Lab Leadership
Management is a vast subject, with several sub-categories, such as product, team management and project management. While all are interesting topics, this article focuses mainly on team management and offers some useful tips and ideas to promote discussion and help improve the performance and happiness of your teams.
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Nikon Small World Exhibition and Seminars to be held Thursday, January 7, at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia.
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A new study suggests certain types of funding which provide more freedom and focus less on near-term results lead to more innovative and influential research.
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The snowman measures 10 m across and is 1/5th the width of a human hair.
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All generations are not created equal nor are they motivated the same way. How much attention do you pay to the personality characteristics that differentiate boomers from Gen Xers from Generation Ys?
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Operating labs more efficiently is a constant goal for laboratory managers. The current recession has added to the pressure to cut costs. At large companies reasons for high cost often include a complex organization and a consensus-driven culture. Du
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To be successful, there are many skills a manager needs to master. I adapted Kammy Hatnes' pyramid structure to show the increasingly difficult management skills you must master at each level and to also display how these management skills build on each other to help you achieve success in your management career. The result is the Management Skills Pyramid.
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The Society for Biomolecular Sciences has selected Dr. Stephen W. Fesik as the winner of the SBS 2010 Technology Innovation Award.
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Four Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory researchers have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
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Symyx Technologies, Inc. and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) have announced the launch of a collaborative partnership designed to enhance the usability and accessibility of public scientific databases.
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All in all, our decision-making equipment is pretty sound. But there are a few bugs little design flaws of the mind that can have big consequences. We make choices that justify our past choices and then look for data to support them. Not only do we m
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In coming up with ways to motivate their staff, managers should take into account the different age cohorts that exist among employees. These groups all value different things and have various expectations when it comes to work. This article outlines ways of approaching each of these cohorts.
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