Productive Conflict Resolution
This two-part workshop. led by Melissa Broderick from the HMS Ombuds Office will examine what you bring to conflict situations that may help or hinder those conflicts, some skills for handling conflicts when they arise and additional resources available to support you in finding resolutions that work for everyone. The second session will focus on solutions.
Three-part Career Development Workshop
This class is led by Sarah Cardozo Duncan, a career strategist with an established national and international client base. Session 1: The Art of Networking; Session 2: Informational Interviewing and Marketing Yourself; and Session 3: Leadership and Communication Skills.
Communication Styles Workshop
Sarah Cardozo Duncan leads this interactive workshop that explores different communication styles and skills. Fellows will learn to identify their communication style, understand other communication styles, and learn to recognize the communication style of the person with whom they are interacting.
Dealing Effectively with Abrasive Personalities
This course will be led by Melissa Brodrick, MEd, and Christine Power, MS, Director, DFCI Office for Faculty Development. This course will help fellows develop skills to consider the choices they have when working with abrasive personalities: when/how to engage or disengage (and the risks/benefits of each), how to address challenges early on, and what options are available when dealing with the chronic abrasive personality.
Leadership in Research: Managing People
This is an all day workshop for future PI’s with multiple presentations and discussions. Topics include:1) Team Building, Feedback and Coaching; 2) Building your team: Interviewing and hiring the right team; 3) Performance Review – What am I expected to do for HR; 4) Legal Issues of Employment; 5) Challenging Cases in the Workplace; 6) Managing your lab/Managing your clinical team.
CV Writing Workshop
Led by Dr. James Gould, Director HMS/HSDM Office for Postdoctoral Fellows, this session is designed to highlight the art of CV, resume and cover letter writing for scientists.
CV Slam
Dr. James Gould, Director (HMS/HSDM Office for Postdoctoral Fellows) and Dr. Lu-Ann Pozzi (BCH Fellows’ Program Manager) schedules one-on-one 15 minute appointments with fellows to review their CV and/or resume.
Job Talk Practice Sessions
The office will coordinate efforts for postdocs in the job market to present their job talk to an academic or industry panel of faculty and an audience of their peers. Faculty will provide a detailed critique of the talk.