Lab Leadership
Multitasking has become part of the productive professional's persona. Walking through business corridors, through airports and while driving, the professional is constantly communicating with the mindset of communicating or learning critical informa
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When you schedule a meeting, its probably not going to be met with the same anticipation as an office party. That's why it's bad news for you if your meetings are perceived to be drawn out and unnecessary.
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Today's advent of distributed, massive-scale "cloud computing" is something of a return to the early 1980s, when computing was of a different sort. Rather than individual desktop or laptop machines, which are the current norm, workplace computers wer
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The American Chemical Society (ACS) today released a package of seven podcasts in observation of Earth Day 2010 (April 22), the 40th anniversary of this landmark event.
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The University of Nebraska on Tuesday announced a $50 million founding gift commitment from the Robert B. Daugherty Charitable Foundation to support a global Water for Food Institute.
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Fueling the growing momentum toward openness, transparency, and accessibility to publicly funded information, the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2010 (FRPAA) has been introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA) and a bi-partisan host of co-sponsors.
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Lab Manager Magazine's Academy: Communication from Lab Manager on Vimeo. If communication can be defined as the transition of information, thought or feeling so that it is satisfactorily understood, then dealing with difficult people is essen
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Hastings Center Fellows Anita Allen, Christine Grady, and Daniel Sulmasy were appointed to President Barack Obama's Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, the White House announced. Amy Gutmann, who was appointed Chair of the Commission last November, is also a Hastings Center Fellow.
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Lab managers can play an important role in the process of filing patent applications on staff members' inventions. The stakes are often high when patenting a new product or process. So it's important to get everything right. Nowhere is this truer tha
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The Eastern Analytical Symposium & Exhibition is still accepting abstracts for its 2010 Technical Program. Deadline - April 15, 2010
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If youve ever been on a mismanaged team, you can tell that some team members, perhaps yourself included, didnt always feel like putting forth their best effort. Theres always something missing on a mediocre team, a sort of disconnect. The passion you instill your employees, or lack thereof, might be directly related to the way you manage differences. As an employee yourself, have you ever felt that your skills and qualities were not utilized or valued?
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Do you have employees that are hungry to expand their knowledge and skill-set, but find your budget for training to be tight? If your employees are as eager as they claim, you could consider installing a Learn at Lunch program.
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