Sharing something I just learned...


Hi Reader,

Did you know I am camping this week? It’s got nothing to do with faculty success and everything to do with faculty success. I take myself on a little strategic planning retreat a couple times per year. That's why I'm camping at the lake this week. It’s part of how I keep myself on track, and I wanted to share it with you today.

Speaking of things you didn’t know…I was thinking about all the things I don’t know about building a research lab. So I spent some time in some Facebook groups and on Google to get some ideas about how to do that. I found some good info stuff that I thought you might find helpful too.

  1. Lots of folks with a research lab have a website.
  2. Folks just name their lab whatever they want.
  3. There's no specific "way" to get a lab...Just say you have one and then you have one. 🤯

So, umm...soon I'll have a fully named research lab.

While I was down that rabbit hole I also wanted to do a bit of research about building effective research collaboration teams in a research lab, how to assign duties to various team members, and such. This is kinda new to me. I've never worked as a research assistant. I've never worked in a lab. My grad program didn't provide this type of training and I've never seen it in action up close and personal.

I've collaborated with others, sometimes it's worked wonderfully and sometimes I've been the weak link and the project didn't go where it needed to go (sometimes I wasn't the weak link and the project didn't get where it was intended to go). I want to be a better leader in project teams.

I put together a video to share what I learned...and if you've partnered with me in the past be ready for a change in the future.

Do you have a research lab or a team? Do you have ideas that might help me? Hit reply and let me know! Or grab a spot on my calendar and I'll buy you a coffee for sharing with me.

Keep Exploring!

Kimberly J. Hale, Faculty Success Coach
KimberlyJHale.com

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