Managing and Leading for Science Professionals

DedicationA Leadership PrayerEditorPrefaceForeword1. The Road to Success is the Road to FailureAbstractShouldn’t Success be Based on Creating Data?The Deception of PerceptionPerfect is the Enemy of Good EnoughBeing Complete Doesn’t Mean Being ComplicatedReferences2. Management & LeadershipAbstractBeing the BossLeadership is the Perspective; Management is the ToolReferences3. Career AnchorsAbstractTechnical/Functional CompetenceGeneral Managerial CompetenceAutonomy/IndependenceSecurity/StabilityEntrepreneurial/CreativitySense of ServicePure ChallengeLifestyleReferences4. DelegationAbstractDelegation: A DefinitionThe Delegation Work Out (Exercising Delegation)Why Delegate?Some Tenets on DelegationReferences5. Taking Interest: New SkillsAbstractDefining the Technical Executive RoleActive ListeningKnowing Enough Not to be DangerousReferences6. Risk = Management (as does Uncertainty)AbstractRisk and UncertaintyRisk, Uncertainty, and Decision MakingRisk, Uncertainty, and Disruptive InnovationRisk, Uncertainty, and Dominant DesignUsing Skunk Works to Mitigate Risk and UncertaintyA Final Word about Corporate Strategy, Risk, and UncertaintyReferences7. Decision Making is HardAbstractIdentification of a Problem Isn’t EnoughApproaches to Solution GenerationThinking about ThinkingDealing with the Inevitable: Conflict in Decision MakingReferences8. Moving Up the Ladder: Abandoning Your Peers?AbstractChanges in PerspectiveManaging What You (don’t) Say: Responsibility in CommunicationGripe Sessions and Gallows HumorManaging Discontent: Is It Me or Is It You?Communication and TrustMicromanagementReward SystemsManagement BehaviorOrganizational Issues and ApproachesA Final Word: Managing Your Former PeersReferences9. Relationships: More Than Just Your SpecialtyAbstractCollaborationLost in TranslationReaching OutOverlapping InterestsDealing with DistanceReferences10. Tactics: the 4 Ps, and Walk AroundsAbstractBeing Sensitive to the Individual Within a Broad FocusTactical Points: Individual MeetingsProjects/ProgramsPersonnelPersonalPersonal IIBeing VisibleReferences11. Leading and Managing Yourself: MentorsAbstractTraits of Good MentorsThe Need for Multiple MentorsFinding a MentorThe Importance of Mentoring OthersReferences12. Project PerspectivesAbstractIt’s a Business Project, Not Just a Research ProjectDevelopment of PipelineRelationshipsAbsorptive CapacityReferences13. Managing UpwardAbstractFirst, UnderstandInitiativeSimplifyDeliverChallenging Situations: The Bad BossReferences14. Being the CEO (or At Least Acting Like One)AbstractKnow ThyselfSetting Direction and Driving the BusCommunication…AgainEven More so, It’s About the PeopleDeep DivesTime is Not Your OwnThe BoardReferences15. A Final NoteAbstractManagementLeadershipEntrepreneurshipStrategyInnovationChange ManagementPodcasts (all available on iTunes)General WebsitesIndex