Month: June 2018

Management is about more than just getting the job done!

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By Elisabeth Goodman, 28th June 2018 A manager’s responsibilities involve balancing the individual, the team and the task A manager’s responsibilities cover so much more than just getting the job done!  For scientists, information professionals and others who are new to management, this can be one of the most daunting aspects of making that transition. …

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Defining team norms for high performance teams

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By Elisabeth Goodman, 3rd June 2018 I’ve written a few blogs on the characteristics of high performance teams and how to evaluate them and summarised them in this one on my RiverRhee website (http://riverrhee.com/blog/temperature-checks-or-diagnostics-high-performance-teams). Daniel Goleman et al’s “Teamwork: a primer”, number 11, in his “Building blocks of emotional intelligence” series, provides some additional helpful …

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