Leadership Development

[amymata]

Hi-

I'm curious how others are working to develop future lab leaders or even current leaders? If this is not something that is high priority for your institution, would you ever consider bringing in an outside consultant to help with leadership initiatives? 

Thanks!

Amy

[jshepherd]

My organization has a Leadership Development program, which can provide very basic info for people wanting to move into leadership roles. As for lab leadership, I would recommend that people see what AABB has to offer. There are subsections and committees, one of which is the Leadership and Administrative section, and I am the chair of that section. We have a great group of members, and anyone who is an AABB member can join. We discuss and present on many leadership topics, and it's great to be able to bounce ideas off peers.