iSRA Research Leadership Intensive - Program

Program Objective

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.

Program Description

The Research Leadership Intensive will occur over a six-week period, January 18 - February 27, 2023. This interactive six-week 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
Effective Communication and Emotional Intelligence
Leadership Strategies for Reducing Conflict
Leading a Research Office – Communication / Culture / Cooperation
Team Building and Leadership
Effective Delegation
Reflections on Leading a Remote Workforce
Decision Making/Managing Up/Using Influence
Leading and Managing Change
Implementing Research Strategy and Data Driven Research Performance
Risk Assessment and Management
Succession Planning

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.

Intended Audience

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.

Program Instructors


Mark Hochman, PhD Director, Research Management Resources Pty Ltd.	Debra Schaller-Demers, MSOM Vice President, Research Outreach and Compliance Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center