Dealing with Difficult Situations
From Hacking Academia by Michael
April 29, 2026 · 9 min · Season 3 · Episode 4
About this episode
The episode discusses the challenges of dealing with difficult professional situations in academia and the learning curve associated with increased leadership responsibilities.
🤯 A somewhat less cheerful but oh-so-important topic to cover in #HackingAcademia: dealing with Difficult Situations! I'm always happy when I'm learning, and as I've stepped up in leadership responsibilities these last few years especially, a natural consequence has been having to deal with an increased number of challenging professional situations. It's been a tough learning curve - much harder than technical research or giving a talk in many ways - with plenty of missteps along the way. B...
People in this episode
Host: Michael
Topics covered
- leadership
- professional challenges
- learning
- difficult situations
- career development
Keywords
- difficult situations
- leadership
- professional challenges
- learning curve
- career development
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