The Mentoring and Communication Series is co-sponsored by The Graduate School and the Office of Postdoctoral Services.
Thurs Jan 29, 11 am – 12 pm
WHAT: From Vision to Reality: 4 Steps to Creating & Executing Your Individual Development Plan
REGISTER: https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0DuONRSXYE31vH8
For better for worse, your experiences and the training you receive as postdoctoral researchers and graduate students can greatly shape the rest of your career. However, there are strategies and resources that can increase your chances of getting what you came for. During this program, participants will learn how to develop clear and specific goals and objectives, along with a plan for executing them in an Individual Development Plan (IDP).
You’ll learn:
- An approach to setting meaningful, achievable goals aligned with your long-term vision.
- A structured planning routine to manage your time effectively.
- How to speak with your mentor about your goals and strategies to address any misalignments in expectations and needs.
Speaker: Dara Wilson-Grant is Director of Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development at the UNC-Chapel Hill Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor. With over fifteen years experience providing career management education and counseling, Dara’s mission is to help individuals develop a framework for choosing a meaningful and rewarding career path, plus develop the skills necessary for a lifetime of career success.
Tues Mar 3, 3-4:30 pm
WHAT: Effective Communication in Teams
REGISTER:
Have you ever wondered why one colleague always wants an agenda to prepare for a meeting, while another needs to understand the big picture before they can begin to work on the small details of a project? Using a free online assessment to explore your Myers-Briggs personality preferences, we’ll focus on how you can leverage a better understanding of others’ preferences to improve your communication with your research colleagues.
In preparation for the workshop, please complete two steps.
- Take the free 16Personalities assessment
- Report your results by TIME.
This workshop will be highly interactive. We strongly recommend joining the Zoom workshop from a location where you can enable audio and video.
Speakers: Hugh Crumley, PhD, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, and Melissa Bostrom, PhD, Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Professional Development. Both are Myers-Briggs certified facilitators.
