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

Trends Ecol Evol. 2017 Feb;32(2):81-84. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.11.004. Epub 2016 Dec 7.

Authors

Anaïs Gibert¹, Wade C Tozer¹, Mark Westoby²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
² Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia. Electronic address: mark.westoby@mq.edu.au.

PMID: 27939331
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.11.004

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.

Keywords: interview; leadership; soft skills; team leader; teamwork; training program.

MeSH terms

Cooperative Behavior*
Ecology
Humans
Leadership*