MI TALENT Herschel Leadership Programme: Confidence and Empowerment Hale-Bopp (22 Feb 2022) by Michelle Jackson https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro Please fill in the columns below, using the '+' sign before you come to the session. You can upload text or an image, please put your name in the title/subject section of the post it. en-us 2022-01-17 11:52:08 UTC 2025-09-25 09:08:07 UTC hello@padlet.com Sandy Sparks, MI Talent Technical Training Manager. Facilitator for this Confidence & Empowerment Module. Looking forward to learning, sharing & empowering you as a leader. SandySparks https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2010718855 2022-01-25 09:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2010718855 SandySparks https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2010720443 Women can lead. We need each other to learn, develop and provide support. 

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Learning and reflection
]]> 2022-01-25 09:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2010723080 Please add any books or resources that you have found useful SandySparks https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2010727590 2022-01-25 09:12:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2010727590 Michelle Jackson, MI TALENT Technical Careers Manager, I am passionate about technical careers mbzmj https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2010743760 2022-01-25 09:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2010743760 mbzmj https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2010774876 2022-01-25 09:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2010774876 Engagement! mbzmj https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2010776387 2022-01-25 09:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2010776387 Clare Templey, Laboratory Technician (responsible for our undergraduate teaching lab), Geography at the University of Nottingham https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2046459523 2022-02-14 15:15:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2046459523 Lab work, teaching and support, field work, mental health champion, sustainability working group.... all around techy https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2046472630 Clare Templey]]> 2022-02-14 15:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2046472630 https://voicesofacademia.com/ https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2046478825 Clare Templey]]> 2022-02-14 15:22:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2046478825 Assertiveness as a manager, key to confidence, empowerment and managing style for an introvert, resources to help someone managing for the first time https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2046490978 Clare Templey]]> 2022-02-14 15:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2046490978 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/dp/0141029196 https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2046493126 Clare Templey]]> 2022-02-14 15:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2046493126 Sam Tang, Technical Specialist Outreach (combination of undergrad lab tech and public engagement), Chemistry at the University of Nottingham https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2046605785 2022-02-14 16:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2046605785 https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2046612165 2022-02-14 16:16:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2046612165 Confidence without coming across as arrogant or pushy. https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2046615115 Sam Tang]]> 2022-02-14 16:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2046615115 Barbara Kunz, Project Officer for LA-ICP-MS (spatially resolved trace element analysis of geological material), Earth Science department at the Open University barbaraekunz https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2048273121 2022-02-15 10:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2048273121 barbaraekunz https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2048279391 2022-02-15 10:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2048279391 Tatiana McHardy, Senior Scientific Officer at the ICR (Institute of Cancer Research). I'm a Medicinal Chemist working on development of new drugs for cancer treatment. https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2048973308 2022-02-15 16:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2048973308 Me in the Chemistry lab (Tatiana McHardy) near my Fumehood. https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2048991025 2022-02-15 16:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2048991025 To be more assertive with this being associated with more confidence. Learn to be less submissive and speak my words when needed. Normally, I have to deal with some dominant personalities at higher level. Tatiana McHardy https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2049012685 2022-02-15 16:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2049012685 Valentina Iorio, Technical Supervisor, School of Life Sciences, University of Liverpool https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2051170400 2022-02-16 15:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2051170400 Valentina Iorio https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2051177312 How do I improve my confidence?
