What are the benefits of better management strategies?

Having groups of highly ambitious, intelligent people together in one department can lead to friction. Add bad reactions to valid criticism and you have an atmosphere that simply wears down staff, and leads to low motivation, low morale and low productivity.

Lab groups need proactive, firm and fair leadership. Without it, members lose focus and motivation, and thereby reduce productivity.

In the “Management Skills for Supervisors” workshop, attendees will learn how to:-

• identify the common causes of workplace conflict
  
  
• identify and better manage the different types of difficult people
  
  
• spot and stop difficult situations before they get out of hand
  
  
• arbitrate effectively between people in conflict
  
  
• recognise and eliminate mobbing behaviour in their lab group
  
  
• develop a more co-operative and motivated lab group

Outcomes

By using the strong leadership strategies that you will learn in the workshop, you will not only be able to better motivate your people, but will also improve the group dynamics. In a well-ordered group, people have the confidence to be innovative and take initiative without overstepping the bounds of their position. A firm hand at the helm ensures the focus of the group remains strongly on their research project and its publication goals.