Leadership

How to prewire a meeting

By alexanderhschacht on 2018-12-04 0

Have you ever been proposing or defending a project in a larger meeting – maybe even with senior management – and it didn’t go as smoothly as you would like?

Or do you prepare yourself for such a meeting and you feel unsure about what to expect?

Then, this episode will help you!

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How to prepare for your year end review to stand out!

By alexanderhschacht on 2018-11-27 0

Same procedure every year – the year end review as part of the performance management appears on your calendar. Are you worried about filling in forms? Do you feel like this is not adding value?

In this episode, we give you practical tips how to master the review like a pro.

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Why should statisticians care about leadership and developing their leadership skills? Interview with Gary Sullivan

By alexanderhschacht on 2018-11-20 0

We’re launching a new leadership course next year and in this episode, we go into some key questions about statisticians and leadership.

We cover the following topics:

What is a good definition for leadership?
Why should technical statisticians worry about developing leadership skills?
What happens, if you have limitations in the leadership skills?
What should the mindset of a statistical leader be?
When should statisticians start thinking about developing their leadership skills?

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How to make the right portfolio decisions – Interview with Andreas Sashegyi

By alexanderhschacht on 2018-11-06 0

We’re all making decisions to optimize our studies. Optimizing project plans across different studies presents further challenges. But how to increase the overall portfolio of a company given its limitations leads yet another set of challenges. Knowing how decisions are taken at this top level helps to understand the bigger picture and why this sometimes implies sub-optimal decisions on a study or compound level.

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British Airways, CROs, Programmers – why you should start with Why

By alexanderhschacht on 2018-10-30 0

You have probably heard about Simon Sinek and his golden circle. If not, have a look at his great TED talk here.

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Being a supervisor – things you would love to have known before you became one … or that you should know if you want to become one

By alexanderhschacht on 2018-10-23 2

Interview with Simon Cleall

Becoming a supervisor changes things dramatically at work for you. It did for me and Simon helped me by openly providing deep insights into his years of a supervisor – especially his failures and dramatic moments.

In this episode, Simon shares his ups and downs for you to learn from. Leading statisticians of course has many commonalties with any other administrative leadership position. However, it also includes some specific problems.

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