Tools & Tips | Outreach

On October 20, 2010 Brianna Blaser presented about Managing Your Relationship with Your Supervisor at the Childrens Hospital in Boston.

Resources

• Managing Your Relationship With Your Supervisor Slides
• Managing Your Relationship With Your Supervisor Case studies

Related Science Careers Articles

• Butting Heads: Conflict Resolution for Postdocs, Part I & Part II By Alka Agrawal
• What To Do When Your Adviser Goes Too Far, Part I & Part II By Peter Fiske
• A Career Development Plan for Postdocs By Laure Haak
• Dysfunctional Advisee-Adviser Relationships: Methods for Negotiating Beyond Conflict By Peter Fiske
• The Ethics of Authorship: An Ombudspersons Perspective By Linda Wilcox
• Career Blocker: Bad Advisers By Livia Puljak
• The PhD-Doctor: What (Not) to Expect From Your Supervisor By Herman Lelieveldt
• Knowing When to Break Free from your PI By Career Doctor
• Your PhD Boss: Adversary or Super-Advisor? Part I & Part II By Phil Dee

Other Resources

• Great Group Compact Between Postdoctoral Appointees and Their Mentors
• FASEB IDP
• FASEB Annual Review
• Chicago Guide to Your Career in Science: A Toolkit for Students and Postdocs by Victor A. Bloomfield and Esam E. El-Fakahany
• University of Washington Office of Postdoc Affairs Postdoc Evaluation Form
• HHMIs Making the Right Moves

Event Summary

In this presentation, Brianna presented strategies for grad students and postdocs to use in order to best manage their relationships with their supervisors. This included advice on choosing a postdoc position, establishing goals and expectations with your adviser, day-to-day communication techniques, and what to do when problems arise. The session concluded with a discussion of case studies based on questions posted on the Science Careers Forum.

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