| | |  | | NEWSLETTER ::: NO. 13 ::: NOV 2016 | | 2ND JOINT NCCR WORKSHOP: LEARNING TO WORK TOGETHER | | Scientists often face very complex problems, which is why collaboration with other researchers is particularly important. To build a fruitful collaboration despite differences in approach, interpersonal skills are essential. | Scientists often face very complex problems, which is why collaboration with other researchers is particularly important. To build a fruitful collaboration despite differences in approach, interpersonal skills are essential.
With this in mind, two NCCRs — RNA & Disease and Kidney.CH — invited a group of young scientists to attend the two centres’ second joint workshop on improving communication skills. The workshop took place November 24‒26, 2016 at Schloss Muenchenwiler in the Canton of Bern. Two international coaches from hfp-consulting taught 16 PhD students and postdocs the basics of collaboration. To begin with, the participants were given several exercises to improve their communication skills; skills which were later needed to tackle topics such as conflict management and team development. Additional exercises in the field of process management aimed at increasing the participants’ competence profiles.
In addition to teaching new skills, the workshop also provided an excellent opportunity for scientific exchange between the two NCCRs — as all participants confirmed in their feedback. |
| | | | Kidney - Control of Homeostasis | | is a Swiss research initiative, headquartered at University of Zurich, which brings together leading specialists in experimental and clinical nephrology and physiology from the universities of Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Lausanne, and Zurich, and corresponding university hospitals. |
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