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Getting at the Heart of Leadership

You're Not the Boss of Me

I wrote this post in September, 2011. They have a strategy and goals. Ms Ingraham worked as an Administrative Assistant for a pharmaceutical company in New Jersey. It was inspired by the a story of a woman’s grief and the choices her employer made to deal with its impact on their workforce. And so will everyone else.

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Lipitor and iPhone 4s: Setting the Stage for Industry Disruption

Harvard Business Review

The two biggest product stories of 2011 were arguably Lipitor and the iPhone 4S. Throughout its history, Pfizer's biggest product and the biggest-selling branded drug in pharmaceutical industry history, has delivered some confounding strategic lessons. 30) of a blockbuster prescription drug. Lipitor's Long Good-bye.

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The Company Outsmarting Big Pharma in Africa

Harvard Business Review

Most of its sales are in the developing world (including 40% in Africa) — where it sells its HIV drugs for about $350 per year per patient — yet it is as profitable as the pharma giants of Europe, North America, and Japan. and other traditionally developed markets. and other traditionally developed markets.

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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

The goal is balance: A coherent company strikes a balance where the right product and service portfolio naturally thrives within a capabilities system consciously chosen and implemented to support a deliberate strategy or way to play. SD : It sounds logical to develop strategy by starting with one’s capabilities. SD : Why now?

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Why The Best Hospitals Are Managed by Doctors

Harvard Business Review

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. But we would argue that credibility may also be signaled to important external stakeholders — future employees, patients, the pharmaceutical industry, donors, and so on.

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How Meditation Benefits CEOs

Harvard Business Review

He says he’s seeing a growing interest among leaders in meditation as a way to build leadership skills – and achieve business goals. “Thanks to meditation I have developed patience.” As CEO of the TLEX Institute, Johann Berlin specializes in bringing mindfulness training to CEOs and corporate teams.

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Technology Progresses When Business, Government, and Academia Work Together

Harvard Business Review

The initial breakthrough came in 1987, but the first drug wasn’t approved until 2011. The Joint Center For Energy Storage Research (JCESR) has a five-year mandate to develop next generation battery technologies. Draetta of IACS has found many of the same issues arise in pharmaceutical research. The Era of Big Science.