Tools for Laboratory Management

In this episode of “Lab Medicine Rounds,” Justin Kreuter, M.D., speaks with Robert Michel, editor-in-chief of The Dark Report, an intelligence service and publication that provides economic and strategic assessment of the clinical laboratory industry, to provide useful tools for laboratory management.

0:00 Introduction
00:37 Why are laboratory management skills important for lab professionals and pathologists?
2:02 What are some of the lab management principles that you see lab professionals struggle with the most?
6:31 Continuing education in business, leadership, and management principles
8:57 Ways to move up the professional ladder
11:42 Cultivating young professionals within the community
12:17 Common pitfalls when people are trying to take steps to develop their career
17:11 Facets of leadership and management to reflect on
22:23 Toastmasters
23:57 Outro