Supervising PhD Students: I Made These Mistakes (Are You?)
It is hard to manage anyone, and I really struggle at supervisor activities. Instead of giving you easy tips for being a supervisor of PhD students, what I am going to say is the following:
Give yourself some grace. You are actually trying to do a good job. By watching this, you are just starting.
Imagine yourself in how they are feeling. It is often scary to be in their position because they lack status at your organization.
Take any relationship slow. I have a tendency to go quickly, but you have to imagine that this is a process of adaptation, and that is generally slow and painful.
You don’t have to be perfect, and be okay with that.
Experiment with different ways of managing the process, and see what happens.
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