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Pfizer’s Straight Talk on Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

Pfizer, the multinational pharmaceutical giant, has become increasingly intentional about shaping its culture. You can see evidence of Pfizer’s commitment in Ian Read’s letter to stakeholders the year after he became CEO: In 2011, we thoroughly explored what our culture is and how it needs to evolve.

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Adding Too Much Value

Marshall Goldsmith

Garnier, former CEO of the large pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmith Kline, “What did you learn from me when I was your executive coach that helped you the most as a leader?” I asked J.P, “What did you learn about leadership as the CEO?” He was also selected as the World’s Most Influential Leadership Thinker in 2011.

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3 Ways to Confront Economic Adversity in 2011

Coaching Tip

Al Weatherhead is the author of The Power Of Adversity and chairman and CEO of Weatherchem, a private manufacturer of plastic closures for food, spice, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products. Please visit www.powerofadversity.net or www.weatherchem.com for more information.

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How Meditation Benefits CEOs

Harvard Business Review

It’s no surprise, then, that the popularity of meditation – one way to practice mindfulness – is also growing among CEOs and senior executives. Because there’s something to meditation that appears to benefit CEOs more than recreation or relaxation do alone. Doty, an early investor, became the CEO.

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The State of Strategy Consulting, 2011

Harvard Business Review

Undertakings with $20 million price tags such as the post-merger integration of a giant pharmaceutical client and its equally humongous acquisition. Or, sometimes related, they have a new CEO with a mandate to shake things up and make her mark. The most intense competition between consulting firms is for "whale" engagements.

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Big Pharma's Mixed Modes of Growth

Harvard Business Review

In March 2012, for example, Chris Viehbacher, CEO of Sanofi-Aventis, told an audience at the CED Life Sciences Conference that "the best people who have great ideas in science don't want to work for a big company. Members of the PhRMA spent almost $50 billion on R&D in 2011, maintaining a peak that they reached in 2008.

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Why The Best Hospitals Are Managed by Doctors

Harvard Business Review

The CEOs of both — John Noseworthy and Delos “Toby” Cosgrove — are highly skilled physicians. A study published in 2011 examined CEOs in the top-100 best hospitals in USNWR in three key medical specialties: cancer, digestive disorders, and cardiovascular care. Cleveland Clinic comes in second.