committee-management

What problem does it solve? Doctoral candidates often struggle to select the right committee, maintain productive advisor relationships, and reconcile contradictory feedback from multiple committee members, which can stall dissertation progress. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Strategic Committee Selection: Criteria for choosing a chair and members based on expertise, availability, and mentorship style, plus red flags to avoid. - Advisor Relationship Management: Communication cadence templates, meeting agendas, draft submission protocols, and escalation paths for unresponsive advisors. - Conflict Resolution: A structured process for documenting feedback, prioritizing chair guidance, running consensus meetings, and tracking revisions with a response matrix. - Use Case: A candidate receives conflicting feedback — the chair wants practical implications emphasized while the methodologist criticizes sample size. The skill walks them through documenting both positions, scheduling a consensus meeting, and drafting a revision response email. ## Quick Start Help me prepare for my first dissertation committee kick-off meeting and draft an invitation email to a potential committee member.