Mastering the technique of selling ideas to upper management is not just a vital part of your responsibilities as a lab manager. “[Selling your ideas] has the potential of providing you with opportunities for professional growth and career advancement,” says Glen Fine, chief executive officer at Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (and a former lab manager).

In the history of technology, The Manhattan Project and the United States space program are considered two of the most stellar accomplishments of the American scientific research enterprise. Both were challenge-driven research and development endeavors—and both employed multidisciplinary teams.

The University of Chicago’s research accelerator, Arete, is running its own experiment—how to bolster promising and novel research ideas before their merit has been recognized. Arete has created the Big Ideas Generator to help get those early stage ideas into motion. 

New research from Columbia Business School shows that powerful leaders fail to listen properly and take others’ accounts into perspective, jeopardizing the impact they could have

To many, the image of a scientist is that of a white coat, alone in the lab peering into a microscope or computer monitor, interested in nothing but the facts.

The wrong type of communication can destroy trust. In this webinar, you will learn five simple strategies for building and maintaining free flowing communications within your lab.

Words are powerful; use with care, media expert notes.

Rutgers researchers find the ability to persist may depend on how the news is delivered.

Completing tasks and crossing them off the ubiquitous "to-do" list is a great feeling. But what about those nagging tasks we keep putting off? What’s the difference between those jobs that get completed and those that do not? 

Have you ever been in a meeting where you think the group made an important decision, only to find out that the decision unraveled days or even hours after the meeting? After participating in this session, you will be able to bring the group to a decision that all can live with and support upon implementation.

Missouri University's Broader Impacts program seeks to help citizens appreciate research and outcomes made possible by federal grants.

While some suggest that flexible work arrangements have the potential to reduce workplace inequality, a new study finds these arrangements may exacerbate discrimination based on parental status and gender.