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3 Ways to Build Coaching Into Your Career and Why it Matters
Many people are aware of the benefits of coaching, having had the opportunity to be coached themselves, or have friends or colleagues who have. What’s discussed less is the benefits of coaching for the coach. Here, we have a look at why it’s worth building coaching others into your career—particularly if you lead others, or aspire to – and three practical ways to go about it. “Power stress” is a term that resonates with many of my clients.
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NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health Offers Science Policy Scholar Travel Awards
ORWH is offering Science Policy Scholar Travel Awards to two junior investigators whose work focuses on women’s health or sex and gender differences.
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How Can We Create a Workforce Full of Lifelong Learners?
We all agree that the world we work in today is so different from the world that was when our current learning systems were designed. Everything around us—our workplaces, our workforce, and entire industries. And learning—continuous, lifelong learning—is a bare essential for us to keep up. The people who will flourish in this new world are those who can a) learn to learn, b) learn to unlearn, and c) learn to relearn. Yet, in a recent global survey of 1,000 business leaders, conducted by Infosys Knowledge Institute, these skills received short shrift. Respondents were far more likely to list teamwork, leadership, and communication when asked which skills they considered to be important now.
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NIMHD Health Disparities Research Institute – August 3-7, 2020
The Washington, DC area course aims to support the research career development of promising early-career minority health/health disparities research scientists, and stimulate research.
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Panicking About Your Kids’ Phones? New Research Says Don’t
It has become common wisdom that too much time spent on smartphones and social media is responsible for a recent spike in anxiety, depression and other mental health problems, especially among teenagers. But a growing number of academic researchers have produced studies that suggest the common wisdom is wrong. ... “There doesn’t seem to be an evidence base that would explain the level of panic and consternation around these issues,” said Candice L. Odgers, a professor at the University of California, Irvine, and the lead author of the paper, which was published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
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White House Requests Input on Data Repositories
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is looking to hear from the public on what characteristics make data repositories useful for managing and sharing data, and psychological scientists should consider submitting their opinions.
