Fostering a culture of equal opportunity through positive mentoring practices

Mentoring is challenging to define and even more challenging to master, as it draws upon a diverse set of skills including listening, learning, planning, coaching, and advocating…and these skills will ideally be deployed differently in each mentoring situation. At the same time, the impact of high-quality mentoring on the success and well-being of early-career researchers can be tremendous. Your research training may not have prepared you to be a mentor and learning to be an expert in mentoring can feel intimidating. However, there are small practices that you can put in place to have a large impact, and we can all benefit from sharing ideas and practices. This workshop will explore actionable mentoring practices that can be put in place by students, postdocs, and faculty to create a welcoming culture in our research labs and beyond.