Most managers are not skilled at giving effective feedback. As a result, a young professional should take on the responsibility of learning how to ask for effective feedback and seek it out on a consistent basis.
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The MLDP session with Steven Spaulding, Assistant Athletics Director for Leadership, made the point for me that leadership is not a skill exclusive to work or academics; rather, it is an attitude to approaching life.
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The D-LAB “Leadership With Others" session prompts participants to reflect on how their values may be seen by others within different social and academic contexts.
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D-LAB participants consider how their individual values influence their daily activities and future goals and how context can sometimes cause values to conflict.
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This conference provided me with an insight in what a future in earth science research could look like, and it made me excited about the prospect of continuing to pursue research at graduate school.
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