Learning how to build good manager-team relationship]]> 2022-02-16 15:48:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2051177312 LAB MANAGEMENT GIRL POWER! https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2051199636 Valentina Iorio]]> 2022-02-16 15:56:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2051199636 Brilliant book! :) https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2051208110 Valentina Iorio]]> 2022-02-16 16:00:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2051208110 Isabel Arce Garcia, SEM Scientific Officer, Newcastle University https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2052794247 2022-02-17 09:20:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2052794247 Isabel Arce Garcia, Scanning Electron Microscopy https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2052803245 2022-02-17 09:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2052803245 Isabel Arce Garcia https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2052806919 Speaking with confidence without coming across as being aggressive ]]> 2022-02-17 09:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2052806919 Helena Brown, Laboratory Technician/Manager, School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2053067776 2022-02-17 12:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2053067776 Helena Brown https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2053074260 Learning how to have more confidence, especially in difficult situations or when needing to confront people ]]> 2022-02-17 12:34:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2053074260 Helena Brown https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2053078598 I've chosen a spectrum and it represents the different skills and responsibilities my role contains within one job decription]]> 2022-02-17 12:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2053078598 https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2053097852 Thank you to those that have added to the padlet - loving the pictures etc. Sandy 17.2.2022 ]]> 2022-02-17 12:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2053097852 Sarah Youde https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2053125831 To be assertive without being aggressive. I'm not brave enough to raise issues, worry about them and then when I do something about it I'm aggressive.
To believe in myself.
To enjoy the session.]]> 2022-02-17 13:05:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2053125831 Sarah Youde https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2053131248 2022-02-17 13:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2053131248 https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2053133958 Sarah Youde
Tissue Culture Specialist
Cardiff University]]> 2022-02-17 13:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2053133958 Emma Moore, Leading Research Technician @ the University of Bristol https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2053440199 2022-02-17 15:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2053440199 https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2053446948 2022-02-17 15:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2053446948 I'd like to learn confidence techniques & be able to expand my negotiation skills - specifically with managers. https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2053457135 2022-02-17 15:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2053457135 Gwyneth Jones, Technician for Geography Geology and the Environment at Keele University. Main responsibility for field work kit. https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2055150912 2022-02-18 12:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2055150912 Gwyneth Jones, would, love to be more confident and reduce the need to have my hand held!! To become more familiar with networking. https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2055154378 2022-02-18 12:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2055154378 https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2055189684 2022-02-18 13:00:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2055189684 https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2058413171 Great to see your padlet contributions - looking forward to our session tomorrow. Sandy 21.2.2022]]> 2022-02-21 09:16:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2058413171 seh77 https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2058428590 Sarah Hunter
Health & Safety Coordinator (Departments of Biology & Biochemistry and Chemistry)
University of Bath]]> 2022-02-21 09:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2058428590 seh77 https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2058447214 2022-02-21 09:40:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2058447214 Natalie Sobey - Faculty Clinical skills Technical Manager (Faculty of Health) https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2058466489 University of Plymouth]]> 2022-02-21 09:53:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2058466489 Natalie Sobey https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2058476221 I manage 3 different simulated hospital sites for the School of Nursing and midwifery and 3 different dental phantom head rooms for Peninsula Dental School across Exeter, Plymouth and Truro. ]]> 2022-02-21 10:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2058476221 Natalie Sobey https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2058485895 I tend to be ok with regards to my own confidence and empowerment. Obviously there are things I do struggle with. And sometimes that is due to my own inner belief and often a topic or area I’m not so familiar with.
