In teaching, advising, and mentoring students from diverse identities and backgrounds, it's essential to be empathetic and listen to their unique needs. That is the only way to best serve the students. The same is true in working with colleagues and employers from unique and varied backgrounds and identities. Start first with being a good human.

You need to keep in mind the longer term goals and purpose of the work you're doing to align the shorter term goals. This is key in determining program content, establishing partnerships - anything that your group is doing. You want to first determine what the strategic plan is, then communicate it with the team so we are all moving towards the same vision together. It helps with decision making and team motivation.

In coordinating scientific internships - it's good to know how an enterprises function and what roles the scientists and staff play and the external forces that impact an enterprise. In the scientist role - it's good to know how the science works and to get funded and published, too. So both the micro and the macro aspects of the enterprise.