Some Lessons I've Learned on Leadership and Influence During My Career

• Activity Number: 17 - Communication and Collaboration: Greatest Hits from CSP!
• Type: Topic Contributed
• Date/Time: Sunday, July 30, 2017 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
• Sponsor: Conference on Statistical Practice Steering Committee
• Author(s): Nathaniel Schenker*
• Companies: Retired
• Keywords: Collaboration ; Management ; Professional service ; Teaching

Abstract

In this talk, I will review the challenges, keys to success, and rewards in four case studies from different situations in my career: (1) Collaborating, at the National Center for Health Statistics, to multiply impute for missing income items in the National Health Interview Survey; (2) A foray into management as Director of NCHS's Division of Research and Methodology; (3) Establishing the ASA's Conference on Statistical Practice as a Vice President of the ASA; and (4) Teaching introductory biostatistics as a faculty member at UCLA. The talk will conclude with a summary of several lessons learned regarding leadership and influence.