Being an effective leader requires good leadership and people skills to take on the daily challenges of negotiating with colleagues, managing conflicts in the lab, mentoring students and postdocs or collaborating on projects. Strong people skills
can make a tremendous difference in the success and productivity of your team.
NEW: How to Be a Great Ally
Learn how to support and lift up colleagues—without doing harm.Neurodiversity in the Lab
All brains work differently. Supporting that diversity can improve your research.Creating an Inclusive Lab and Work Environment
This program highlights steps for promoting an inclusive lab and work environment at all educational levels.Career Gateway
Understanding and Navigating Cluster Hiring
Institutions employ cluster hiring to help promote diversity and inclusion, and improve interdisciplinary collaborations. The panel considerations, goals, advantages and pitfalls of cluster hiring.Team Dynamics and Culture Video Series
Leading a team - one that you create or one that is assigned to you – is a common role in science. How you bring people together, manage and motivate them are critical to fostering effective and successful teams.Leader's Edge
Science education often doesn’t teach you how to be a manager. Learn how to motivate and lead from these exemplars.Leading Through Conflict and Difficult Conversation Video Series
Disagreements and conflict occur in work and team life. How a leader manages these situations is key to a healthy and successful work environment.Leadership Skills for Research, Training and Beyond
"Executive Presence: How you present yourself and your ideas matters" discusses how to get a head start on becoming a great leader in your field.Being Black in Science
Black physiologists share what it’s like to navigate a majority white academic culture.Other Resources to Discover
- Psychological Safety and the Critical Role of Leadership Development, McKinsey & Company, February 2021
- Modeling Inclusive Behaviors to Build Trust with Staff, Lab Manager, June 2021
- Use microaffirmations and call out microaggressions to help others, Nature, June 2021
- How I Learned to be Better at Active Listening as a Manager, Fast Company, July 2019
- Peers Who Boost Marginalized Voices Help Others, and Themselves, Lab Manager, May 2021
- Breaking Through Barriers to Racial Equity, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR)
- Inspiration From A Rising Female Leader On Solving The STEM Gender Gap, Forbes, June 2021
- Mentors, Don’t Neglect Scientific Trainees. Treat Them as You’d Like to be Treated, AAAS, February 2021
- Six Mentoring Tips as We Enter Year Two of COVID, Nature Careers Community, June 2021