Leadership & Management

Monday, March 18, 12:00pm - 1:00pm, MSOB

What expectations do you have of your mentee? Have you considered what expectations your mentee has of you? A mentoring compact is a tool for aligning expectations in a mentoring relationship.

During this workshop, we’ll introduce mentoring compacts by differentiating them from a lab manual, discuss how they can be very powerful for mentors and mentees, and begin creating a mentoring compact.

Facilitators: Joy McKenna and Anthony Venida, Postdoc Peer Mentoring Coaches

Thursday & Friday, April 18-19, 2024, 9:00am-12:30pm

** Must be able to attend both sessions.**  If selected for the workshop, you will be notified of the location.

Monday, March 4, 12:00pm - 1:00pm, MSOB

What do we mean by ‘diversity’? How can understanding your mentee’s unique, complex identity inform your mentoring? Confidently navigating equity and inclusion can benefit you and your research group.

In this workshop, postdocs will develop an awareness of their own complex identities and consider how identity impacts mentoring relationships.

Facilitators: Emily Aster Jones and Joy McKenna, Postdoc Peer Mentoring Coaches

Monday, February 26, 12:00pm - 1:00pm, MSOB

Research integrity is essential in any discipline. What ethical principles guide your work? How can you model ethical awareness for your mentee?

In this workshop, postdocs will consider ethical issues in research groups and discuss the crucial role of power dynamics and its potential to influence behavior.

Facilitators: Emily Aster Jones and Joy McKenna, Postdoc Peer Mentoring Coaches

Mentoring Mondays are open to postdocs from all disciplines. Lunch will be provided.

Tuesday, February 13, 1:00pm-2:00pm, LK130

Would you like to improve your mentoring? Are you interested in joining a community of postdocs who share your interest in mentoring?

Register for the new Postdoc Mentoring Certificate! Attend this session to learn more about the certificate program, ask questions, and meet our Postdoc Mentoring Coaches.

The Postdoc Mentoring Certificate is open to postdocs from all disciplines. Lunch will be provided.

Monday & Tuesday, February 12 & 13, 2024, 9:00am-12:30pm

** Must be able to attend both sessions.**  If selected for the workshop, you will be notified of the location.

Monday, January 22, 12:30pm - 1:30pm, MSOB

Would you like to learn how to help your mentee build their confidence and become more independent?

During this workshop, postdocs will define independence, discuss how its core elements change over the course of a mentoring relationship, and generate a list of strategies to foster independence in their mentee.

Facilitators: Amanda Dudek and Anthony Venida, Postdoc Peer Mentoring Coaches

Mentoring Mondays are open to postdocs from all disciplines. Lunch will be provided.

Monday, December 11, 12:00pm - 1:00pm, LKSC

How does your communication style impact how effective you are as a communicator and mentor?

During this workshop, postdocs will identify their communication style using the Effective Communication Styles Inventory, consider their communication style’s strengths and weaknesses, and learn how to communicate effectively across different styles.

Facilitators: Emily Jones and Samuel Montalvo, Postdoc Peer Mentoring Coaches

Monday, November 13, 12:00pm - 1:00pm, On Campus

Have you communicated expectations to a mentee and assumed that they understood what you meant? Would you like to learn how to better communicate with your mentor/mentee?

Effective communication is critical to an effective mentoring relationship. During this workshop, postdocs will identify barriers to clear understanding. In addition, scholars will learn and practice strategies to address reasons for a lack of understanding.

Monday, October 23, 12:00pm - 1:00pm, On Campus

Are you working with new students and postdocs in your group this academic year? Start your next mentor-mentee relationship off right by being intentional about setting expectations! A shared understanding of mentor and mentee expectations is critical to building an effective mentoring relationship.