Teamworking and Leadership in Research and Beyond New
Team working and leadership are essential skills of the modern researcher as more projects are multidisciplinary collaborations. They are also high on the skills requirement list for most employers outside academia. However, the nature of higher education focuses on individual work so many researchers starting their career find that they have little experience or knowledge of how to work as a team member or contribute to leadership.
In this workshop, we will explore fundamental aspects of team working, including why having people in your teams who think and behave differently to you is essential for a successful team.
We will look at theories around teamwork, including work by Will Schutz, John Adair, and Bruce Tuckman, with a main focus on Belbin Team Roles, which is a globally recognised tool.
At the end of this workshop, you will be able to understand:
- Why teams don’t need well rounded people
- Why team members don’t need to work on their areas of weakness
- How conflict in team members’ working styles can be turned to an advantage
- Why our expectations of team members (including leaders) can set them up to fail
- Why, when choosing people to work with, we need to look beyond their eligibility, and consider their suitability
Please note that this workshop does not include Belbin assessments or Belbin reports.
All PhD students
Number of sessions: 1
| # | Date | Time | Venue | Trainer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri 26 Jan 09:30 - 13:00 | 09:30 - 13:00 | Student Services Centre, Exams Hall, Room AG03d | map | Dr Geraint Wyn Story |
This workshop will be facilitated by Dr Geraint Wyn Story. Geraint did a PhD in the Department of Plant Sciences at Cambridge, and then worked as a research team manager for a biotech company for two years before changing career direction and becoming the Researcher Development Consultant for the life sciences at Cambridge from 2008 – 2014. He then founded his company Cambridge Training Associates and continues to deliver personal and professional development internationally. He has been an Associate of Belbin since 2014, delivering Belbin accreditations and team building workshops across Europe and the Middle East.
3.5 hours
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