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An executive career coach and former headhunter reports that senior corporate leaders routinely conceal networking, mentoring, panel speaking and professional visibility efforts, scheduling them outside work hours or on days their boss is away. The coach argues these activities actually improve leaders' effectiveness and benefit their teams, not just their individual careers.
A biochemistry graduate student wrote to Nature seeking guidance on leaving a lab led by a prominent but largely absent adviser, citing stalled research progress and lack of mentorship. Nature consulted current and former graduate students, ombudspersons, academic administrators and a PhD career counselor from multiple research institutions to outline how students can responsibly transition between labs mid-PhD.
IEEE is launching its inaugural International Leadership Conference on October 3-4 in Budapest, aimed at helping senior technical professionals transition into leadership roles. The event centers on the concept of 'legacy leadership,' which redefines success as mentoring others and transferring knowledge rather than personal technical achievement. Registration for the conference is currently open.