Mentorship
Mentoring (both given and received) is an integral part of the postgraduate experience. To help postgrads initiate and sustain good mentoring relationships with their faculty mentor or other members of the Yale community, we have provided several resources below.
Office for Postdoc Affairs Mentorship Programming
The Office for Postdoc Affairs offers a number of mentoring workshops each year, including those addressing topics such as:
- Building your mentoring relationship
- Building your mentoring team
- Having difficult conversations with your faculty mentor
Here are additional, asynchronous resources to hone your mentorship skills:
Leadership & Management
Similarly to its mentorship programming, the Office for Postdoc Affairs offers workshops addressing leadership and management skills, including:
- Communication
- Inclusive Leadership
- Managing People and Projects
Additional Leadership & Management Educational Resources:
- Connected Leadership | Coursera
- Leading People and Teams Specialization [5 courses] (UMich)
- Strategic Leadership and Management Specialization [7 courses] (UIUC)
- Organizational Leadership in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Specialization [4 courses]
- Inclusive Leadership: The Power of Workplace Diversity
- Leading Teams: Developing as a Leader
- Leadership Development for Engineers Specialization [3 courses]