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How to Excel at Team Leadership

 
If you’ve just been promoted to a new position as a team leader on a project or you want to develop your leadership skills for the future, knowing how to be a strong presence amongst your colleagues is something that you can take along with you during your entire career. 
The most paramount of management techniques will be based on your ability to lead. Here are a few leadership tips to help you to build expertise within this craft and allow you to excel as a management team leader.
  • Communicate your expectations clearly with your staff members while setting team goals.  
  • Be ambitious, but don’t be aggressive.  
  • Accept opportunities and challenges, but make sure to pass responsibilities on to others so that they have a chance to shine. 
  • Acknowledge your strengths and be willing to admit to your weaknesses. 
  • Never stop asking questions. There is always more to learn and ways to improve. 
  • Display self-confidence, but don’t react defensively if someone gives you negative feedback. Try to seek the positive instead and thank the person. Always be professional. Maturity will take you far. 
  • Hope for the best, expect the worst and nothing will surprise you. Plan ahead for the unexpected. You’ll be more equipped to make confident decisions. 
  • Keep a lid on your stress levels, even when you feel like you have lost control of the situation. When you show certainty that all is well, you’ll inspire others to have confidence in you.
A strong leader needs to open to others opinions and ideas. When your staff feels relaxed when offering suggestions and feel like they are actively involved, they will be more prone to follow your lead in seeking exciting new opportunities to improve the company.

Posted by Ken Dropiewski

Motivate Your Workforce

We all dream of having a self-motivated, highly capable workforce that helps us grow our companies. But often, we create an environment that undermines that goal. You can’t motivate someone who doesn’t want to be motivated. However, you can create the right environment that will set the stage for motivation by giving employees the tools to feel competent in their jobs. Utilize the following tip to motivate your workforce.
Communication
The conversation doesn’t even have to be about work. When an employee knows they’re truly valued and that their boss has a genuine interest in them, they’re much more likely to perform well. Be sure to always listen to what your employees are saying, especially when it is work-related. Carving out some time each day to listen to anything from concerns to ideas will not only make your employees happy, it will also provide you with much-needed insight on your business from the people who help keep it running.
Empowerment
Nothing is more frustrating to an employee than enforcing rules and following procedures without the ability to make changes or decisions when necessary. Allow your employees to make their own choices. Let them have a say in how things get done and what the outcome is expected to be. Then let them choose the ways and methods to get the desired results. Supporting new ideas and giving an individual the chance to ‘run with it’ is motivating, whether or not it works out in the end.
Recognition
One of the best ways to lay the groundwork for future motivation is to acknowledge and reward successes. Recognizing your employees’ individual efforts is important, but you need to be certain that nobody feels left out. You should take the time to let your team know that they are doing good work as a unit, and show that you appreciate their efforts. Taking just a few minutes out of your day to praise your employees for good teamwork can motivate them to work much harder. Of course, if you feel there is room for improvement, that’s okay, too. Just be honest with your employees about the work that still needs to be done.
Set an example
You can’t expect your employees to do anything that you would not do. Ask yourself if the expectations that you set for your employees are comparable to the expectations that you would set for yourself. Also, show your employees that you can be flexible. Things don’t always happen as planned. Yet, when employees see that you are open to going with the flow every once in a while, tensions ease up and productivity remains constant. Lead by example whenever possible.
In addition, don’t be afraid to ask for feedback. You can get great insight into how to motivate your employees if you know how they feel about their work and the workplace. By following these simple guidelines you’ll motivate your workforce and improve the efficiency of your business.

