Working in Teams & Collaborations
Working as a team leader or as a part of a team is integral to being a
valued manager or employee.
The APS
and the Association of Chairs of
Departments of Physiology recommend that trainees understand the
importance of and work to develop the following team skills:
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a. |
Ability to work well with many
different people/cultures |
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b. |
Respect for and placing value on
different perspectives |
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c. |
Ability to provide and respond to
constructive criticism |
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d. |
Ability to work well under pressure
and willingness to work hard |
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e. |
Ability to apply oneself to a variety
of tasks simultaneously |
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f. |
Knowledge of how to work with the
committee process |
(from the APS/ACDP
List of Professional Skills for Physiologists and Trainees)
Here are
a variety of web sites with information that you
might find useful.*
People Skills
Cultural Competence
Delores C. S. James, Internet FAQ Archives
Improve Your Communication Skills
Inc.com
Multicultural Toolkit (Toolkit for Cross-Cultural Collaboration)
Candia Elliott, R. Jerry Adams, and Suganya Sockalingam, Awesome Library.org
Working Smarter
Dealing with Deadines
Stop multi-tasking and start multi-plexing
David Posen
Working Under Pressure
The University of Winchester, UK
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Team Skills
Team Science and the Diversity Advantage
Camille Mojica Rey, ScienceCareers.org, AAAS
Sept. 2008
The Lab Community (Chapter 1)
In: Career Advice for Life Scientists
American Society for Cell Biology
Leadership
In: Leadership Knowledge Base
Michael J. Freeman
Team Building
Carter McNamara, Management Help.org
Team Building
About.com
Team
Building: Developing a Productive Team
Arnold Bateman, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
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Committee Work
How to Become a
Committee Member (pdf file)
Being an Active Committee
Member (pdf file)
Chairing a Committee (pdf
file)
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Collaborations
Guide for Successful
Collaboration: From the Handshake to the Collaborative Research
Agreement
APS Career Opportunities in Physiology Committee Symposium
April 2007
International Collaboration: Science Knows No
Boundaries
APS Career Opportunities in Physiology Committee Symposium
April 2005
Ten Simple Rules for a Successful Collaboration
Quentin Vicens, Philip E. Bourne
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*APS does not endorse or assume responsibility for the information posted
on these web sites.
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