At the My Green Lab Summit 2025, experts from academia, industry, and healthcare urged managers to look past metrics and embed inclusion, transparency, and collaboration into everyday practices
Half of workers are job-hunting—especially those under 35—so lab leaders need clear growth paths, fair credit, and equitable work distribution to improve lab staff retention
A LinkedIn Workforce Confidence survey shows only 30 percent of individual contributors aspire to management, raising questions about how organizations can support today’s managers and cultivate tomorrow’s lab leadership
From early inspirations to career milestones, Melissa Delgado, PhD, and Hui Yu, PhD, reflect on their journeys and share advice for navigating careers in science
Research from health care shows that values-driven listening improves trust and resilience—lab managers can apply the same strategies to strengthen culture and performance
From speaking up in meetings to mastering project management and building networks, women lab leaders can advance their careers by pairing technical expertise with self-advocacy, assertiveness, and essential non-technical skills
As technical expertise becomes outdated, foundational abilities are proving essential for laboratory leaders and teams to adapt, innovate, and succeed in an AI-driven workplace