Research Leadership Intensive

Program Overview

July 15 to July 17, 2019
Intercontinental New York Times Square
New York, NY

Research, technology, and innovation are becoming ever more complex. Success requires vision and focused research management leadership. Strong managers bring order and consistency into complexity but forging ahead in a competitive environment requires strong leaders who understand themselves, their teams, and their environment. These leaders can enact and implement change. Strong and effective leaders are comfortable with complexity and ambiguity and have the right blend of being people-focused and outcomes driven! 

Course Description

This interactive three-day training program is designed to explore theory, skills, strategies, and best/proven practices for leading successfully in a research management environment. 

Learning Objectives

  • To incorporate leadership theory, skill-building, strategy, and proven practices into a research management frame
  • To assess our development as leaders in the research management marketplace

Topics Include:

  • Leadership Theories, Styles, and Qualities
  • Leading a Research Office – Communication / Culture / Cooperation
  • Effective Communication and Emotional Intelligence
  • Team Building and Leadership
  • Leadership Strategies for Reducing Conflict
  • Effective Delegation
  • Managing Up/Using Influence
  • Leading Change
  • Implementing Research Strategy
  • Risk Assessment and Management
  • Assessing Research Performance
  • Succession Planning

Who Should Attend

  • Research management professionals with some degree of supervisory oversight for people and/or programs (e.g., Managers, Directors, VPs)  in any aspect of research administration: Pre-award, Post-award, Compliance, Conflict of Interest, Technology Transfer, Human Research Protections, Animal Welfare, Research Misconduct, Internal Audit, Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR), etc.

Expected Outcomes

  • Participants will critically examine their own skill level and performance, while exploring expectations for appropriate and responsible leadership and the potential consequences for a failure of meeting standards in these areas.
  • Participants will have the opportunity to share ideas and experiences as we develop effective practices, strategies, and tools to bring back to our respective institutions.

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Speakers

Mark Hochman, PhD
Director
Research Management Resources Pty Ltd.

Debra Schaller-Demers, MSOM
Senior Director, Research Outreach and Compliance
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center