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AMSTATNEWS the Membership Magazine of the American Statistical Association • MAY 2018 • Issue #491 AMSTATNEWS The Membership Magazine of the American Statistical Association • http://magazine.amstat.org JOIN US IN VANCOUVER ! Highlights of the JSM 2018 Program ALSO: 2017–2018 Academic Salary Survey Early-Career Statistician Offers Language, Tools for Establishing Influence WHAT’S GOING ON IN THIS GRAPH What’s Going On in This Graph? is a new monthly activity from the ASA and The New York Times. Students will answer the following questions: • What do you notice? WHO: Grades 7–12 math,? English, and social • What do you wonder? studies students • What’s the story this graph is telling? 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In any era, she was remarkably well trained as a statistician, member news experimental psychologist, and licensed 40 People News clinical psychologist, but particularly so at 41 Section • Chapter • Committee News a time when women were not as active in academia as they are today. http://magazine. 45 Professional Opportunities amstat.org Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/AmstatNews Join the ASA Community http://community.amstat.org Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/AmstatNews Follow us on Instagram www.instagram.com/AmstatNews 2 amstat news may 2018 president's corner Leading Outside Our Comfort Zone his month, I want you to At Lilly, we developed a meet Aarti Shah, another leadership program personalized impressive member of the for statisticians in partnership with our leadership training TLeadership Institute Steering Committee. If you are reading the organization and, over the years, President’s Corner because you are I have seen so many statisticians interested in leadership, then you benefit from this program. Today’s may already know Aarti or have corporations need quantitative heard of her, because she has been decision-makers and leaders who a strong advocate of leadership can bring immense business and Jon Gardiner by Photo UNC-Chapel Hill training for many years and pio- customer value, and I truly believe Lisa LaVange neered on-the-job training. statisticians are well-equipped for Aarti directed the statistical and these roles if they take the time analytics group at Eli Lilly, where to invest in and develop their she was instrumental in develop- leadership skills. ing a comprehensive leadership training program for her staff. I Aarti Shah With the ASA providing a remember walking past the Lilly Photo courtesy of Eli Lilly & Company reception at JSM shortly after I breadth of leadership offerings, I joined the FDA, and although roles beyond statistics. Her own hope many of you will take the I could not attend the reception career is an example of doing just opportunity and make the time as an FDA employee (conflict of that. I asked Aarti to share a few to invest in yourself and always interest), I was able to watch the thoughts, and here is what she had be a student of leadership. slide show about the program from to say: the doorway. I was so impressed. The institute’s master plan For a company to invest that much I am thrilled to see one of the involves offering training oppor- in developing their own staff’s presidential initiatives focused tunities at the pre-career, early- to leadership capabilities was truly on leadership development and mid-career, and mid- to late- marvelous to see! customized for the various stages career stages.
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