But as a manager, I want to support and encourage my teams to nourish these characteristics in them. ]]> 2022-02-21 10:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2058485895 https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2058528951 Rebecca Sutton. Senior research technician: Environmental sciences, Department of Environment and Geography, University of York. Looking after research labs and analytical instruments, specifically ICP-OES and elemental analysers.]]> 2022-02-21 10:35:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2058528951 Rebecca Sutton https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2058536198 This is often the scene outside the technical office! A steady stream of student queries, issues and trouble-shooting.]]> 2022-02-21 10:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2058536198 Rebecca Sutton https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2058550351 To be able to confidently conduct conversations with senior management and to speak up in academic-led meetings. To help empower and support other members of the team to overcome the hurdles we've all faced along the way and to flourish!]]> 2022-02-21 10:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2058550351 Rosa Macey, Analytical & Safety Officer for Chemical Engineering, University of Bath https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059016955 2022-02-21 16:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059016955 https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059022149 2022-02-21 16:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059022149 Rosa Macey. I'd like to increase my confidence and assertiveness, especially in conflict situations or when negotiation is required. https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059025865 2022-02-21 16:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059025865 Charlotte Barker https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059184580 2022-02-21 18:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059184580 Charlotte Barker https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059188576 To know how to take the right tone (or so that others feel that its the right tone) when being confident about issues, to avoid being perceived as too much (i.e. aggressive or attitude issues)]]> 2022-02-21 18:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059188576 Liz Starkie https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059230983 Liz Starkie
University of Salford

Creative Technical Demonstrator / TV Studio Manager]]> 2022-02-21 18:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059230983 Liz Starkie https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059234259 I teach students how to use all the equipment you would find within a TV studio and also manage the studio when it is hired out to external clients. ]]> 2022-02-21 18:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059234259 Liz Starkie https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059239814 How to gain confidence when dealing with difficult situations and dealing with difficult people. ]]> 2022-02-21 18:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059239814 Karen Swales karenswales https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059296496 How to gain confidence in my management skills. How to ensure I am heard in high pressure meetings. ]]> 2022-02-21 19:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059296496 Karen Swales karenswales https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059298748 Senior scientific officer and operational lead of the Clinical PD Biomarker Group at the Institute of Cancer Research. ]]> 2022-02-21 19:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059298748 Karen Swales karenswales https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059344575 I manage a team that develops assays to measure whether new cancer drugs are hitting the target in patients on clinical trials and then performs the analysis on the trials. We can be working on up to 40 trials / assay development projects at any one time and I manage everything to do with the projects from the science to budgets, contracts and reporting as well as people and lab management. I still work at the bench too.]]> 2022-02-21 20:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059344575 Fiona Robertson https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059353042 Fiona Robertson. Manufacturing and Development technician, School of Design (Fashion), University of Lincoln ]]> 2022-02-21 20:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059353042 Clothes - Fiona Robertson https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059355608 2022-02-21 20:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059355608 Shelly Coutts https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059571491 Hi my name Shelly-Ann (Shelly) Coutts, I am an Advanced Research Assistant at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge.]]> 2022-02-22 00:59:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059571491 Covid-19 Genomic Surveillance https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059582357 As part of a very large team of young people who are currently sequencing on average 67K Covid-19 samples a week, having these wonderful women with me in the lab plus all the others who make up a large majority of our 60+ team members is fantastic!]]> 2022-02-22 01:08:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059582357 Shelly Coutts https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059584361 I want to gain more confidence in my own abilities and skills, and to be more assertive when I have ideas that I want to propose. ]]> 2022-02-22 01:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2059584361 Rachel Queen https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2060212124 I work an Experimental Scientific Officer in the Bioinformatics Core Facility at Newcastle University]]> 2022-02-22 09:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2060212124 Rachel Queen https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2060216574 My job involves data analysis of single cell experiments. It involves  biology, maths and computer programming but most importantly making nice looking figures for publication at the end of the analysis! ]]> 2022-02-22 09:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2060216574 Rachel Queen https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2060220274 I am looking for ways to increase my own confidence and how to encourage people that I am working with so they feel confident and happy in their job.]]> 2022-02-22 09:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2060220274 Luisa Holder, UWE https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2060326090 Senior technical Instructor in Art and Design
University of the West of England, Bristol.

I engage with all undergrad and post grad art and design students.  Making sure they hit their learning goals and the H+S needs. 
Running the workshop smoothly, but mainly focusing on teaching and learning.  Delivering content that will challenge their ideals and improve their practise. ]]> 2022-02-22 10:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2060326090 Brilliant book on cultural differences barbaraekunz https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2060410611 This one really helped me a lot to think about different behaviour within myself as well as others. Particular helpful for universities with international staff and students. 
Confidence looks very different in different cultures
https://erinmeyer.com/books/the-culture-map/]]> 2022-02-22 11:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mbzmj/iq7d4k4d56asj4ro/wish/2060410611