Lab Leadership
In order to thrive in today's work environment, you need to change the way you look at time. The key is not just managing your time, but maximizing it.
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The primary basis for employee job satisfaction is your personal relationship with your manager. Next is importance is your personal relationship with coworkers and the people that report to you. Only then do broad personnel practices come into play.
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Waters Corporation (WAT:NYSE) on November 2 launched a new program to support scientific innovation in the fields of health and life science research, sports science, food safety, clinical research and environmental protection. Through its Centers of
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"Better the devil you know than the one you don't." is a familiar proverb. Whether consciously or unconsciously, many lab managers are guided by this proverb in the way they manage their laboratories. The result is a static workplace culture that can reduce productivity and job satisfaction as business conditions change and both science and technology advance.
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A poor performing employee isn't necessarily a bad employee. These workers can still respect the rules and co-exist well with others, but they're simply not producing up to their capabilities.
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energys Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have created a technoeconomic model that should help accelerate the development of a next generation of clean, green biofuels that can compete with gasoline in economics a
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The Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellows organization has selected five researchers as recipients of the 2010 Fellows Prizes, which honor exemplary scientific research and leadership. The Fellows organization includes some of the Laboratorys most p
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Students who dream of studying science but face hurdles because of physical impairments may find new options thanks to a $2 million grant awarded to Purdue University.
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Its easy to focus on mistakes. When you solve a problem, it feels like progress. So if you catch employees committing errors, not following protocol, practicing poor technique, etc., you know youve taken steps to improve overall performance.
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The Pittcon Program Committee is pleased to announce that the 2011 Technical Program is now available on the Pittcon website.
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Lab managers have been faced with cuts in their training budgets since the recession began. Upper level managers have been cutting back on the number of employees allowed to enroll in external training programs and limiting lab staff participation in
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JALA, an official journal of the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS), is now accepting submissions for the 2011 JALA Video Contest. In three minutes or less, SLAS members and nonmembers are invited to show and tell JALA what really
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