It’s time to stop calling career conversations between a PI and a PhD/postdocs ‘difficult conversations’ and start calling them what they are: “negotiations”
Teaching biomedical trainees to manage their professional relationships
We’re launching a new series teaching biomedical trainees how to navigate professional challenges, decisions and power dynamics during their training.
How do you set performance expectations for new staff? Signal clearly and often
Managers are always encouraged to state expectations with new hires. For me, it’s all about having a calibrating conversation to review the job description and performance evaluations/ratings rubrics at the same time.
Teaching Ph.D.s how to make better choices: Choosing a Ph.D. thesis lab
For many students and postdocs facing difficulty in their training, they look back and realize it all started with choosing the wrong thesis lab. So we’re teaching Ph.D. students how to recognize their right thesis lab and how to avoid the wrong ones.
Career confidentiality and Ph.D. students & postdocs
Ph.D. students & postdocs discuss sensitive issues with career counseling appointments. But what level of confidentiality can university career and professional development staff offer? Quite a lot actually, and that’s an important factor in building trust.
It’s Healthy, Let’s Try It: Why my team tests out organizational management best practices
When you spend a lot of time telling students and postdocs that it’s important to find work and workplaces that align with your values and are healthy, you’re met with a lot of skepticism that such places even exist.
