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20 hours

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  • Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
  • Intermediate Level Experience with externally-funded research, or plans to join a scientific team or to lead funded research projects.
  • Approx. 20 hours to complete
  • English Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish
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  • This course is for early career researchers and mentors who believe that modern scientific careers require management skills and want to be research leaders. This curriculum gives you skills to effectively implement funded projects, thereby enhancing your career success. Research leaders take on a number of new roles, rights, and responsibilities--as scientific leaders, financial administrators, managers, and mentors. In this course, we explain how to optimize the people, teams, projects, and finances for which you are responsible.
  • Despite your research training, you are probably facing an urgent training gap in leadership and management skills. Scientific careers falter for non-science reasons when researchers fail to execute a scope of work: struggle to track expenses and returns substantial unspent grant funds; or run out of funds by spending on the wrong people or mismanaging the right people. Consequently, projects close with inadequate progress on aims, thus compromising successful competition for future funding. This course will help avoid these traps.
  • Leadership and management are essential skills for researchers. Several early career researchers, senior scientists, and administrative leaders are eager to share their expertise and experiences with you.
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Curriculum

Researcher Management and Leadership Training

Introduction to Researcher Management and Leadership Training

Take Action to Maximize your Course: Do this First

Hear from Course Faculty (OPTIONAL)

Course Teaser: Why Researcher Management & Leadership? (OPTIONAL)

About the Team: Research Management and Leadership Training

Course Development Grants (OPTIONAL)

Basis for Training Program (OPTIONAL)

Learning Partner

Leadership

Introduction to Leadership

Anne Leadership Behaviors - 1. Contrasting Leadership Theories

Anne Leadership Behaviors - 2. Measuring Leadership Practices

Anne's Story (OPTIONAL)

Anne Leadership Behaviors - 3. Kouzes & Posner 5 Leadership Practices

Rich Q&A Interview on Leadership Practices (RECOMMENDED)

Rich's Story (OPTIONAL)

Vik Leadership Lessons - 1. Leadership Challenges & Key Approaches

Vik Leadership Lessons - 2. Make Mistakes and Strive for Resilience

Vik's Story (OPTIONAL)

Vik Leadership Lessons - 3. Get the Right People on the Team

Vik Leadership Lessons - 4. Build Culture & Trust on Team

Vik Leadership Lessons - 5. Take a Big Picture View

Vik Q&A Interview on Leadership Lessons (RECOMMENDED)

Mark Engaging Executives - 1. Getting Advice

Mark Engaging Executives - 2. Listen & Hear

Mark's Story (OPTIONAL)

Mark Engaging Executives - 3. Be Direct & Follow Up

Mark Engaging Executives - 4. Look Forward & Manage Yourself

Mark Q&A Interview (RECOMMENDED)

Prem Leadership - 1. Leading Scientific Projects / Collaborations

Prem Leadership - 2. Start with Productivity Plans & Choose Collaborators

Prem's Story (OPTIONAL)

Prem Leadership - 3. Build Your Professional Reputation

Prem Leadership - 4. Teams & Delegation

Prem Q&A Interview on Scientific Leadership (RECOMMENDED)

Jose Scientific Leadership - Get Help to Face Challenges & Change Mindset

Jose's Story (OPTIONAL)

Jose Q&A Interview on Scientific Leadership (RECOMMENDED)

Nee Kofi on Leading International (Multi-site) Studies (OPTIONAL)

Nee Kofi's Story (OPTIONAL)

Nee Kofi Q&A Interview on International Collaborations (RECOMMENDED)

Nee Kofi Message to his research community (OPTIONAL)

Links: Kouzes and Posner (OPTIONAL)

Links: Referenced Reading (OPTIONAL)

Professional Development Goals

Leadership Assessment

Finance and Administration

Introduction to Finance and Administration

Tim Grant Terms & Reporting - 1. Administrative Responsibilities for Research Leader

Tim Grant Terms & Reporting - 2. Notice of Grant Award

Tim Grant Terms & Reporting - 3. Terms & Conditions "Fine Print"

