Today, I located an excellent article on business acumen, interpersonal skills, and behavioral attributes needed to be successful in any professional endeavor, especially in the private sector. It is so good that I wanted to share it with the forum. It deals with a wide range of topics that might be helpful to those trying to make a transition to industry. It focusses on the soft skills and issues related to fit (i.e. working well with others in a productive manner). Many of these topics have been discussed routinely on this forum.
This article was written by one of the most successful hedge fund managers in the country. It is his firm's mission statement on hiring and his general management principals. Even though it comes from a different industry, I think the principals would apply to the biotech industry and this forum. It is a practical "real world" approach to fostering a productive team and implementing the right culture at any organization. Further, the article takes a no-nonsense approach to these topics and is written by a manager not an academic or an organizational psychologist.
It is so good that I think forum members in academia trying to make the transition to the private sector can apply these principals and with networking can easily find the industry job they truly want. Probably w/o an internship or a contingency position.
DX and Dave---you will loved this article! It might spur some ideas.
http://www.bwater.com/Uploads/FileManag ... ciples.pdf