Location: Online

Graduate students and postdocs are often asked to mentor undergraduate students, summer interns, rotation students, or research assistants while simultaneously making progress on their own research and career goals. Mentoring can be rewarding while providing an opportunity to develop leadership and teaching skills. However, mentoring can also be challenging, especially when done at the wrong time or without necessary boundaries, appropriate training, and support from your principal investigator.

Mentoring From the Middle is a three-part workshop series designed for doctoral students and postdocs. The series provides practical strategies for building productive mentoring relationships, supporting learning, and addressing problems before they become unmanageable. The goal is to help you find balance between being a supportive mentor and protecting your own time, research, and professional development.

UNIT 3. Feedback and Communication Skills to Promote Learning
Even strong mentoring relationships experience challenges, which can only be resolved through clear and open communication engaging both the mentor and mentee. In this webinar, we will discuss how to cultivate a positive feedback culture and will provide models and tools for providing effective feedback. We will also discuss balancing support for student learning with outside resources, responsibility, and accountability, and will explore when and how to engage others in resolving situations.

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Co-sponsored by the Graduate Career Consortium and National Postdoctoral Association
Speaker: Sharon Milgram, PhD, founder, Sharon Milgram & Associates; former director, NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education