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"Try It" - The Scientific Leadership Newsletter

This newsletter is for leaders and emerging leaders who want to increase their impact at work.

It's particularly applicable if you have a scientific or technical background which - even when you haven't been in the lab for years! - still shapes how you see the world.

I’m Rachel Kindt, PhD, former biotech executive, now leadership coach and writer.  My intention for the newsletter is to share the same type of guidance that I provide to my coaching clients.

Twice a month, you will receive new insights and practice to:

  • Hone your leadership self-awareness

  • Enhance how you navigate through your work environment

  • As as result, you can be in the world more fully and take action more effectively.

I’m super practical, and will always boil down the topic and the "why" of the topic into something tangible you can try in the following weeks. These “assignments” don't take any real time; they can be done in the background of your usual day.

And by trying - experimenting - you will be learning about yourself and developing new leadership “muscles."

Try it today!

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Recent "Try It" newsletters:

What I Learned about Making Unapologetic Requests

How to Stay Clear and Capable in Tense Moments

What Helps You Show Up at Your Best?

The Difference Between Being Prepared and Being Ready

Can You Be Serious and Still Have Fun?

Work Isn’t a Test

I Didn’t Hit Send

I Had a Different Plan

Let’s Talk About Power

When Did Failure Become Personal?

The Weather Isn’t the Problem

What I Learned From Other People’s Leadership Journeys

A New Gear for the New Year

I’m Still Digesting The Year.

Why It’s So Hard to Be Direct at Work

The Imaginary Bell Every Leader Should Listen For

What I Didn’t Know About Leadership Until a Horse Showed Me

What To Do When You Feel Left Out at Work

How to Stay Afloat When You’re Out of Your Comfort Zone

The Surprising Career Risk of Staying Too Quiet

Why Not Taking Action Feels Safer, and How to Change That

What a Wrong Turn Taught Me About Being Open to New Ideas

How to Free Up Time and Focus by Choosing the Balls You Drop

Moving Is Hard. Here’s What It’s Teaching Me About Leading.

What a Blender Taught Me about Process Glitches, Perfectionism and Moving On

Your Favorite Scientific Leadership Stories of the Year (and What I’ve Learned Telling Them)

The Unexpected Challenges of Change, and What to Do About Them

How to Respond to the Unexpected at Work

The 5 Sneaky Habits that Mess with Your Leadership Game, and How to Shift Them

How Letting Go of “Should” Makes You a Stronger Leader

How to Have (and Get the Courage to Have) Difficult Conversations

How to Win Over the Coworker You Can’t Stand (And Why You Should)

What I Learned About Effective Communication While Preparing This Announcement

How These Often Overlooked Relationships Can Increase Your Leadership Impact

How to Value Your Own Work (Even When It Feels Imperfect)

Why Persuading Others is a Long Game, and How to Play It

How the Holiday Family Gathering Showed Me a Crucially Different Leadership Perspective

How to Diminish Your Dread of Self-Promotion

How to Ask Your Manager for (Almost) Anything

How to (Re-) Learn the Art of Taking Care of Yourself

The Force of Nature We’ve Forgotten, and How to Use It Again

How to Give a Great Answer Even When You’re Nervous

Why We Are All Salespeople, and That’s OK (or Even Good)

What I Learned When the Q&A Took An Unexpected Turn

What I Learned This Week by Examining my Own Beliefs

How to Say Yes in a Way that Maintains Balance & Engagement

What I Learned from an EV Road Trip about Dealing with Uncertainty

This Surprising Behavior Helped me Lead my Team to Accomplish its Goals

How Practice Makes Growth (& The Top 4 Scientific Leadership Ideas of the Year)

Here’s How To Overcome Uncertainty & Get Your Message Out When & Where It’s Needed

How a Leader Moves from Idea to Implementation

Here’s How to Approach This Often Overlooked Leadership Factor

How Experimenting in a Foreign Language Taught Me Intelligent Risk-Taking

How Leaders Communicate to Get Things Done and Make an Impact

Why Behave Like There’s All The Time in the World, Even When There’s Not

Why Leaders Should Explain the Why

How Leaders Can Let Go a Little to Accomplish a Lot

How a Powerful Question Can Get You Unstuck

What Effective Leaders Always Do Before Responding to a Challenge

The Surprising Decision Factor that Launched a Career, and How You Can Use It Too

Why Personal Growth is Too Important to be Left to Chance

Why the “Golden Rule” Isn’t Great for Effective Communication

How Knowing What You DON’T Like Can Be a Powerful Driver of Change

Are You Showing Up as Your “Stress Self” or Your Best Self Today?

What I Learned About Leading Courageously When a Trip Took an Unexpected Turn

What a Science Fiction Novel Taught Me About Leadership Communication

The Shift from Expert to Leader: What a Modern-Day Fable Teaches Us

The World Doesn’t Need Another Leadership Model (But I Made One Anyway)

What Delights You at Work? (And Why It Matters)

Why Managing Your Manager Is a Career Superpower

When Leaders Should Tell Instead of Show

How Leaders Can Leverage the Difference Between “Showing” and “Telling”

Leader, Are You Aware of the Difference Between Knowing and Noticing?

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