Useful career-related books:
Getting to yes & Suddenly in
charge
Leonardo Collado Torres
lcolladotor.github.io
2022-11-16
https://speakerdeck.com/lcolladotor/getting-to-yes-and-suddenly-in-charge
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Inspiration: Getting To Yes, Suddenly in Charge
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Where there's people there's politics
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Negotiation is involved in our work
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics
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Take what you want from what others have experienced and recommend, then
make it yours
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https://theeasywisdom.com/types-of-office-politicians-how-to-deal-with-office-politic
s-with-examples/
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https://www.wikihow.com/Survive-Office-Politics
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Getting To Yes
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“The method”
1. Separate the People from the Problem
2. Focus on Interests, Not Positions
3. Invent Options for Mutual Gain
4. Insist on Using Objective Criteria
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics &
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_history_of_the_world
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Negotiations: what projects to focus on, promotion, what story to tell in a paper
https://www.negotiationacademy.com/negotiation-tactics-techniques/master-negotiat
ion-skills/
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https://lcolladotor.github.io/bioc_team_ds/career-growth.html#.YzGqquzMKX0
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Maturing takes time
https://thesaurus.plus/related/grow/mature
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https://github.com/ropensci/unconf18/issues
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Diversity of options: questions, ideas, specific things to do
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https://github.com/LieberInstitute/retreat_deconvolution_2022_sep/issues
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Suddenly in Charge
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Coordination and communication are not easy!
https://evolvingstrategies.com/program-management-learning-to-manage-up-outwar
d-sideways-and-down/
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As you grow, you’ll have to learn how to manage others
https://www.projectmanager.com/blog/advance-management-career
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I was a manager early on: thought it was a nice opportunity to learn these skills not
offered in traditional academic training. I made plenty of mistakes!
http://lcolladotor.github.io/2018/11/06/a-knot-of-threads-from-cshl-to-lcg-unam-to-
aldo-barrientos-to-diversity-scholarship-opportunities/#.YzGu3OzMKX0
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My mistakes: not having checkpoints before the project was due + telling the
employee to fix it by themselves (I did end up helping after others pointed out my
mistakes) https://www.dirjournal.com/blogs/how-to-delegate-effectively/
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https://symondsresearch.com/delegation-skills-ppt-examples/
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https://symondsresearch.com/delegation-skills-ppt-examples/
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https://www.techtello.com/managing-up/
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https://www.7pace.com/blog/managing-up
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Take what you want from what others have experienced and recommend, then
make it yours
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Suddenly in charge can help you avoid some mistakes and check how you are doing
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https://twitter.com/lcolladotor/status/1292955523537657857 &
https://twitter.com/lcolladotor/status/1560286668745510913