Leadership & Collaboration

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Leadership and collaboration skills are essential in all work environments. Learn to manage multidisciplinary teams in creating breakthrough ideas and finding innovative solutions. 

Key Topics: 

  • Discover ways to lead and collaborate with diverse teams through inclusion practices 
  • Learn professionalism and ethics  
  • Foster innovation and entrepreneurship 
  • Gain project management skills and global and intercultural fluency

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Signature Programs

  • Learning Cohorts

    Learning Cohorts

    GradFUTURES Learning Cohorts are co-curricular learning opportunities for graduate students that are geared to broadening graduate student professional and career development. Developed and sponsored by the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School, GLCs are interdisciplinary cohorts of 10-25 graduate students who meet throughout the academic year to explore a special topic.

  • University Administrative Fellowship Program

    University Administrative Fellowship Program

    University Administrative Fellows gain a better understanding of the administrative units that make up a university, information valuable for those preparing for the tenure-track job market, for those preparing for careers in academic administration, and for those looking for experience that will position them for careers beyond the academy.

    The fellowship consists of working on a project under the direction of the host department, attending meetings when appropriate, and discussing with the host the various aspects of the host’s position, including specific responsibilities, organizational dynamics, external networks, etc. University Administrative Fellows receive a $1,000...

  • 21st Century Scholarly Communications (A GradFUTURES Learning Cohort)

    21st Century Scholarly Communications (A GradFUTURES Learning Cohort)

    The Arts Management GLC is a collaboration between the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School at Princeton University, the McCarter Theatre Center, other local partners, and graduate alumni of Princeton University. The PDLC will bring a range of graduate students together in a dynamic, interdisciplinary co-curricular space to explore the reciprocal relationships between performance and research, criticism and production, theory and practice, and administration and academia, while thinking about potential careers in arts-related fields.

  • GradLEAD

    GradLEAD
    GradLEAD: Leadership, Action, Engagement and Development: leadership series wherein participants identify their core strengths using the StrengthsFinder 2.0 assessment and learn how to apply them in a variety of leadership settings. 

Resources

  • Keller Center

    Keller Center

    The Keller Center focuses on bridging technology and society through innovation, design, and entrepreneurship. The Center provides a broad range of interdisciplinary courses, co-curricular activities, workshops, and lecture series aimed at educating leaders for a technology-driven society.

    Keller Center Fellows in Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship serve as key advocates and supporters of the Keller Center's role while honing their skills as leaders and entrepreneurs. Graduate and undergraduate students selected as fellows serve for terms of one academic year. The fellows are invited to special events and functions hosted by the Center and are eligible to apply for special...

  • National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity

    National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity

    The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity is an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community that supports and enriches you to be successful in the academe and beyond. We have an institutional membership: claim your account today!

  • Princeton Entrepreneurship Council

    Princeton Entrepreneurship Council

    The Council offers mentorship, networking and funding opportunities in the startup or entrepreneurial space. Graduate students are encouraged to take advantage of the many resources available. 

  • Princeton Innovation Center | Biolabs

    Princeton Innovation Center | Biolabs

    Princeton Innovation Center, powered by BioLabs, provides co-working lab and office space specifically designed to help high-potential high-tech startups go further and faster on limited investment capital. The Center is available to companies formed by Princeton’s faculty, students and alumni, as well as by members of the wider New Jersey community.

  • Center for Career Development

    Center for Career Development

    Princeton’s Center for Career Development assists graduate students in exploring and preparing for their careers. The Center offers one-on-one advising and programs for career development tactics such as self-assessments, networking, internship and job options and more.

  • ImaginePhD

    ImaginePhD

    ImaginePhD is a career exploration and planning tool for Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers and scholars dedicated to the humanities and social sciences. It is a free, online resource that enables you to explore careers by evaluating and reflecting on your own abilities, values and interests that navigates related professional opportunities.

  • LinkedIn Learning

    LinkedIn Learning

    LinkedIn Learning offers more than 5,000 on-demand courses on business, creative and technology skills that is available to you at no additional cost.

  • MyIDP

    MyIDP

    myIDP is a free, career-planning tool that is designed to meet the needs of Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scholars in the sciences. This tool helps you define and pursue your career goals with exercises to match your skills, interests and values with a variety of scientific professions.

  • National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity

    National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity

    The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity is an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community that supports and enriches you to be successful in the academe and beyond. We have an institutional membership: claim your account today!

  • Princeton Writing Program

    Princeton Writing Program

    Writing in Graduate School and beyond brings new challenges.  Not only do writers encounter different settings and documents, they must develop sustainable, self-directed, and productive strategies for managing successful research communications, including:

    Understanding new audiences and formats such as proposals, abstracts, dissertations, and journal articles. Obtaining useful feedback on works in progress and incorporating it into revision. Establishing scholarly practices to maintain motivation and focus over months and years.

    Whether you’re looking for a single consultation or sustained classroom instruction, the Writing Program offers a variety of opportunities for...

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Your Leadership Roadmap

Early Stage
  • Explore serving on a departmental or campus-wide committee
  • Join or start a new graduate student organization
  • Participate in the GradLEAD series for leadership development
  • Take the Gallup Strengths assessment
Mid Stage
  • Take on a leadership role in a graduate student organization
  • Apply for an officer position in the Graduate Student Government
  • Apply for a University Administrative Fellows position
  • Apply to be a Community Associate, Diversity Fellow, Professional Development Associate in the Graduate School
Advanced Stage
  • Participate in the GradLEAD series for leadership development
  • Participate in the Keller Center’s Entrepreneurship offerings
  • Attend the Leading with a Ph.D. Graduate Student Conference
  • Seek out mentors who are leaders in their respective fields

STUDENT AND ALUMNI STORIES

Read how current students and alumni have applied their leadership and collaboration skills to various disciplines.

  • Avery Agles, GS, CBE

  • Jonathan Aguirre, GS, SPO

    • Jonathan Aguirre, GS, SPO
      • Professional Development Working Group Member
      • Participant, American Higher Ed GradFUTURES Learning Cohort
      • Participant, Ethics of AI GradFUTURES Learning Cohort

  • Megan Armknecht, GS, HIS

    • Megan Armknecht, GS, HIS
      • Summer Intern, Bureau of Bureau of Public Affairs/ Office of the Historian in Washington D.C

  • Yuzhou Bai, GS, EAS

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