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Using Social Media as a Recruiting Tool

There are millions of people on social networking sites. Because of this, social media is quickly becoming a valuable source for companies to locate potential employees. Social recruiting is a simple, yet effective way to actively engage with others and find exceptional talent for your company.
Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin provide unlimited access to well qualified individuals who have posted their experience and talents. Pay attention to which site delivers the best results. It also lets people see what your expectations are within your organization. There are many benefits involved when choosing to implement social media in the recruiting process.
  • The ability to reach candidates free means more job postings are being viewed by a larger amount of job seekers, including people who are not actively looking for a new position.
  • Using social media lets employers identify candidates that are a potential fit for the company.
  • Social media is a great environment for referrals, increasing your chances of finding candidates that excel in your space.
  • Social media recruiting is a cost effective way of spreading information on a critical role across your network in an instant.
Implementing this method of recruiting doesn’t follow the same rules as the old fashioned job posting of days past. No more stacks of resumes and missed phone calls. Connecting with others and building relationships with like minded individuals is the key to opening future opportunities. You can build a huge pool of talented people who are exhilarated and ready to come to work.

Posted by Ken Dropiewski

How to be an Effective Manager

Being a manager is a never ending learning experience and a position with continuously expanding responsibilities. They are in charge of creating an environment that promotes teamwork, while also running a thriving business on the front lines.
Yet the most important thing that an effective manager does is gain their teammate’s confidence, trust and loyalty. These attributes are based on principles such as open communication, rewarding opportunities and motivation. Excellent management can improve overall morale amongst co-workers, all the while supporting the team, knowing how to engage with a varied mix of personalities and handling stressful situations with ease.
Here are five ways to help you to become an effective manager.
  • Be true to your word. Be committed to constructing an excellent reputation for yourself by listening carefully and taking care of your employees needs efficiently. Keep an open dialogue and be sincerely interested in your employees concerns.
  • Make sure to give constructive feedback, while not focusing on the negative, but instead on the employee’s specific strengths.
  • Actively engage with your employees and get to know them. After all, we all have lives outside of the workplace.
  • Keep your team centered on their goals. Always be accessible and work alongside them when you are needed in order to get the job done. Try not to micromanage, but instead let them have some freedom while still making yourself available for any advice that they might require.
  • Present solutions to your employees problems that are designed to empower them and promote their success, instead of pointing out their flaws.
By utilizing these suggestions, you will find yourself building stronger relationships that are full of mutual respect with your associates and enjoying your job that much more.

Posted by Ken Dropiewski

The Future of Biotech

Biotech has been in practice to some degree for thousands of years, from ancient agriculture to early brewing, spanning centuries in between. The industry itself began merely decades ago, but technological advances have provided opportunities for our societies to grow, and the study and implementation of biotechnology is no exception. Public and private companies continue to support the research and advancement of biotech tools and products for food, medicine, and more.

Pharmacogenomics is a newer field of study in biotechnology and pharmacology, which “seeks to determine how a patient’s genetic profile affects his/her responses to particular medicines,” according to Amgen, a leader of biotech research. This will lead to a better understanding of the effects of test drugs in patients, based on genetic factors and abnormalities.

Relatedly, biomedicine is growing in leaps and bounds. Biologic medicines for over 250 diseases and 300 cancer-related conditions are currently in production reports the Biotechnology Industry Organization. More than 200 biomedicines have already been approved in recent years, and the industry continues to research treatments for terrible issues like cancer, Alzheimer’s, and AIDS.

Following national trends towards sustainable development, biotechnological research through BIO and other organizations is being used “to slow the use of nonrenewable resources, such as oil and mineral ores, to allow time for substitutes to be found and to avoid using renewable resources, such as water, soil and trees, faster than they are replenished.” The use of biofuels and agricultural biotech are aimed at working towards a more self-sustaining society through science.

In what many might consider a page from a science fiction novel, DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office is claiming research towards artificial intelligence, robotic aircrafts, and more “programs [that] operate across a wide range of scales, from individual cells to complex biological systems including mammalian and non-mammalian organisms and the macro- and micro-environments in which they operate.”

Biotechnology is leading the future across all fields of humanity. Keep up to date with the newest innovations and advancing applications and the experts in the fields. The future is within our reach.

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