Life Science Leadership

Leadership to develop a High Performing Life Science Organisation
Category: Insights Life Science Leadership

We have worked with many life science companies who were seeking to professionalise their operations. In prior years they may […]

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Galvanising a Pharma leadership team
Category: Insights Life Science Leadership

There is plenty of great knowledge out there about the phases of team formation , key dysfunctions of teams (Patrick Lencioni’s famous […]

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What can we learn from King Alfred about change leadership?
Category: Insights Life Science Leadership

Would you believe that you could learn about transformational change leadership from a Netflix series? No? Well, frankly I am […]

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Changing the role of Pharma Marketing Execs
Category: Insights Life Science Leadership

Our job roles usually evolve over time. But on occasion, a company will reflect on changes in the external world and realise that a […]

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Changing the Mindset of a Pharma IT Unit
Category: Insights Life Science Leadership

Leadership teams frequently aspire to change the ‘mindset’ of their units. They link the degree of productivity, customer responsiveness, urgency to achieve – with (quite rightly) an enthusiastic self-starting, engaged attitude […]

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Making Project Management work in a CMO
Category: Insights Life Science Leadership

A mid-sized contract manufacturing organisation, based in the UK, was doing okay. It had some lucrative, high-tech contracts with big Pharmas, […]

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Transforming a Pharma Sales Team’s performance
Category: Insights Life Science Leadership

UK Pharma firms that are selling into the primary care market will typically field sales teams in each region. Marketing and sales management […]

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From Conflict to Opportunity 1 – why does conflict occur and why it’s important to understand this
Category: Insights Life Science Leadership Working effectively in Partnerships and Alliances

This is a series of articles about managing conflict, specifically in partnerships and alliances, but the principles apply to any […]

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Managing performance without direct authority
Category: Life Science Leadership

This is a video of a webinar given in the run-in to the European Partnerships in Clinical Trials conference. It […]

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Mobile Leadership 1 – why is it so important?
Category: Insights Life Science Leadership Project and Portfolio management

A key to success for life science in the coming decade When someone in the life science sector has reached […]

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Mobile leadership 2 – what is the mindset?
Category: Insights Life Science Leadership Project and Portfolio management

What needs to change in our heads for us to be able to lead cross functional teams effectively? Sometimes we […]

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Mobile leadership 3 – what are the skills to develop commitment and trust?
Category: Insights Life Science Leadership Project and Portfolio management

How can a leader build commitment in a cross functional team? Leaders may come into this position having a strong […]

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Mobile leadership 4 – developing the skills
Category: Life Science Leadership Project and Portfolio management

Cross functional leaders who have up to now worked in expert functions, are accustomed to learning more about their specialism […]

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Mobile leadership 5 – who is your customer?
Category: Life Science Leadership Project and Portfolio management

It is common to find that teams do not analyse their internal customers/stakeholders, which can lead to a confusion in […]

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Teambuilding without travel
Category: Insights Life Science Leadership

As of mid 2020 the business world is communicating remotely. But can you run a team building event in this […]

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Mobile leadership 6 – seeking sponsorship
Category: Life Science Leadership Project and Portfolio management

There are practical ways to develop this sort of leadership mindset and skills, but internal project office / L&D people […]

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