You do not rise to the level of your goals.
You fall to the level of your systems.
~James Clear, Atomic Habits
Are you a U-M staff member, such as a project manager or staff scientist, who is charged with helping your research team run smoothly by improving processes, coordination, and overall effectiveness?
Are you empowered to design, build, and test strategies that will help your research team collaborate?
Research shows that robust research support systems (i.e., project, information, data, and collaboration management) can help your team be more productive and more satisfied with your work. But most teams simply implement tools without asking whether those tools are the right ones for the job.
What if you could adapt research-backed best practices to design, build, and test systems that work for you and your team, not against you?
In this hands-on workshop, we’ll cover:
- The opportunities and challenges of collaborative science, and practical strategies to address both
- The critical research support systems every lab or research team needs
- A tested approach to design, build, implement, and test the systems you need using the scientific method and design thinking, ensuring that you have systems that actually work for you instead of against you
- How to adapt what we know about leading and managing effective teams for your team’s unique science, context, and preferred ways of working
You’ll walk away with a concrete plan to craft evidence-based systems that support your team’s collaborative work… now and into future interdisciplinary collaborations!
This virtual workshop is free and limited to 25 participants, so be sure to register early by completing this form.
Please note: This is not project management training. Registration is free but you will be required to enter a departmental short code at registration. This short code will be charged $50 if you register and fail to show up or to cancel at least 2 days in advance.
You must be affiliated with the University of Michigan to register.
Once registration has reached 25 participants, additional registrants will be placed on a wait list.
Presenter:
Betsy Rolland, PhD MLIS MPH ACC
Translational Science Strategist, MICHR
Dr. Rolland has been leading and facilitating team science at institutions across the country for than 15 years. With more than 50 publications and over $12M in NIH funding as a Principal Investigator, she has developed resources to help individuals and teams do more high-impact team science. Her research focuses on coordination and collaboration in team-science projects, including how to design, build, and evaluate infrastructure to support complex, multi-investigator initiatives. She is also a certified professional coach and coaches research investigators and staff in building sustainable team science research programs.
Questions? Please email [email protected].