Tim's Story (OPTIONAL)

Tim Grant Terms & Reporting - 4. Progress Reports & Conflicts of Interest

Tim Grant Terms & Reporting - 5. Public Access Reporting

Tim Grant Terms & Reporting - 6. Clinical Trials Reporting & Effort Reporting

Tim Grant Terms & Reporting - 7. Human Subjects & Vertebrate Animal Research

Tim's Q & A Interview on Administration & Reporting (RECOMMENDED)

Alison Regulatory Compliance - 1. Regulatory Compliance Top 10 Tips

Alison Regulatory Compliance - 2. Administrative & Regulatory Team

Alison Regulatory Compliance - 3. Protect Original Data

Alison's Story (OPTIONAL)

Alison Regulatory Compliance - 4. Reduce Potential for Bias & Follow the Protocol

Alison Regulatory Compliance - 5. Feasibility Assessment & Continuous Training

Alison Regulatory Compliance - 6. Avoid Authorship Disputes

Alison Regulatory Compliance - 7. Manage Data Storage & Protect Clinical Data

Alison Regulatory Compliance - 8. Manage Conflicts of Interest

Melanie Financial Administration

Melanie's Story (OPTIONAL)

Melanie Q&A Interview on Managing Scientific Integrity (RECOMMENDED)

Tim Budgets - 1. Processes to Track Spending & Challenges

Tim Budgets - 2. Functional Budget: Expense Categories, Problems, & Tips

Tim Budgets - 3. Personnel Expenses

Tim Budgets - 4. Managing Subcontract Budgets

Tim Budgets - 5. Financial Management for Clinical / Animal Studies

Tim Budgets - 6. Carry-Forwards & No-Cost Extensions

Tim Budgets - 7. Creating a Functional Budget: "Overhead" Costs

Tim Budgets - 8. Allocating Expenses Over Time

Tim Budgets - 9. Use Expense Details to Update Functional Budget

Tim Budgets - 10. Reconcile Functional Budget with Financial Detail Report

Tim Budgets - 11. Functional Budget Summary & Recommendations

Tim Q&A Interview on Budget Management (RECOMMENDED)

Pam Decision Mindset - 1. Administrative Decision-Making & Mindset (OPTIONAL)

Pam Decision Mindset - 2. Consider the "Scout" Mindset (OPTIONAL)

Pam Decision Mindset - 3. Decisions are Problems to Solve (OPTIONAL)

Pam Decision Mindset - 4. Comparing Alternative Solutions (OPTIONAL)

Pam Decision Mindset - 5. Implement Solutions & Manage Bias (OPTIONAL)

Pam Q&A Interview on Common Administrative Mistakes (RECOMMENDED)

Link: Journal Reporting Guidelines (OPTIONAL)

Sample documents in Budget Lecture

Galef TEDTalk link (OPTIONAL)

Professional Development Goals

Finance and Administration Assessment

Management - Part 1: Starting a Research Team

Introduction to Management Part 1: Starting Teams

Anne Setting Expectations - 1. Start Right on New Employee Day 1

Anne Setting Expectations - 2. Use Structured, Documented Guidance

Anne Setting Expectations - 3. Tips to Communicate Progress & Priorities

Anne Setting Expectations - 4. Communication Protocols & Team Culture

Anne Setting Expectations - 5. Get Better with Feedback

Rich Q&A Interview on Management (RECOMMENDED)

Stephanie Lab and Project Management

Stephanie's Story (OPTIONAL)

Stephanie Q&A Interview (RECOMMENDED)

Janine Hiring - 1. Decision to Hire, and When

Janine Hiring - 2. Type of Person / Position to Hire

Janine's Story (OPTIONAL)

Janine Hiring - 3. Write Job Description & Plan Interview Process

Janine Hiring - 4. Job Applicant Screening Process

Janine Hiring - 5. Planning Interview Questions

Janine Hiring - 6. Check References Every Time

Janine Q&A Interview on Hiring (RECOMMENDED)

