Module 6: Peer Group Counselling
This short workshop teaches the method and how to set up an ongoing self-organized group.
Peer Group Counselling is an effective form of leaderless coaching among persons of approximately the same age, status, and interests: i.e. PhD students, postdocs, group leaders, or science managers.
Participants consult with each other about key issues of their professional lives, to find solutions to difficult situations with colleagues, collaborators or persons at different hierarchical levels.
The core ideas of collegial counselling easy to grasp, but its successful implementation requires a clear framework conditions, committed participants, good interaction within the group and a supportive ‘collegial’ attitude on the part of those involved.
In this compact workshop, participants are given the tools they need to work together on issues together in structured meetings - without external expertise. However, it is recommended that the peer group is regularly supervised by an experienced trainer.
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