At the Helm: Leading Your Laboratory, Second Edition

Name: At the Helm: Leading Your Laboratory, Second Edition
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ISBN: 9780879698669

ISBN-10: 0879698667

ISBN-13: 9780879698669

Edition: 2nd 2010 (Revised)

Authors: Kathy Barker

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Since 2002, the first edition of this bestselling book has helped thousands of newly appointed principal investigators successfully transition to running their own labs. In the second edition, Barker has substantially revised the text, offering principal investigators advice to the changes and challenges that the years have brought.

Book details

List price: $67.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Publication date: 4/13/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 372
Size: 7.20" wide x 10.20" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English



Preface


Preface to the First Edition


Acknowledgments


Know What you Want


The Lab Where Everyone Wants to be


Start in the Right Place


Plan the Lab You Want


Start Building Relationships


Resources


You as a Leader


I was Trained to do Everything but Run a Lab!


Stop Putting Out Fires!


Using Your Time


Working with an Administrative Assistant


Be Proactive in Finding a Mentor


Resources


Choose Your People


Choose Your People


The Hiring Process


The Effective Interview


Evaluating Candidates


Resources


Starting and Keeping New Lab Members


Getting Off to a Good Start


Training Lab Personnel


Mentor to All?


Resources


Make Research the Foundation


Setting the Course


Motivation


Writing Papers


Resources


Organizing the Lab to Support the Research


Building a Lab Culture


Lab Policies


Meetings and Seminars


Using Computers to Organize the Lab


Resources


Communication as the Glue


Communication with Your Lab


The Pleasures and Perils of Diversity


Gender is Still an Issue


Learning through Conflict


Stress and Depression in Lab Members


Resources


Dealing with a Group


Lab Morale


Lab Romances


Maintaining Personnel Equilibrium


“I Should Have Done it Sooner!”


Violence in the Workplace


Resources


For the Long Run


As Your Job Changes...


Maintaining Enthusiasm


Career Choices


Having it All


Resources


Index