What Lab Managers Must Know to Get Ahead in Their Careers

To progress in their careers, lab managers, particularly those in their first management assignment, need to develop new skills. Often they had little opportunity to do this while working full time at the laboratory bench. Yet these skills are critical to success in their new management assignment. These skills include:

1. Managing budgets
2. Planning and running effective meetings
3. Management by walking around
4. Leadership
5. Managing external R&D contracts
6. Doing more with less
7. Managing conflicting priorities
8. Managing diversity
9. Maintaining personal integrity
10. Developing the skills you need

Let’s look at each in turn.

Fonte: Lab Manager