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Mentoring Graduate Students and Post-Docs

Mentoring Graduate Students and Post-Docs. Tony Nunez and Julius Jackson The Graduate School November 3 2009 . The Graduate School Michigan State University 2007. Double Bind. The Graduate School Michigan State University 2007. Sunny Skies.

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Mentoring Graduate Students and Post-Docs

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  1. Mentoring Graduate Students and Post-Docs Tony Nunez and Julius Jackson The Graduate School November 3 2009 The Graduate SchoolMichigan State University 2007

  2. Double Bind The Graduate SchoolMichigan State University 2007

  3. Sunny Skies The Graduate SchoolMichigan State University 2007

  4. Implicit Expectations Implicit Expectations: Not stated and rarely understood. • “What didn’t you understand about what I didn’t tell you?” The Graduate SchoolMichigan State University 2007

  5. Explicit Expectations Explicit Expectations: • Clearly Stated • Checked for understanding • Unilaterally or jointly set The Graduate SchoolMichigan State University 2007

  6. Explicit Window of “Negotiable” Expectations Joint Implicit Unilateral The Graduate SchoolMichigan State University 2007

  7. Power Differential and Unilateral Decisions • If your intention is to make a unilateral decision, make this clear from the outset. • Negotiation is not manipulation.

  8. First Steps: • Agreement about the context and previously set expectations. • Identify the “issue” as a question that needs to be answer.

  9. Positional Strategy Interest-based Strategy Strategies The Graduate SchoolMichigan State University 2007

  10. Positional Approach A position is a claim that one makes as the best (or only)answer to a pressing question (issue) . “As PI, I will be first-author of any publication from the lab based on a Masters thesis” The Graduate SchoolMichigan State University 2007

  11. The Positional Approach for Setting Expectations ISSUE A What I Want B What I Want B A C Compromise Position Position The Graduate SchoolMichigan State University 2007

  12. Interest-based Approach Interests are needs that must be satisfied and values that must be preserved when searching for answers to a pressing question (issue). Self-esteem Good working relationships Research excellence Funding The Graduate SchoolMichigan State University 2007

  13. Issue A B The Interest-Based Approach Options Interests A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4 E 5 F 6 G 7 The Graduate SchoolMichigan State University 2007

  14. Issue The Interest-Based Approach Options Interests 1 A F A C Evaluation 2 B A D F 3 C F A D C 4 D A 5 E F D 6 F D F 7 G C F The Graduate SchoolMichigan State University 2007

  15. Interest-based setting of expectations CONTEXT DECISION ISSUE INTERESTS OPTIONS

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