New answers tagged interpersonal-issues
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How soon to fire rude and chaotic PhD student?
Unfortunately, I recently hired
I'm guessing that the employer is your university, not you personally - even if you interviewed him and even if you had secured some/all of the funding. You don't have ...
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How soon to fire rude and chaotic PhD student?
Reactionary personalities are amongst the most difficult to work with. In businesses we usually just fire them, regardless of their technical competency -because their personality gets in the way and ...
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How soon to fire rude and chaotic PhD student?
I would like to challenge the framing a little - this is a relationship problem.
In your question, you say "and immediately rebelled against the project idea I had assigned him without a good ...
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How soon to fire rude and chaotic PhD student?
If there is no good match between the student and you, and you really can't see yourself mentoring the student, then it would seem like there's no real point in letting it go on an instant longer than ...
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How soon to fire rude and chaotic PhD student?
At this point, the goal is just as much about professional development as it is technical competency. While you may not be the best to offer social interaction development, I think part of what your ...
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How soon to fire rude and chaotic PhD student?
I think to meet the expectations of a mentor (this student is still your mentee until they are not), you owe it to them to give a chance for improvement.
That doesn't mean just wait and see how things ...
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How soon to fire rude and chaotic PhD student?
Letting go of a student is a costly action: you have committed resources (time and funding), and there is also a reputational effect to consider. You can only drop students so many times before people ...
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How soon to fire rude and chaotic PhD student?
I would guess that it is better for both of you to do this soonest, rather than later. I'd suggest a face to face meeting with them to let them know that you will drop them within a week if they don't ...
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Recommendations for how to discuss in-meeting communication with my PhD advisor?
My question: What reactions come up for other academics when reading the above list? Do you think other language/emphases might be
more effective?
A lot of your phrasing sounds like you're trying to ...
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Recommendations for how to discuss in-meeting communication with my PhD advisor?
First your comments:
"I want to write a dissertation that I am proud of. I don't think I can achieve this without mathematical guidance and support. I come away from our meetings feeling ...
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