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Feb 2025 CCN Meeting: SOFT SKILLS FOR CONSULTANTS

  • 12 Feb 2025
  • 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Virtual via Zoom

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Chemical Consultants Network ZOOM MEETING

SOFT SKILLS FOR CONSULTANTS

John Fetzer PhD, FRSC

DATE & TIME: February 12, 6:30 PM via Zoom

Abstract: Creativity is a blend of being able to think scientifically at a very high level and being able to articulate those ideas clearly to others. This blend of skill types is common. The proportions depend on many factors, including the type of work task, the number and types of people involved, being able to speak clearly, being able to listen with an open mind and with focus, and being able to plan and schedule the sequence of tasks in a way that has smooth transition from one work task to another and being able to prioritize and adapt as timing, cost, and other factors modify the timing and priorities needed.

Although many clients hire a consultant for his/her high expertise in a specific scientific area that the client knows, often a client has little or no knowledge in the area. A consultant must be a teacher, tutor, and trainer in a way that quickly passes on the needed knowledge. This is especially true for a consultant if the work involves being an expert witness. That work is translating scientific knowledge into opinions in writing and verbally. Attorneys are very different that scientists in how they see and values things.

This presentation will focus on the soft skills of listening, focusing, setting schedules and deadlines, making effective to-do lists, time management and tricks to make it easier, and how to run effective meetings.

Biography: John C. Fetzer has written over fifty published articles on career development for scientists,  including many on people and communications skills. He was the editor for the column “Building a  Professional Career” that was published in the Springer Verlag journal Analytical and Bioanalytical  Chemistry. He is the author of the book “Career Management for Chemists.”  

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