Every principal investigator wants to build and maintain a lab that attracts and retains outstanding trainees and staff members. Juggling this endeavor with everything else the PI must do — writing papers, teaching, mentoring, gaining and maintaining funding, creating collaborative and productive relationships with other PIs — can be challenging at best. This 1.5-day course, led by Melanie Erskine and Rachel Dresbeck from the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research, will help you learn to manage people with a focus on the particular needs of running a lab or research group.

When: Thursday, Nov. 2, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, Nov. 3, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Location:  School of Nursing 107 (Day 1) and School of Nursing 116 (Day 2)
Register on Compass

In this course you will learn:

• Strategies for approaching the role of “coach” in the lab —developing your leadership style
• Recruitment and retention strategies — building (and maintaining) the best team for your lab
• Steps to take when coaching doesn’t work — performance management in the lab
• Resources that are available to you to support you and your lab staff

Enrollment is limited; there is no cost to participants.