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EPISODE · Jun 10, 2025 · 21 MIN

273: [Leadership Series] Becoming a Manager is Inevitable

from Academic Writing Amplified · host Cathy Mazak, PhD

Do you cringe at the idea of being a manager in academia? You're not alone, but it's time for a mindset shift.  In this new podcast series on leadership in academia, I'm making the case that becoming a manager isn't just likely -- it's inevitable. In fact, it's a sign that your academic career is growing, your influence is expanding, and your work is making an impact. In this first episode, I'm laying the groundwork for the series by diving into why academic leadership must include management—and why that's a good thing. Whether you've just landed your tenure-track role or you're directing a major research center, you're already managing people, even if it doesn't feel like it. If you are a professor seeking to grow as a scholar, leader, and mentor, this series is for you. Tune in to shift your perspective on leadership in academia. For full show notes visit scholarsvoice.org/podcast. We've opened the waitlist for our next cohort of Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap®. Check out the program details and get on the waitlist here.   CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION: Our 12-week Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap® program helps tenure-track womxn and nonbinary professors to publish their backlog of papers so that their voice can have the impact they know is possible. Get on the waitlist here! Cathy's book, Making Time to Write: How to Resist the Patriarchy and Take Control of Your Academic Career Through Writing is available in print! Learn how to build your career around your writing practice while shattering the myths of writing every day, accountability, and motivation, doing mindset work that's going to reshape your writing,and changing academic culture one womxn and nonbinary professor at a time. Get your print copy today or order it for a friend here! If you would like to hear more from Cathy for free, please subscribe to the weekly newsletter, In the Pipeline, at scholarsvoice.org. It's a newsletter that she personally writes that goes out once a week with writing and publication tips, strategies, inspiration, book reviews and more.   CONNECT WITH ME:  LinkedIn Facebook YouTube

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