I don’t know about you but I spent the first part of this year deep in grant writing mode. The grant is resubmitted and I emerged – after a few days of relaxing and recharging – ready to return to my passion for teaching leadership. The weeks leading up to a grant deadline are a…
If you ask me for one easy thing that you can implement now to empower your team members, I’d say: Don’t give career advice. Maybe that is surprising because our mentees certainly ask for it. And why not provide what they ask for, right? In other words, why not give them the solution they are looking…
A while ago, I sat down with influence coach Lacy Schoen to talk about influence in academia and how to use it to advance our careers. You can listen to the podcast episode here. Lacy and I had been working on building my influencing skills to advance a mission that is dear to my heart, namely creating…
Happy New Year, Team Leader! May it be a productive, successful, but most of all fulfilling, and joyful 2021. May we be able to hang out with our teams again without having to worry about a pandemic. One of the most frequently asked questions that I receive is: What are your systems and strategies to keep…
I have a hate-hate relationship with annual performance reviews! I dislike administering them to my team. It causes stress and worry. It’s unnecessary because we have a culture of providing ongoing feedback for behaviors. Am I really supposed to remember the behaviors of 10 team members over the course of a year to formulate an “objective”…
A question that I often hear is: what is the right amount of leadership/ management? What is needed to my team’s productivity and what is micromanagement? I recently wrote an article “Building Leadership Skills In Research Groups” that addresses this question. In short, the article covers – Three key needs that you need to focus on…