5-Part Series
Published Aug 4, 2023
How to Improve Your Decision-Making Skills
Lab managers are tasked with making a variety of important decisions to benefit their team and organization. Such decisions include: determining when to promote staff, how to handle layoffs or poor performers, where to make investments to improve lab operations, when to hire external help and consultants, among countless others. Making these types of decisions requires evaluating the right data, consulting with other stakeholders, and thoughtfully analyzing the possible outcomes of your decision. This five-part series explains how to use key performance indicators (KPIs) and other metrics to evaluate the status of your lab. It then offers a few examples of some of the complex decisions lab managers commonly have to make, and steps toward effectively resolving these decisions.
How to Improve Your Decision-Making Skills
How to Improve Your Decision-Making Skills
Lab managers are tasked with making a variety of important decisions to benefit their team and organization. Such decisions include: determining when to promote staff, how to handle layoffs or poor performers, where to make investments to improve lab operations, when to hire external help and consultants, among countless others. Making these types of decisions requires evaluating the right data, consulting with other stakeholders, and thoughtfully analyzing the possible outcomes of your decision. This five-part series explains how to use key performance indicators (KPIs) and other metrics to evaluate the status of your lab. It then offers a few examples of some of the complex decisions lab managers commonly have to make, and steps toward effectively resolving these decisions.
Lab managers are tasked with making a variety of important decisions to benefit their team and organization. Such decisions include: determining when to promote staff, how to handle layoffs or poor performers, where to make investments to improve lab operations, when to hire external help and consultants, among countless others. Making these types of decisions requires evaluating the right data, consulting with other stakeholders, and thoughtfully analyzing the possible outcomes of your decision. This five-part series explains how to use key performance indicators (KPIs) and other metrics to evaluate the status of your lab. It then offers a few examples of some of the complex decisions lab managers commonly have to make, and steps toward effectively resolving these decisions.
Articles in this Series
Using Key Performance Indicators to Drive Laboratory Performance
Using Key Performance Indicators to Drive Laboratory Performance
Preparing for Difficult Decisions
Preparing for Difficult Decisions
Why, When, and How to Hire a Lab Consultant
Why, When, and How to Hire a Lab Consultant
Repair or Replace? Red Flags to Look For in Your Equipment
Repair or Replace? Red Flags to Look For in Your Equipment
