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“I could run this place better!” We’ve all said it about something, from our workplace to our car repair shop to our cable company. But, well, what if you really could? What if you not only see problems with how your department or institution is run, but you think you know—or ...
- Watch the Front Lines
One of the more common issues I encounter in conversations with junior faculty has to do with people management. We all know that the best leaders can sense when and how much to delegate. Delegation is an important part of team building, for it instills a sense of ownership and ...
- How to Manage People as a New Investigator
We recently hosted three newly independent investigators who run research teams humming with activity and people, who told us what it takes to manage a lab full of humans in all their idiosyncratic glory. Here are their tips:
Defining Expectations and Gathering Feedback
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- Managing a Budget as a New Investigator
Got your R and the realities of budget management sinking in? Want to prepare yourself financially to get to that R? Three newly independent investigators at Vanderbilt shared their wisdom with Newman Society members today.
Budgeting Before You Get Your R
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- Why you should read The Opposable Mind
For fifteen years prior to this book's publication, author Roger Martin studied successful leaders, interviewing more than fifty of them for up to eight hours at a time, trying to find a pattern to their success. The pattern he discovered was what he calls "integrative thinking....
- Lessons in Leadership: Why You Should Read Colin Powell’s It Worked For Me
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell offers leadership advice through storytelling in this collection of anecdotes and true tales. Each short chapter derives a lesson from an incident encountered in his military and political service, and occasionally from private life. Often...
