crucibles of leadership: the impact of traumatic life events on leadership development. Authors: Dr. Fiona Sheridan, Professor Thomas Garavan, Professor John Blenkinsopp Title: The Crucibles of Leadership: an educational expression of leadership and reflection in higher education Authors: Dr. Fiona Sheridan, Professor John Blenkinsopp, Professor Thomas Garavan Title: The role of the crucibles of leadership in student health and well-being in higher education Authors: Dr. Fiona Sheridan, Professor John Blenkinsopp, Professor Thomas Garavan

Fiona has been teaching and supervising at undergraduate, postgraduate and executive levels in Management subjects for twenty one years now, having started teaching on the CIPD Diploma in Human Resource Management in Atlantic Technological University, in 2001. Since she began lecturing in 2001, she has designed, delivered and assessed a wide range of modules in her area of expertise as well as outside her immediate area of specialisation. Fiona aims to demonstrate high quality teaching through creating, delivering and re-designing quality modules that are intended to engage and inspire students at all levels, with a view to maximising learning and personal and professional development, with the SDGs and grand challenges in mind. Hertransdisciplinary and industry experience serves her well in terms of her capacity to contribute to the development of new modules, programmes, practices and teaching modalities within and outside her immediate area of specialisation. We are a University for the Public - No restriction good and talk of grand challenges and sustainable development goals forms the basis of our narrative, mission and strategic plans. Fionasmain aim in her role as lecturer and Programme Director for the MSc HRM, is on focussing on developing students on creating a space where all students are viewed as being the rising leaders that they are. And thus, herresearch and teaching is aligned with the School strategy and to the SDGs through the questions that she aims to raise within the leadership, management and educational literatures and associated journals and conferences. Hercurrent teaching, research interests and papers in progress directly address each of the following SDGs: Good health and well-being; Decent work and economic growth; Industry, innovation and infrastructure and Gender and equality.