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Competence books for the vacations: Fire up your thinking! Ozan Varol

Vacations in schools have already started, in universities it is that moment when employees go on their first vacations, so we are starting a series of posts about books describing competencies in a light and enjoyable way. The first such item is “Fire up your thinking. How to achieve personal and professional success. 9 simple habits and strategies” by Ozan Varol. It should be noted right away that the book is quite thick and heavy – for a suitcase or a backpack… it’s a bit unsuitable, unless you’re traveling by car. But for that it reads lightly and with great

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What are the benefits for a research project manager when he or she is a mentor? Part 2

Two weeks ago we wrote about the benefits for a research project manager when he or she serves as a mentor. We outlined the “hard” areas of research project management. Today, we present the results of our conversations with researchers about why it is beneficial to be a mentor from the perspective of “soft” areas of management and personal development. Benefits in terms of personal development: Benefits in terms of increased academic satisfaction: If you want to develop your competence to be a mentor, contact us: contact us: icrk@us.edu.pl

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What are the benefits for a research project manager when he or she is a mentor? Part 1

We spoke to a number of research project managers about how they view their role of being a mentor to their staff or doctoral students. Some, focused on their work, saw it as an additional task in their busy schedules of conferences, speeches and publications. However, there are research project managers who recognize the benefits of serving as a mentor to their colleagues. What are these benefits? Below is a list of benefits for the project manager in the so-called “hard” area of research project management. In subsequent posts, we will show what personal and relational benefits can be had

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What are the necessary competencies for doctoral students?

In our work as consultants in the field of competence management, we often encounter questions about what competencies doctoral students should have in order for these competencies to increase their chances of completing their doctoral thesis and, subsequently, advancing their careers in science. Based on our consulting experience and academic work, we have created a list of competencies that should be possessed and developed during doctoral studies. We grouped them into 3 areas and described them with “how to” questions to give guidance to doctoral students in which areas they should develop. Area 1 – Planning one’s own scientific development

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How to explore your competencies with our tools? Explore competencies with behavioral descriptions. Part 2

In the previous post, we described how to explore your competencies using behavioral descriptions. If you are a scientist, work in a scientific project or are employed as a research and teaching or research employee at a university, you can do this very quickly and it will only take you 20 minutes. If you haven’t already done so, click CHECK YOUR COMPETENCIES on the screen at the top right. If you’ve already completed our behavioral tests and have your diagnosis, you’ve received two codes. The first one allows you to take a second look at your diagnosis based on a

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How to explore your competencies with our tools? Explore competencies with behavioral descriptions. Part 1

In the previous post, we reminded you that you can examine your competencies with competency tests, which we called examining competencies with questions. If you are a scientist, work in a scientific project or are employed as a research and teaching or research employee at a university, you can do this very quickly and it will only take you 20 minutes. There is a second way of testing competencies – using behavioral descriptions. Sometimes this way is called behavioral testing. In this form, you will find statements about many professional and social situations, arranged on a scale from no competence

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How to explore your competencies with our tools? Examine your competencies with questions

If you are a scientist, work in a scientific project or are employed as a research and teaching or research employee at a university, you can examine your competencies in two ways. The first is through competency testing. We called this way competency testing with questions. Such competency tests consist of questions about specific situations in your scientific work in which you have to make decisions or take actions. We arranged the questions among experts from the staff of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Staff Development and external experts. We tested them on a selected group of employees and verified them

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What might be the competencies of the future that we should learn as soon as possible?

Recently, there have been many reports on the competencies of the future. Most of them are inspired by artificial intelligence and the increasingly intelligent machines around us. However, if you don’t take momentary trends into account, you can list 10 areas in which we should improve. The areas come from the Future Work Skills 2020 study by the Institute for the Future. They are: See the entire report here:https://www.iftf.org/projects/future-work-skills-2020/

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What competency questions does the McKinsey 7S Framework include?

The McKinsey 7S Framework methodology is a widely used method for analyzing teamwork at the level of an entire organization or department. As organizations flatten out and increase decision-making closer to the rank-and-file employees, it can also be a valuable tool for team leaders to consider how they influence strategy execution on a daily basis. It can also be a helpful tool for keeping competing priorities in perspective to align with the organization’s strategic goals. The McKinsey 7S is a set of seven elements that must be aligned for an organization or team to succeed. Below are the main questions

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What competencies will really be needed in 2024?

The advent of GPT technology and open access to this technology in the form of GPT Chat has led to a heated discussion about what competencies will be needed in the future. Today we present an interesting TEDx talk on how a radical breakthrough like artificial intelligence will change our perception of competencies and the demand for particular competencies. The skills of the future will stimulate a growth mindset, allow us to overcome learned helplessness and help us close the skills gap, developing all of our human potential. TEDx speaker Arndt Pechstein presents a holistic and comprehensive tool for identifying,

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