- Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended on It
Getting to Yes may still be the bible of negotiation books, but Chris Voss's Never Split the Difference offers an intriguing alternative perspective. Instead of preaching objectivity and separating the people from the situation, Voss, a former FBI crisis negotiator, teaches how t...
- Paper-Writing Checklists To Prevent Headaches Down the Road
Avoid authorship headaches and streamline the path from data to paper with these checklists.
CRediT Taxonomy
Developed by a group of librarians, information scientists, and the director of the MIT Press, the CRediT Taxonomy allows authors to define precisely the contributions...
- Interviewing Do’s and Don’ts (from Those Who’ve Seen It All)
Interviewing for faculty positions is riddled with potential missteps. Two department chairs and a vice chair for faculty affairs share how to put your best foot forward.
Do…
Prepare Your Elevator Pitch
Draft a brief, pithy statement of purpose (“elevator pitch”). Give a co...
- 5 Steps For Effective Communication In The International Workplace
How do you communicate across international differences in the workplace?
We inhabit a global workplace. We can now leave a message for a colleague in Germany, China, Ghana, or New Zealand and perhaps give only a quick thought to what time zone they are in. ...
- One-Minute Writing Tuneup: Energize Your Words with Active Voice
Sentence after sentence in passive voice is wordy, invites errors such as dangling modifiers, and grates on readers' nerves. Use of active voice improves even science writing.
In active voice, a clearly stated subject performs the action of the sentence. In passive voice, the ...
- How to Make an ESI Extension Request for Childbirth/Adoption
You’re a new parent and a scientist. Somewhere between the sticky hands, tantrums, and lack of sleep, you’re 10 years into your academic career from earning your MD and/or PhD and you haven’t made the transition to an R yet. Your circadian rhythm is messed up from dealing with ni...
- Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
Are you a genius or a genius maker?
We've all had experience with two dramatically different types of leaders. The first type drain intelligence, energy, and capability from the ones around them and always need to be the smartest ones in the room. These are the idea killer...
- The Thrills and Perils of Living on the Edge – Anxiety Edition
Life as a scholar is demanding. When you fulfill one demand, another pops up. Or more likely, you’ll actively pursue greater and greater challenges. This creates stress and leads many to seek tools or skills for coping with their resulting anxiety about failing to meet an endless...
- Thoughts from a Self-Proclaimed Interdisciplinarian
I am scientist trained in sociology, social work and public health (behavioral sciences, to be exact), who did a postdoc in a Pharmacy department and is now a tenure-track Assistant Professor in a College of Nursing. There are pros, cons and lessons learned from my interdiscipl...
- Reviewers & Editors Share the Secret Sauce
Publishing Your Medical Research, 2nd Edition reveals the secret sauce for maximizing the palatability of your manuscript submissions.
Edge reviews have featured exceptional books about the mechanics, inspiration, process, and editing of writing. What differentiates this offer...
