Grad Grow Learning Opportunities

Body language speaks louder than words. In this video Stanford Business School Professor Deborah Gruenfeld discusses the body language of authority and how fluently adapting your body language to match different situations can be a source of power and influence. Your body language influences both your personal psychology and how others perceive you. All videos from this Voice & Influence series on the VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab website include a downloadable discussion guide and links to further resources.

From Stanford University IT come a number of tools and software designed to improve collaboration between groups and increase productivity. Whether you want to create a Slack group for your cohort or you need Zoom video conferencing support, this University IT page can point you in the correct direction for how to proceed.  

The Rising Environmental Leaders Program (RELP) at Stanford's Woods Institute is developing the next generation of environmental leaders. Complementing participants' formal training with experiential learning, RELP focuses on translating environmental research into national policy development. The program helps burgeoning environmental leaders to build partnerships and develop career tracks outside of academia, particularly in public service. RELP includes a one-week DC leadership training.

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Monday, Sept. 11 – Friday, Sept. 15, 9 AM – 4 PM; optional Jasper Ridge Field Trip, Friday 9:30-2:30 PM 

Join us to explore planetary stewardship from a range of perspectives, including systems and solutions orientations.

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Monday, Sept. 11 - Wednesday, Sept. 13, 9 AM – 4 PM; Thursday, Sept. 14, 9 AM - 6 PM; Friday, Sept. 15, 9 AM – 12:30 PM

As a professional, you may negotiate more than you do anything else. You will negotiate with your boss, your colleagues, funders and investors, other firms, government agencies, legislative and scientific bodies, the courts, the public and the media. You will negotiate on your own behalf, but also to influence and shape policy outcomes that have an impact on larger communities and even the public as a whole.

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Monday, Sept. 11 – Friday, Sept. 15, 9 AM – 3 PM

As many universities promote diversity and equity and foster the study of race and racial inequality, various political actors today seek determinedly to undermine these efforts. At some institutions, faculty who teach courses on race and ethnic studies, or who advocate for diversity and inclusion, are confronting the effects of this reaction: many are cancelling or modifying their courses, finding their research prohibited or suppressed, and facing profound uncertainty.