Lab Leadership
A competitive spirit within any organization–business or research lab–is only fostered when management is trusted and members of that organization feel that their talents and contributions are appreciated and nurtured. Create that atmosphere and winning will happen.
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Research institutions all over the country are vying for a share of the $21.5 billion federal research money available under the stimulus package. Our survey says one of those institutions might be yours.
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Axing workers doesn't necessarily make a business lean and mean, says Harvard's Freek Vermeulen.
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In 1906, Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto created a mathematical formula to describe the unequal distribution of wealth in his country, observing that twenty percent of the people owned eighty percent of the wealth. In the late 1940s, Dr. Joseph M.
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On the Twitter homepage (http://www.twitter.com) is the following explanation: "Twitter is a service for friends, family, and coworkers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are
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Unless you live under a very big rock, far away from all things technological, you have become aware of Twitter. Maybe more than aware. Maybe a participant.
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The CEO of Gucci says managers need to stay confident, calm, and focused with employees.
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Generation Y has a lot of great traits, but classic, top-down leadership is not one of them. This is not a surprise: Because gen Y is the great teamwork generation. They did book reports in teams, they went to prom in teams, and they are notorious for quitting jobs in teams. Here are five traits of leadership in the new millennium.
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Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr., Director of the National Science Foundation, delivered a speech recently to employees on how the agency intends to implement the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
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The EAS abstract submission site will remain open until further notice to accommodate those of you who may have had trouble connecting to our system on April 15th.
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An article in last Sundays New York Times suggested that the current financial crisis may be driving college students from finance to careers in science and public service.
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"The sciences could well rise in the new pecking order of career status. The Obama administration wants to double federal spending in basic research over 10 years and triple the number of graduate fellowships in science. There are already signs of
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