Leadership Skills
Learn how technology impacts work-life balance, the risks of being always connected, and strategies for setting boundaries to improve well-being and productivity.
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Discover how scientific conferences—both in-person and virtual—boost collaboration, foster networking, and enhance interdisciplinary research opportunities.
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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.
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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.
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Improve lab onboarding with a structured new employee orientation. Reduce stress, boost retention, and enhance productivity with these best practices.
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Explore the limitations of Management by Exception in labs. Learn how to balance oversight, autonomy, and safety for improved efficiency and compliance.
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Reduce workplace rivalry and boost collaboration with job rotation and open discussions. Learn strategies to turn competition into teamwork for success.
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Boost lab productivity and teamwork by framing directives as requests instead of orders. Learn how request-based leadership improves compliance and morale.
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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.
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By understanding and addressing these key issues—excessive workload, lack of confidence in management, job security concerns, workplace boredom, and insufficient recognition—organizations can foster a more positive and motivated workforce.
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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.
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While the term “bullying” is often associated with children, it is very common to see the same type of behavior in a work setting. Here are some startling facts about workplace bullying that you may not know.
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