Managing And Leading For Science Professionals. (what I Wish I'd Known While Moving Up The Management Ladder)

Managing and Leading for Science Professionals (What I Wish I’d Known When Moving Up the Management Ladder) Bertrand C. Liang, MD, PhD, MBA AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON NEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO Academic Press is an Imprint of Elsevier Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, UK 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495, USA First edition 2014 Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or ­transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, ­recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone (+44) (0) 1865 843830; fax (+44) (0) 1865 853333; email: [email protected] Alternatively you can submit your request online by visiting the Elsevier web site at http://elsevier.com/locate/permissions, and selecting Obtaining permission to use Elsevier material Notice No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, in particular, independent verification of diagnoses and drug dosages should be made British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress ISBN–13: 978-0-12-416686-8 For information on all Academic Press publications visit our website at books.elsevier.com Printed and bound in the United States 06 07 08 09 10  10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Dedication To my amazing family, whose exploits are as much motivational as they are truly remarkable. A Leadership Prayer Give me the vision to see what is needed; The opportunities to set and meet the right goals; Motivate and encourage, While guiding and directing; And hear what is being said. Help me recognize and shun mediocrity; To keep to the mission at hand; To embrace change and not hold to tradition; And remember that to take no risk Is the biggest risk of them all. Also by