Fall 2023 Update:

Read our latest (provocative?) opinion piece: “Why you shouldn’t hire the best scientist” .

Spring 2023 Update:

Our “Management Skills for Scientists” workshop series is now available in a version specifically tailored for scientists in industry, biotech or pharmaceutical organizations. Read about our newest workshop series here.

Science Management Associates is pleased to announce the resumption of on-site workshop delivery for all of our workshops. Contact us to inquire about scheduling workshops for your organization. Our workshops also continue to be available to be run online via the Zoom meetings app. Read about our Zoom workshops here or contact us for more details.

"(Dr. Carl M. Cohen) qualifies as the de facto godfather of teaching EI (emotional intelligence) to scientists." F. Key Kidder, writing in the Sept. 2016 issue of  "Lab Manager" magazine. Read the full article "For Managers, Emotional Intelligence Trumps IQ" here

HR and Learning & Development professionals:

Are your scientists tired of being trained by outside consultants who have no understanding of science and how it is done? Look no further.

News: read a review of the "Leadership in Bioscience" workshop run by Carl and Suzanne Cohen at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in March 2017, written by a workshop participant, here.

Workshops

We run workshops that enable scientists to become better collaborators, managers and leaders. Our workshops focus on helping scientists improve their emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills. All of our workshops are available for on-site delivery or online via Zoom.

"Management Skills for Scientists": Our Most Popular four-part Workshop Sequence

Essential Skills for Science Managers and Leaders

This two-day sequence is ideal for organizations seeking to bring their scientists "up to speed" in the core skills needed to manage a research lab and to effectively lead scientific project teams. Participants will learn how to navigate difficult conversations, how to run productive meetings, how to interview and hire the best team members and how to ensure that they stay focused and on track. The workshop can be customized to reflect a basic research (or academic) environment, or an applied (or pharma, biotech, private sector) environment.   This two day series can be offered as two  days in a row or with a gap of days or weeks in between. 

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Difficult conversations in the research workplace

A workshop for scientists, researchers and research managers

So much of what takes place every day in the lab or in science team meetings involves resolving differences of opinion or accommodating multiple viewpoints in complex scientific discussions. Often such discussions engender strong emotions, leading the participants to engage in counterproductive behaviors. At times the scientific discussion can get de-railed by emotion laden interchanges, and projects can be hampered or even halted.

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Leading scientific team and project meetings

A workshop for science and research managers, team leaders and executives

When team or project meetings are run well they can be an invaluable tool for communicating information and making decisions in the science workplace. When run poorly they can be a source of frustration. In this solution-focused half day workshop you will learn and practice the key elements of running productive and interactive team or project meetings in the science workplace.

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Carl M. Cohen, PhD

President of Science Management Associates

Dr. Carl M. Cohen has over 30 years of biomedical research and management expertise in both the public and private sectors. 

Suzanne L. Cohen, Ed.D.

Partner, Science Management Associates

Dr Suzanne L. Cohen is a licensed psychologist with expertise in both individual psychology and group dynamics.

Lab Dynamics: Management and Leadership Skills for Scientists, third edition.

We've recently published the third, revised and expanded edition of Lab Dynamics, the premier guide to management and leadership skills for scientists. Read more about what’s new in Lab Dynamics here.

Get the book here

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