Leadership programme resources
Below you will find a selection of resources linked to your leadership training programme.
We’ve curated this page to complement your live sessions, providing additional insights as well as a recap of some of the ideas and tools discussed during the course.
If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a line.
Kate Jennings
kate@cambridgeexec.co.uk
Resources relating to your training sessions
Click on the sessions listed below for pre-course work, information, documents and resources relating to each module.
Situational leadership style questionnaire (can be completed by your team, with reference to you as a leader, not themselves.)
Situational leadership style questionnaire with detailed explanation notes.
10 Simple Rules for a Supportive Lab Environment | Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience | MIT Press
Coaching skills – additional reading
Book suggestion: The Coaching Habit (Michael Bungay Stainer) (summary)
Ahead of session 3:
Please complete this questionnaire and have your results hand on the day of the course: https://wp.me/a98kVc-1eR
Additional resources and learning
Use the tabs on the left to find extra resources to help you explore specific issues and ideas in more detail through articles, videos, books and data.
‘Benefits & Challenges of Cultural Diversity’ – a useful summary by Katie Reynolds
Hard data on the benefits of diversity from McKinsey: Why diversity matters | McKinsey
This Forbes article explores the issue of unconscious bias, and its potential impacts on work organisations: How To Work With Unconscious Bias In Your Organization
Numerous studies in a range of contexts have shown a link between manager EI and team performance/decision-making quality, e.g. (Cordier et a. 2011; Angelidis and Ibrahim, 2011). A comprehensive paper by Stubbs Koman and Wolff (2008) describes how high EI managers lead teams with high EI norms (expectations and behaviours associated with reflectiveness, respect, openness, constructive disagreement etc.), and that these teams outperform others in a combination of senior leadership assessments and a range of objective measures.
Google on psychological safety. Useful tips and tools for building psychological safety in your team, including this handy sheet of ‘manager actions‘.
‘Emotional Intelligence has 12 elements – which do you need to work on?’ A seminal idea, outlined by Daniel Goleman
For those who want a deeper dive into research from EI guru Daniel Goleman, this page provides a useful list of papers.
Book suggestion: Emotional Intelligence. Daniel Goleman.
Book suggestion: Atomic Habits. James Clear.
Book suggestion: Chimp Paradox. Professor Steve Peters.
‘Engagement, wellbeing, productivity and performance’ is an article from Saïd Business School outlining the relationship between staff engagement and work performance.
Gallup has done a lot of research on engagement at work. This detailed article outlines key findings: How to Improve Employee Engagement in the Workplace
WorkLab: Hard Data, Compelling Stories, Vital Insights (microsoft.com) – research from Microsoft’s in-house team. Interesting section on hybrid working.
Details of Project Aristotle, Google’s major, data-driven study of what makes a great manager: re:Work – Guide: Identify what makes a great manager
‘2022 EY US Generation Survey’ describes the differences between the work expectations and needs of people of different generations.
How to Manage a Multi-Generational Team This HBR article provides some practical tips for managing across generations.
5 ways to successfully manage a multi-generational workforce. Another perspective overlapping with the above, providing more quick takeaways for inter-generational teams.
‘Managing Scientists’ – a neat and accessible description highlighting the challenges faced by new managers in scientific organisations due to a lack of formal preparation in people-management skills they have received during their education and early career.
This page contains a wealth of information relating to the specific challenges of scientific leadership, and how scientific training can leave skills gaps when it comes to important management skills: Science leadership research.
‘How leaders create and use networks’ by Jerminia Ibarra and Mark Hunter.
‘Managing your Boss’ by J Gabarro and J Kotter; a mini book from Harvard Business Review series. This is a quick read on how to understand and work more effectively with your line manager. The principles apply to other key stakeholders.
Whilst the articles are based on research in the commercial environment, many of the principles apply equally to leadership in scientific research. Further information about the challenges of leadership per se within a scientific environment can be found Research (cambexec.co.uk).
Book suggestion: Never Split the Difference. Chris Voss (former Head of FBI hostage negotiation).
Explore the StrengthsFinder theme definitions
Full list and details of StrengthsFinder’s 34 Strengths & Talents
‘The power of talk: who gets heard and why’ by Deborah Tannen; from Harvard Business Review
‘When women don’t speak‘ by Brittany Karford Rogers; from BYU Magazine
‘Women Find Your Voice’ by Kathryn Heath, Jill Flynn, and Mary Davis Holt; from Harvard Business Review
Book suggestion: ‘Glass Wall‘ by Sue Underman and Kathryn Jacob
Book suggestion: Playing Big by Tara Mohr. About £5 on Kindle. Chapters:
- The Inner Critic
- Communicating with Power
- Leaving Good Student Habits Behind
‘How to take the lead in your career (nature.com)‘ A Nature article discussing leadership in science citing our own Kate Jennings!
Video recap
Kate takes you through a useful model discussed on the course.