Teamwork, Soft Skills, and Research Training

Anaïs Gibert; Wade C. Tozer; Mark Westoby

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2016.11.004

Teamwork, Soft Skills, and Research Training

Anaïs Gibert, Wade C. Tozer, Mark Westoby^*

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Abstract

We provide a list of soft skills that are important for collaboration and teamwork, based on our own experience and from an opinion survey of team leaders. Each skill can be learned to some extent. We also outline workable short courses for graduate schools to strengthen teamwork and collaboration skills among research students.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	81-84
Number of pages	4
Journal	Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2016.11.004
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2017

Keywords

interview
leadership
soft skills
team leader
teamwork
training program

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