The Critical Role of Communication for Leadership and Career Growth

Abstract Number:

1312 

Submission Type:

Invited Panel Session 

Participants:

Umut Ozbek (1), Cynthia Bland (2), Elizabeth Mannshardt (3), Sally Morton (4), Scott Clark (5), Umut Ozbek (1)

Institutions:

(1) N/A, N/A, (2) RTI International, N/A, (3) National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, N/A, (4) Arizona State University, N/A, (5) Eli Lilly and Company, N/A

Chair:

Umut Ozbek  
N/A

Panelist(s):

Cynthia Bland  
RTI International
Elizabeth Mannshardt  
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
Sally Morton  
Arizona State University
Scott Clark  
Eli Lilly and Company

Session Organizer:

Umut Ozbek  
N/A

Session Description:

Effective communication is one of the key elements for good leadership. For statistical and data science leaders, communicating with non-scientific audience, such as policy makers, business leaders, the media, or the general public, can be challenging as subtleties around inference, bias, and other statistical features may not be well understood. Similarly, statistical practitioners also need clever communication even to the scientific community or fellow statisticians in conveying the value of their technical work. Informing, influencing, and guiding decision makers regarding policy issues through inference, recognizing bias, characterizing uncertainty would lead to improvements in the field and counter misinformation. In this session, we will build on fostering career growth through leadership. With statistician leaders from academia, government, and industry, we will discuss the role of emotional intelligence and business acumen in effective communication, the use of organizational psychology, and communicating across generations.

Alison Motsinger-Reif from NIH will join the panel proposed

Sponsors:

Caucus for Women in Statistics 2
Committee on Career Development 3
Committee on Women in Statistics 1

Theme: Statistics and Data Science: Informing Policy and Countering Misinformation

Yes

Applied

Yes

Estimated Audience Size

Medium (80-150)

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