Working Effectively with Research Project Teams
The best research often emerges out of the creative interaction of talented team members.
This interaction at times can be stressful and sometimes unproductive.
Course Objectives
This one-day workshop has been designed to introduce participants to a range of tools and techniques to help them understand:
- Research project teams, leadership and the research project team climate
- Their own leadership style
- The development of high performance teams
- The emotional life of teams
- Project leadership and emotional intelligence
- Participative safety and team formation stages
- Individual team role strengths and those of others
- How different roles contribute to research project success
- Different work preferences and styles and how different styles can be motivated or stressed
during a research project - How to develop emotionally intelligent communication strategies for managing difficult behaviour
- Effective strategies for managing and containing dysfunctional research project environment members
- The importance of a research project coach and mentor
Who should attend
This course is for anyone who undertakes research. This includes researchers, research project
managers, research project administrators, new business and commercialisation managers working for publicly or privately funded CRC’s, CCRE’s, research institutes, universities, hospitals, new technology start-ups and spin-out companies, biotech companies and technology incubators.
Course Presenter
Pat Foley is an Associate Professor with Melbourne Consulting & Custom Programse at the University of Melbourne. He has been a consultant to many of Australia’s leading organisations. He was the principal consultant for the Australian Human Resource Benchmarking Program. He has constructed benchmarking systems, in both the HR function and non- HR areas; such as customer service, employee engagement, organisational learning processes, competitive benchmarking and has also led International benchmarking projects. Pat has conducted numerous executive team development workshops, senior management strategy reviews and helped organisations construct strategy maps and performance measurement systems.
Course Fee
2008 fees: $595 + GST per person
Course Structure
One-day intensive course, usually taught from 9am-5pm.
Delivery Dates
2008 dates to be confirmed.
Course Brochure
This is currently being updated and will be available shortly.
Application Process
To apply for this course, please contact Elise Strande on (03) 9810 3136 or email e.strande@mccp.unimelb.edu.au