Nanette Management - 1. Manage Your Staff, Project & Self

Nanette Management - 2. Manage your Team

Nanette's Story (OPTIONAL)

Nanette Management - 3. Manage your Project

Nanette Management - 4. Manage Yourself

Nanette Q&A Interview on Leadership & Management (RECOMMENDED)

Lab Statement Examples (OPTIONAL)

Professional Development Goals

Management Assessment - Part 1: Starting a Research Team

Management - Part 2: Growing and Maintaining a Research Team

Intro to Management Module Part 2: Grow & Maintain Teams

Eva Lab Management - 1. Physician Scientists Contributions & Challenges

Eva Lab Management - 2. Plan the NEXT Grant

Eva's Story (OPTIONAL)

Eva Lab Management - 3. Rigor & Reproducibility

Eva Lab Management - 4. Considerations for Building Team

Eva Lab Management - 5. Dealing with the Wrong Employee or Position

Janine Performance Reviews - 1. Effective Annual Reviews

Janine Performance Reviews - 2. Define Performance Success with SMART Goals

Janine Performance Reviews - 3. Define Tasks & Core Competencies

Janine Performance Reviews - 4. Measuring Tasks & Competencies

Janine Performance Reviews - 5. Process and Outcome Goals

Janine Performance Reviews - 6. Retention with Development Goals

Janine Performance Reviews - 7. When Performance Does Not Meet Standards

Janine Performance Reviews - 8. Discipline Performance Management

Janine Q&A Interview on Performance Reviews (RECOMMENDED)

Hillary Practical Management - 1. Transition to Independence

Hillary Practical Management - 2. Manage Time & Team Growth

Hillary's Story (OPTIONAL)

Hillary Practical Management - 3. Build Resiliency & Find Your People

Hillary Q&A Interview on Nurturing a Research Team (RECOMMENDED)

Recommended Perspective (OPTIONAL)

Link: Recommended Reading (OPTIONAL)

Professional Development Goal

Management Assessment - Part 2: Growing and Maintaining a Team

Mentorship

Introduction to Mentorship

Anne Mentoring - 1. Beliefs about Mentoring Relationships, Mentees, & Mentors

Anne Mentoring - 2. Effective Mentees Know Values, Needs, Goals

Anne Mentoring - 3. Identify Mentors and Build Professional Network

Anne Mentoring - 4. Engaging with Potential Mentors

Anne Mentoring - 5. Defining the Terms of a Mentoring Relationship

Anne Mentoring - 6. Challenges in Mentoring Relationships

Anne Mentoring - 7. Challenges to Relationship, & Resolutions, from Mentee

Nee Kofi Mentoring Reflection (OPTIONAL)

Greg Board of Directors - 1. Strategically Plan Mentorship Team

Greg Board of Directors - 2. Key Roles as CEO, Board of Directors, Shareholders

Greg's Story (OPTIONAL)

Greg Board of Directors - 3. You as CEO & Shareholder

Greg Board of Directors - 4. Creating your Board of Directors

Greg Board of Directors - 5. Find Multiple Types of Mentors / Advisors

Greg Board of Directors - 6. Conflicts with Mentors or Board Members

Greg Q&A Interview on Mentoring (RECOMMENDED)

Anne Coaching - 1. Comparing Mentoring and Coaching, & When to Coach

Anne Coaching - 2. Coaching Skills: Active Listening & Goal Setting

Judy Mentoring - 1. Mentorship Qualities & Motivations

Judy Mentoring - 2. Evaluating Mentor (or Mentee) Fit

Judy's Story (OPTIONAL)

Judy Mentoring - 3. Finding Sponsorship

Judy Q&A Interview on Mentorship and Sponsorship (RECOMMENDED)

Kathleen (KC) Mentors now Collaborators (OPTIONAL)

KC's Story (OPTIONAL)

KC Q&A Interview on Mentorship Teams (RECOMMENDED)

Congratulations, you completed the course!

Mentorship Assessment

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