title: Teamwork, Soft Skills, and Research Training.
abstract: We provide a list of soft skills that are important for collaboration and teamwork, based on our own experience and from an opinion survey of team leaders. Each skill can be learned to some extent. We also outline workable short courses for graduate schools to strengthen teamwork and collaboration skills among research students.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
authors.forename: Anaïs
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gibert
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
authors.forename: Wade C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Tozer
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia. Electronic address: mark.westoby@mq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Westoby
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004463:Ecology; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership
keywords: interview; leadership; soft skills; team leader; teamwork; training program