Leadership and Staffing

Five stages to improve the decision-making process

Confidence is an essential ingredient of leadership, but takes time, competence, and help from others to develop

A lab’s culture has a strong influence over the success of an organization’s strategic agenda

How key lessons from Monopoly can be applied to promote equity and limit hypercompetition in academia

Unleashing creativity with the right people, effective work process, and good tools

Here are three tips that will help your staff embrace the discomfort that will lead to growth and development

As COVID-19 restrictions lift, the new workplace will most likely be a combination of working remotely and at the office

Lab managers should model inclusive behaviors to create a trusting environment where all employees can succeed

While diversity efforts have been going on in many organizations for years, equity and inclusion are newer efforts and can be challenging for many lab managers

Different experiences and perspectives bring new ideas and solutions to the lab  

The science practiced in most labs is too diverse, too complex, and too detailed to be fully mastered by individuals

Managing expectations versus reality for those in leadership roles

Managers share the lessons they’ve learned from one year of managing their labs during a pandemic

The culture should represent what values are most important to the lab

The influence of unique offerings that make your lab an attractive place to work

How lab managers can determine, “what’s next?”

With data breaches on the rise, every member of the lab needs to be aware of cybersecurity risks

Effectively advocating for the lab requires clear, crisp, and data-driven discussions that demonstrate the benefits of the investment

Important leadership principles that can only be taught from experience

Taking a consensus-building approach to make important decisions mitigates potential conflict and enables everyone’s voice to be heard