A recent Harvard Business Review article examined Shell corporation’s adoption of an 18-month program designed to help the company’s offshore workers give and receive feedback before their upcoming deployment. With the help of an outside consultant, Shell’s experiment pushed the typically tight-lipped crew to talk about everything from what it was like for them growing up to what it was like working with each other.
[Read more…] about Overcoming the “Feedback Trifecta” to Communicate Better as a LeaderAnnouncements
ALMA2020 Free Webinar Series Registration is Still Open for November 18 and December 2 Webinars
ALMA2020 Free Webinar Series Registration is Still Open for November 18 and December 2 Webinars
Since the inception of the Association of Laboratory Managers over 40 years ago, the mission of our nonprofit has been to educate laboratory managers to become better leaders. (More about ALMA History here) We take this mission very seriously and for the last 40 years have held annual conferences that have provided education, training, and networking to improve lab management and leadership skills for our community.
As you all know, 2020 has been a challenging year. When it became clear that we would not be able to hold our annual conference, we needed to find a way to hold fast to our mission and to maintain the partnerships with our dedicated sponsors. Now, we are proud to announce our virtual version of our conference! ALMA2020 is a combination of seven webinars offered for free to our community, and the online networking forum powered by Givitas. Many of you have already joined the ALMA Givitas Ring and now we are rolling out the ALMA2020 Lab Manager Leadership Webinar Series.
An exciting group of speakers with multiple years in the laboratory management field is lined up to present webinars on pertinent topics for lab managers ranging from Staff Productivity to Laboratory Safety.
We will kick off our ALMA2020 Webinar series in September with talks from Mark Kennedy on Counterintuitive Productivity and Jonathan Walston on Laboratory Resource Planning and Modeling using Activity-Based Costing.
Continuing in October with talks from Scott Hanton on New Challenges to Lab Management – Leading and Developing Remotely and Mary Schwans on Meeting Challenges of a Multigenerational Workforce.
In November there will be talks from James Kaufman on Leadership in Laboratory Safety: The Manager’s Role and Joe Keary on Laboratory Directors: Find Balance in the Pandemic. The last webinar will be December 2, Back to Business as Usual: How Labs Are Changing and Adapting Operations Post -Crisis.
Lastly, we expect to meet in person next year for ALMA2021@Louisville October 3-7, 2021. Mark your calendars! We hope to see you all then.
Learning Through Experience
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.
Vernon Law, Major League Baseball pitcher
Learning through experience is a normal part of lab management. However, our ever-changing world can make it difficult to reuse our lessons learned. To be responsive to these shifts, we can apply VUCA thinking.
[Read more…] about Learning Through ExperienceManaging Stress in the Workplace During a Pandemic
I wrote my book about stress because I felt like, from my experiences, others could benefit from what I have gone through. When it comes to today’s pandemic and the stress it causes in the workplace, I wanted to share a few of my thoughts you may find helpful, especially in a laboratory environment in which remote work may not be possible.
[Read more…] about Managing Stress in the Workplace During a PandemicHere are ALMA’s Top 10 Tips for Working From Home
by Rebecca Rosas, Ph.D., VP Strategic Planning Texmark Chemicals, Chairman Houston Area Lab Managers, ALMA Board Member-Local Chapter Representative
There are lots of tips and suggestions on the WFH (work from home) routine as being touted as the new “normal” for many people throughout the world. Here’s a top ten list (for those of you who recall David Letterman) without the fanfare of Paul Schaeffer (those were some great shows) compiled from numerous articles on the web.
Top Ten Tips on Working From Home
[Read more…] about Here are ALMA’s Top 10 Tips for Working From HomeArticles, Books and News
We are always on the lookout for interesting articles relevant to helping lab managers become better leaders. This article deals with holding remote workers accountable without micromanaging. It’s a short read with a few great ideas.
We’ll add to this section as we find more sources we think you will enjoy.