This workshop's aim was to develop organizational networks to help achieve best practices in management & leadership of forest research, & foster learning toward that goal through organizational benchmarking. Papers: benchmarking: a strategic overview of a key management tool; establishing & agreeing on research priorities; setting & measuring team goals & objectives for improved management of forestry research; managing the human resource; communicating research results; partnerships for optimizing organizational flexibility; intellectual property implications for forestry research managers; continuous improvement in managing R&D; & performance management: people, productivity, & careers.