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Creating a dynamic RCR program April 26 th 2008 Alison P McGuigan Stanford University Post-Doctoral Association Program Title: Soft skills for post-docs: transition into a job successfully Motivation 1. Post-docs need a plan 2.

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Creating a dynamic RCR program

April 26th 2008 Alison P McGuigan Stanford University Post-Doctoral Association

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Program Title: “Soft” skills for post-docs: transition into a job successfully”

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Motivation

  • 1. Post-docs need a plan
  • 2. Post-docs need new skills
  • 3. Post-docs need to learn to be mentors
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Program goals

  • 1. Facilitate the development of a career progress

plan

  • 2. Provide training in:
  • mentoring
  • personnel management.
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Program Structure

  • Series of three interactive workshops (each 3 hours)
  • Designed to integrate into Stanford Scientific

Management Lecture Series (based on HHMI book “Making the right moves”)

  • Emphasis on active not passive learning
  • Focused on activity-based workshops as opposed to

informational lectures

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Workshop 1: Developing a career progress plan

  • 1. What is a career progress

plan?

  • 2. How can I develop a long-

term vision.

  • 3. How can I solicit useful

personal feedback from my mentors.

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Small Group exercise: In 3 sentences or less describe: What you work on ? Why is it important ? Who cares ?

Example activities

Small Group exercise: Read sample research statements and for each identify: the major problem being addressed, why that problem is important, why anyone should care Role play activity: Mock career plan conversation between a Prof and a post- doc to demonstrate how to utilize document to facilitate difficult conversation

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Workshop 2 Interviews and interviewing

  • 1. Who do I need to hire?
  • 2. How do I communicate who I

want to hire?

  • 3. How do I assess a resume?
  • 4. How do I conduct an interview?
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Example activities

Small Group exercise: Design a job description for a post-doc or a lab technician for your lab Pair exercise: Develop structured interview plan then conduct a mock interview for a post-doc position. After mock interview provide feedback.

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Workshop 3 Managing, motivating, and mentoring

  • 1. What is good mentoring?
  • 2. What motivates people?
  • 3. Where are my mentoring

strengths and weakness?

  • 4. How are people different?
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Small Group exercise: Identify a good mentor and list qualities of that mentor

Example activities

Small Group exercise: Use Herrmann Brain Dominance tool to identify what motivates you in your work and discuss in group what motivates different people Self Assessment exercise: Use coaching assessment tool to identify your strengths and weaknesses as a mentor

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Project management strategies

  • Team of 5 people with weekly meetings
  • Have a clear idea of program learning objectives
  • Online Google shared documents and calendar
  • Educate the speakers on the post-doc audience
  • Use HMMI guide to developing training programs
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Program publicity and advertising

  • E-mails from Dean’s office promoting the event
  • E-mail from SUPD encouraging registration.
  • Promoting event in weekly post-doc orientation
  • Created link from SUPD webpage describing

program

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Program outcomes

Overall workshop rating

Workshop Excellent good average poor I would recommend 1 82 18 100 2 35 62 4 100 3 65 30 4 96

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Program outcomes

Workshop 1

“This workshop was really helpful for postdocs going into academic positions, and communication with mentors/advisors about job advancement and postdoc career development. It would be nice to have something geared towards industrial positions as well”

Workshop 2

“Very good not only in terms of tactics but also philosophy, attitudes and hearts.”

Workshop 3

“Outstanding presentation. The best of all workshops. Very

  • interactive. Provided skills with immediate applicability”
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Optimize Program Impact beyond RCR

  • Promote the profile of post-docs, the PDA, and the NPA

in the community and beyond.

  • Highlight the importance of mentoring and appropriate

RCR training to the community.

  • Sent the NPA press release about seed grants to

campus newspapers.

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Lessons learned

  • Exploit networking opportunities and other programs
  • Have a clear idea of what you want in the program

and communicate it to speakers

  • Remember the official stuff – agree to dates,

expectations, honorariums etc in advance in writing

  • Think about logistics – parking, maps, rooms, timing
  • Interactive sessions very popular
  • Enthusiasm makes a big difference!
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SUPD Organizing Team

  • Sruthi King
  • Sarah Kummerfeld
  • Alison McGuigan
  • Susan Moore
  • Carlos Pineda

Workshop 1: Mediators

  • John C. Boothroyd
  • Susan McConnell

Workshop 2: Mediator

  • Aliki Helman SPHR

Workshop 3: Mediators

  • Anne Griswold
  • Sonya Moore-Wells

Stanford OPA sponsors

  • Chequeta Allen
  • Teri Hankes

NPA “Bring RCR home” program: Kathleen Flint http://SUPD.stanford.edu

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RCR topics addressed

  • Management
  • Lab values and academic environment
  • Mentor responsibilities
  • Communication and difficult conversations.