Communication Skills for Success
Pathways Beyond the Lab – Communication Skills for Success
Tuesday, May 12, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Location: E19-202
Lunch will be provided (with gluten free and vegetarian options).
Attending any or all of the three Pathways Beyond the Lab* workshops counts as a maximum of one workshop credit toward the requirements for GradEL’s Graduate Certificate in Technical Leadership.
* Leadership Skills for Success (May 4), Communication Skills for Success (May 12), Women in Pathways Outside of the Lab: A Panel (May 15)
Description
The second of a 3-workshop series designed to explore skills and career pathways outside of the lab. This workshop focuses on communication skills for maintaining sustainable teams.
Leader
Rachel Moore Best is passionate about translating skills, frameworks, and proven theory into actionable guidance for her students’ and clients’ current challenges. Her dynamic, hands-on approach to education has led her to teach in multiple arenas, including graduate-level negotiation courses for MIT, creative university programs, youth conferences, government agencies, and corporate audiences. Along with her work as an educator, Rachel is an experienced strategist and the founder of The Human Factor, a strategy firm focused on equipping organizations to negotiate the challenges of change within complex ecosystems. In this work, Rachel works with individuals from the executional level to the c-suite as they negotiate conflicting goals, organizational complexity, and human dynamics to close deals and form effective, sustainable teams. Her notable clients include Disney, NASA, and Boston Children’s Hospital.
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