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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This short leadership course, available through MIT HR, has received very positive reviews from postdocs who have taken it in the past. The next session is open for registration and will take place on March
9. See details of the course below, and see this <a href="https://atlas.mit.edu/atlas/Main.action?tab=home&sub=group_training&sapSystemId=PS1">
link</a> to register (navigate to the Learning Center through your Atlas if the link doesn’t work).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Everyday Leadership<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">Do you have ideas for improving your own job or the work flow in your department? Do you see ways you could get things done more effectively? Do
you have ideas for how to increase satisfaction in your workplace?</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">In traditional models of leadership, these types of changes came down from the top. In today's workplace, leadership
can and should come from all levels of the organization. Everyone possesses the capability to develop leadership behaviors. In this class, participants learn how to develop their own leadership skills so they can act as leaders in their everyday work life.
This course helps participants learn to identifying opportunities for change as well as the steps they need to take to implement those changes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">By the end of this course, participants will be able to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">identify characteristics of leadership<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">describe the characteristics of leadership they already possess<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">identify leadership opportunities in their workplace<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">identify supports and obstacles for a specific workplace change opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">This course is not a course about managing others. If you want to learn more about being an effective manager, please
consider enrolling in Essentials of Managing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:#C00000">Ann Skoczenski, PhD</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">Director of Postdoctoral Services</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">Office of the Vice President for Research</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://postdocs.mit.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://postdocs.mit.edu/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:annskocz@mit.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">annskocz@mit.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">“While it is always best to believe in oneself, a little help from
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">others can be a great blessing.” –Uncle Iroh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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