The Science of Lab Management: Recent Episodes
Jennifer
Recorded during a live webinar on March 9th, 2022.
Do you struggle with optimizing your laboratory? With the numerous deliverables, priorities and systems in the lab, optimization often takes a back seat.
I struggled with optimization, too. Just like you, I truly wanted to build the future lab with innovation and improvements. After all, the customers that used our data product were moving forward! If I couldn't find a way to optimize, the lab could become irrelevant or, worse, the result of lost business and reduced profit.
This weighed on me until I finally discovered the critical component of optimizing the laboratory. It’s THE most important thing you should consider before you plan out your lab of the future or simply the next instrument purchase.
This critical component is what we will be talking about in How to optimize the lab with the Lab Team! webinar. It is what will transform your laboratory from a routine, run of the mill laboratory to a continual improvement, customer-focused laboratory with solutions. (And not just the ones you titrate!)
Here's exactly what we'll be covering in the webinar:
- The #1 component of an exceptional lab
- How to reclassify the lab to clarify your priorities
- The missing link of Lab Team development
- Three actions you can start today to optimize
Don't be left behind! Start the journey that transform your laboratory with this webinar!
Did you know that according to World Economic Forum, 50% of all employees will need reskilling by 2025…
**…And that most managers and leaders estimate that around 40% of workers will require reskilling in six months or less.
What are you doing to ensure your Lab Team's skills are improving? Let's talk about it! This week on The Science of Lab Management podcast.**
Buh-bye 2021! Don't let the door hit you on the way out!
And hello 2022!!
I've got some resolutions that will not steer you wrong - whatever 2022 throws at you.
Welcome to the Science of Lab Management podcast!!
What are the elements of good goals? And how do you develop a plan for accomplishing those goals? Let’s talk about it! Today on the Science of Lab Management podcast.
What are we really trying to accomplish with Goal Setting? Let’s explore how goals can strengthen and Build a Dynamic Lab Team. This week on The Science of Lab Management podcast.
The Voice of the Customer can help you assess the current state of your lab and get ready to make correct goals for the next year. Let’s explore who and what to ask. This week on The Science of Lab Management podcast.
You know that if you aren’t moving forward, you’re falling behind! So where are going? Goal setting may seem like something only done high up in the organization, but everyone needs a roadmap and destination for success. It’s good for the individual and good for the business. Let’s talk about where to start to set your goals for the lab. Today on the Science of Lab Management podcast.
Gulf Coast Conference 2021 was held in Galveston, Texas last month. This week, I'm sharing one of my presentations from that conference!
If you run a lab where the status quo is set in, where your Lab Team operates by pushing buttons, you need a Culture of Learning. During this presentation, we talk about the current state of the lab versus what it could be! What your Lab Team looks like in a Culture of Learning. And most importantly, how to start creating this culture!
Let's delve deeper on the DIME technique to drive accountability and correct behaviors in the lab.
Ready to drive accountability and successful behavior in your Lab? Let's talk about the DIME Technique. Today on the Science of Lab Management podcast.
A soft skill approach to training will create a Learning Culture in the lab and equip your Lab Team with the tools they need to take charge of their development.
Let's explore training in the lab!
**I know that the last year has been in turmoil, but I think part of the reason behind this Great Resignation is that employees are asking more from their work. In other words, I don’t think COVID caused the mass exodus, just that it provided the excuse!
Has the COVID Great Resignation of 2021 affected your lab? Let’s explore retention in the laboratory! This week on the Science of Lab Management Podcast!**
Let’s explore controlling in management and, in the lab, what it looks like to monitor the monitor. Today on the Science of Lab Management podcast.
Your Lab Team is motivated, but as a leader, you need to direct that motivation to align with the lab goals. Let’s explore how to do this today on the Science of Lab Management podcast.
Everyone on your Lab Team is already ready to act and perform - just maybe not on what you want. Let's explore how to motivate this week on the Science of Lab Management Podcast.
Dear Friends, if you want to lead your Lab Team, they have to follow you because you have influence. Not fake, organizational, delegated influence, but real trust and credibility. This is built through consistency.
The third function of management is LEADING - where the actual work begins to accomplish goals. Let’s explore the foundation of LEADERSHIP today on the Science of Lab Management podcast.
**We don’t often talk about the importance of ongoing training in the lab. Do we? I mean, think about it for a minute, after onboarding and not counting “new” - methods, products, instruments, when was the last time you trained in the lab?
It will NEVER happen if you don’t identify the need, set the goal and allocate the resources needed to accomplish that goal.**
Do you want to realize the true potential of your Lab Team, but don’t know where to start? Let’s talk about the YLC Catalyst Program and how it could be YOUR answer... this week on The Science of Lab Management podcast.
Delegation and being very purposeful to delegate is a key discipline to learn and develop as a Lab Manager.
These are learning and growth opportunities for the Lab Team. It will require effort from you at first in training and coaching, but the Lab Team will learn the new tasks and be ready to tackle more.
**One of the main reasons to set goals in the lab is to communicate the lab’s purpose in a way that the entire Lab Team can all work toward. It is easy to get lost in your daily tasks, right?
But working toward a goal will bring clarity to that work and an understanding of the value of that work.**
In this week's episode, we discuss the planning function of management and the research you need to get the party started.
In this week's episode we discuss how understanding business management functions translate to lab management.
Let's talk about the Vision, Mission and Principles behind Young's Lab Consulting. We are here to help put your Lab Team first!