MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2022
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
TICKET TYPE #M1
$350

Presenter: Scott Hanton

People are the biggest investment in any lab, and learning how to provide effective performance management for staff is often a significant challenge for lab managers. Most people dread performance review and goal-setting season and are reluctant to engage effectively with their staff in this important activity.

This workshop will cover the main aspects of performance management, including:

• Setting SMART annual objectives
• Obtaining input on performance
• Providing effective feedback to staff
• Writing and giving performance reviews
• Building development plans
• Addressing promotions and terminations
• Doing succession planning

The workshop will cover why performance management is so important, how to execute each step with confidence and provide examples to work through and discuss. Time will be available to address questions and talk through specific situations as a class.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2022
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
TICKET TYPE #M2
$350

Presenter: Scott Hanton

Most lab managers are experienced scientists who earned the opportunity of lab leadership through excellence at the bench doing science. Unfortunately, most scientists receive little or no leadership training prior to starting the new role. Leadership contains many different facets, but they revolve around doing the right things for the people and the organization.

This workshop will focus on how lab leaders can impact the operation of the lab through more effective leadership.  Topics to be covered will include:

• Effective decision-making
• Change management
• The benefits of employee engagement
• Building a culture of safety
• Creating a positive workplace

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2022
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
TICKET TYPE #T1
$599

Presenter: Mark Kennedy

Some teams achieve while others fight internally, overanalyze, communicate ineffectively, and produce mediocre and uninspired results or just plain give up.  How can you set your teams for success?  How much depends upon the purpose of the team?  How much depends on the dynamics inside and outside the team?  How much depends on you?  When is the initial investment in the team dynamics worth the time and energy?  Learn principles and practices of creating more effective high functioning teams.  We’ll do this, in part, by forming actual teams in the workshop to experience the process.

The subject matter will include types of teams, necessary team skill sets, team dynamics, conflict resolution, diverse thinking styles, EQ, technical networks, business engagements, taking creative risks, act vs. analyze, incorporating games and fun, and organizational learning.

The workshop will include presentation, role plays, experiential learning, small group exercises, group discussion, and addressing specific workshop participant issues.

Expected benefits include improving the structure and functioning of your teams, learning to turn conflict into creativity, learning to surface and resolve obstructive issues in the team early, and learning new and useful tools and interactive methods for your team that will increase their enjoyment, creativity, and productivity.  Tools will be provided to help participants transition learnings to their organizations.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2022
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
TICKET TYPE #T2
$350

Presenter: Sean Grace

Everybody has a specific style in which they communicate.  Understanding both your own style and that of others improves your ability to effectively communicate, manage, persuade and influence.  In this illuminating and revelatory workshop, participants decode the four primary styles of communicating and then explore how these modes affect how we tend to perceive others and make decisions. When you become more aware of the various styles of communicating, you improve your emotional intelligence, become better at conflict resolution, negotiating, working with and managing others as well as building more healthy and balanced teams.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2022
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
TICKET TYPE #T3
$350

Presenter: Sean Grace

Career development is more than just learning the skills of your profession; success today is more often determined by your ability to craft a personal brand - a distinct presence that celebrates your unique value, expertise, passion, and authority in your field of influence. 

This personal discovery workshop gives you the tools to uncover your singular voice, leverage your unique life experience, and design a master plan that stays true to your values and purpose while reaching for your highest potential.

Participants will learn how to: magnify their strengths; rewrite their “master scripts”; increase their self-confidence; enhance their leadership skills resulting in improved team performance; communicate their value; elevate their visibility; expand their networks, and develop their thought leadership.