Lab Leadership
We probably all have things that we say to ourselves when we are trying to push toward something new or different. Some of mine are: “Enough is enough,” “Wake up,” and “Aw, what the heck, do it anyhow.”
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It is critical for lab managers to hire job candidates who will be real contributors and not just those who have learned to interview well. So when I interview job candidates, I ask them to discuss real examples of their skills and accomplishments. I
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In a perfect laboratory managers would accept staff members for taking calculated risks even if the outcome isn’t successful. Coworkers wouldn’t steal others ideas and credit would be given where it is due. Sadly, in reality some managers
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Dereck Stonefish, a first-year graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences at North Dakota State University, Fargo, has...
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The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) is now accepting abstract submissions for presentation at SLAS2012, the first annual SLAS Conference and...
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Malvern Instruments will host a series of complimentary training schools in North America this year for users of the company’s Viscotek triple detection gel...
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Women have lower career expectations than men. They expect lower salaries and longer periods between promotions than their male counterparts according to a new study from business professors Linda Schweitzer, Ed Ng and Sean Lyons of Carleton Universi
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I once had a manager who equated managing his research group to being the father of a large, unruly family. Such was his personal tact that he often brought this up in group meetings. However, the analogy has some truth to it. As children mature and
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Vladislav Sviderskiy and Mengxun "Monica" Li, third-year majors in the University of Virginia's chemistry College of Arts & Sciences...
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In large companies, great ideas can fall by the wayside, especially when there are several other priorities taking up a lot of time and effort. If you want your proposal heard, it's not always wise to resort to aggressive tactics.
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The Laboratory Products Association (LPA) will sponsor a sales & marketing workshop on June 8 at the Providence Biltmore in Providence, Rhode Island...
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