Navigating Your Path
Are you a leader in the clinical laboratory and diagnostics space struggling with your role? Do you feel uncertain about your non-technical responsibilities, such as personnel management, effective communication, team building, connecting with your boss, or climbing the promotion ladder?
Whether you are new to your role or have been doing it for years, this podcast will help you see that you are not alone in these struggles. Through shared experiences of your host, and his conversations with recognized and respected leaders in our field, you’ll hear about the challenges each has faced as they navigated their own paths. You’ll also gain insight from the approaches they’ve taken to learn from and overcome their challenges. While everyone’s specific experiences and unique paths differ, the perspectives provided in each episode will educate and inspire you to identify and navigate your unique path, discovering, cultivating, and strengthening the authentic leader within you.
What you’ll gain by listening:
Community knowing that you are not alone in your experiences or feelings
Encouragement and wisdom from others’ experiences and perspectives
Strength to learn and grow to become a more confident leader
Security from the increased balance between your professional and personal lives
About your host:
Duane Newton, PhD, is an accomplished board-certified clinical microbiologist whose more than 20 years as a laboratory director in public health and academic medical centers have equipped him with deep leadership and mentoring experience. Building on this foundation of guiding teams and fostering growth in complex scientific environments, Duane now channels his expertise into career development coaching through DWN Consulting, which he founded in 2023. He is deeply committed to empowering individuals in the scientific and clinical fields as they discover and navigate their unique professional and personal paths.
Want to share your story? Email Duane to become a guest!
duane@navigatingyourpathpodcast.site
Navigating Your Path
Welcome to Navigating Your Path
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This is a brief trailer describing the podcast and introducing your host.
Email me: duane@navigatingyourpath.site
Podcast Website: www.navigatingyourpath.site
YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/@NavigatingYourPath
Coaching Website: www.dwnconsult.com
Are you a leader in the clinical laboratory or diagnostic field? If so, undoubtedly you received excellent technical and scientific training, but you might find yourself wishing you'd been taught the skills you truly needed to navigate your role skills like managing people, or communicating effectively, or even advancing in your career. If any of this resonates with you, then you've found the right podcast. Welcome to Navigating Your Path. I'm your host, Duane Newton. I'm a former clinical microbiology lab director, turned professional development coach and podcaster. Each episode of Navigating Your Path features insights and real world stories from me and fellow leaders in our field, sharing how we've overcome the challenges we've also faced beyond our technical roles. Not only will you gain practical guidance, but more importantly, you'll feel a sense of community knowing that you're not alone in your struggles. This, I hope, will help you build confidence as you uncover and strengthen your own authentic leadership style. No matter where you are on your professional or personal journeys, the conversations we'll have will inspire and equip you to discover and strengthen your own unique path. Follow or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts so you don't miss the launch. I'm really looking forward to having you be a part of the Navigating Your Path community.