Discover how scientific conferences—both in-person and virtual—boost collaboration, foster networking, and enhance interdisciplinary research opportunities.
We spend too much of our day trying to cram more into it. We adopted the computer term multi-tasking and tried to apply it to our own daily activities as another step in our quest to get more done. The problem is that multi-tasking doesn't work.
Before you hold your next meeting, be sure you and the others at the meeting know why it's being held. Meetings can drag on and feel like a waste of time if the goals are not clear to all in attendance.
Explore the limitations of Management by Exception in labs. Learn how to balance oversight, autonomy, and safety for improved efficiency and compliance.
Reduce workplace rivalry and boost collaboration with job rotation and open discussions. Learn strategies to turn competition into teamwork for success.
Boost lab productivity and teamwork by framing directives as requests instead of orders. Learn how request-based leadership improves compliance and morale.
More than 60 years ago, advertising executive Alex Osborn developed the concept of brainstorming as a group technique for producing creative ideas and new solutions. Since then, brainstorming techniques have been widely adopted and expanded.
The ways in which we handle our goof-ups, guffaws, screw-ups, bad decisions, miscalculations, and blunders are critical - our reputations are at stake. And as managers, we should role model the behaviors we seek in others.