Towards Scientific Leadership

Personal Development Advice for Young Academics

J. W. (Hans) Niemantsverdriet, Jan-Karel Felderhof

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9783111325873
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business Communication
• Index: Business

Modern Science and R&D critically rely on teamwork. This completely revised and expanded book "Towards Scientific Leadership" offers a unique approach to helping young professionals transition from productive team members to effective team leaders. The authors provide innovative ideas and strategies for leadership development, setting the book apart from others in the field.

The basis of being a successful leader is authentic self-leadership – essential for all who want to control their own life. People who know themselves and realise what it takes to be productive and deliver results also understand how to lead others and inspire them to perform naturally and undertake initiatives. For scientists, who like to focus on knowledge and insight and how to transfer it to others, self-leadership is key to creating value and adopting it in practice. The book explains how to become a successful (self)leader, not with tricks, but with an inspiring vision and mission, the correct mindset, and effective teamwork.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• 1 Creating success in your own scientific world
• 2 Leading yourself and others in research
• 3 Presenting science: publications, talks, posters, and some ideas on conferences
• 4 Management skills for researchers
• 5 Planning the road to the future: strategy and comprehensive plans
• 6 Understanding how to build successful teams: creating synergy between people who trust each other
• 7 On the road to scientific (self)-leadership
• 8 Implementation of self-leadership and the 3B-6T-9E enhancement philosophy in organizations
• Worksheets
• Index