Leadership is one of the most important aspects of any organization, and statistics is no exception. Good leadership can help a field grow and shape the future, while bad leadership can lead to stagnation or ruin. In this episode, we discuss what leadership means for statisticians, how we develop our leadership style, and how it helps us continue moving forward in our careers.
Join Alun Bedding and me while we answer these questions:
What made Alun decide to focus on leadership?
What are the advantages of practicing good leadership for statisticians?
How can you be an effective leader and motivator?
How did Alun and I get equipped to train others to be effective leaders?
We also talk about the following interesting points:
- Get formal learning about leadership and reflect on it
- Get a professional coach to get proper guidance and feedback
- You learn by being proactive and by practicing the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- Deeply know your WHY before you start leading your team (see the book by Simon Sinek)
- Review the fundamentals of leadership from time to time
- Own the mistakes of the team
- Do not micromanage
- Motivate others to be leaders too
- Giving your full trust to your team plays a big role in their success
- and more….
Links and references:
- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R Covey
- Trust and Inspire – Stephen M.R. Covey
- Start with Why – Simon Sinek
- Leadership Strategy and Tactics – Jocko Willink
- The Trusted Executive – Dr John Blakey
- Podcast Episode: Lifting The Lid – The one with the internal coach from the pharma industry
Here is a link to Alun’s other podcast appearance talking about his journey as a coach (Link).
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Alun Bedding
Executive and Team Coach | Leadership Consultant | Statistical Consultant
Alun is dedicated to helping professionals make significant shifts in their thinking on various topics. He understands that each individual is unique and tailors his approach to meet each person’s specific needs. Alun works with professionals at all stages of their careers, including neurodiverse ones.
He specializes in guiding new leaders through the challenges of their roles and believes that everyone has the potential to achieve their vision. Acting as a thinking partner, Alun empowers individuals to reach their goals.
The most common subjects Alun addresses include:
- Navigating the uncertainties of starting a new leadership position
- Managing career transitions
- Building confidence
- Prioritizing important tasks
- Enhancing teamwork
- Preparing for job applications and interviews
- Understanding the impact of climate change
With a background as a leader in statistics and the pharmaceutical industry, Alun brings firsthand experience to his coaching. He also works as a statistical consultant, focusing on early clinical development and pre-clinical drug discovery. His expertise lies in dose-finding, dose-escalation, adaptive designs, and Bayesian methods. Additionally, Alun supervises PhD students working on basket and platform trials.
If you’re ready to work with Alun and believe he can help you, contact him on LinkedIn or at alun@alunbeddingcoaching.com.
Join The Effective Statistician LinkedIn group
This group was set up to help each other to become more effective statisticians. We’ll run challenges in this group, e.g. around writing abstracts for conferences or other projects. I’ll also post into this group further content.
I want to help the community of statisticians, data scientists, programmers and other quantitative scientists to be more influential, innovative, and effective. I believe that as a community we can help our research, our regulatory and payer systems, and ultimately physicians and patients take better decisions based on better evidence.
I work to achieve a future in which everyone can access the right evidence in the right format at the right time to make sound decisions.
When my kids are sick, I want to have good evidence to discuss with the physician about the different therapy choices.
When my mother is sick, I want her to understand the evidence and being able to understand it.
When I get sick, I want to find evidence that I can trust and that helps me to have meaningful discussions with my healthcare professionals.
I want to live in a world, where the media reports correctly about medical evidence and in which society distinguishes between fake evidence and real evidence.
Let’s work together to achieve this.
