How can you best present yourself
to your faculty mentors? I suggest having a curiosity approach to your
interactions. Ask questions; learn about them and their experiences. When they
give you advice, make sure you really understand it. This approach will allow
them to see your interest in the topic and in them.
Always be polite in
your faculty interactions, thank them for sharing their knowledge and time with
you. Think of it as positive reinforcement, you are rewarding good behaviors.
If you are angry with a faculty member be very careful in your approach, you
want to have a long-term relationship with this person. It is often better to
let an email or phone call wait for a while than approaching it in anger. Be
calm, be professional.
Next time I will
examine writing your abstract. Do you have an issue or a question that you
would like me to discuss in a future post? Would you like to be a guest writer?
Send me your ideas! leann.stadtlander@waldenu.edu
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