1. Mentoring Graduate Students and Post-Docs Tony Nunez and Julius Jackson The Graduate School November 3 2009 The Graduate School Michigan State University 2007

2. Double Bind The Graduate School Michigan State University 2007

3. Sunny Skies The Graduate School Michigan State University 2007

4. Implicit Expectations Implicit Expectations: Not stated and rarely understood. “What didn’t you understand about what I didn’t tell you?” The Graduate School Michigan State University 2007

5. Explicit Expectations Explicit Expectations: Clearly Stated Checked for understanding Unilaterally or jointly set The Graduate School Michigan State University 2007

6. Window of “Negotiable” Expectations Explicit Joint Unilateral The Graduate School Michigan State University 2007 Implicit

7. Power Differential and Unilateral Decisions If your intention is to make a unilateral decision, make this clear from the outset. Negotiation is not manipulation.

8. First Steps: Agreement about the context and previously set expectations. Identify the “issue” as a question that needs to be answer.

9. Strategies Positional Strategy Interest-based Strategy The Graduate School Michigan State University 2007

10. Positional Approach A position is a claim that one makes as the best (or only)answer to a pressing question (issue). “As PI, I will be first-author of any publication from the lab based on a Masters thesis” The Graduate School Michigan State University 2007

11. A A What I Want B What I Want Position The Positional Approach for Setting Expectations ISSUE Position B C Compromise The Graduate School Michigan State University 2007

12. Interest-based Approach The Graduate School Michigan State University 2007 Interests are needs that must be satisfied and values that must be preserved when searching for answers to a pressing question (issue). Self-esteem Good working relationships Research excellence Funding

13. A The Interest-Based Approach Issue 1 2 3 4 Interests Options B 5 6 7 A B C D E F G The Graduate School Michigan State University 2007

14. The Interest-Based Approach Issue 1 2 3 4 A B C D Interests Options Evaluation E F G 5 6 7 A C A A A C D C D D F F D F F F F The Graduate School Michigan State University 2007

15. CONTEXT ISSUE DECISION INTERESTS OPTIONS Interest-based setting of expectations