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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. Pfizer people care.

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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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The State of Strategy Consulting, 2011

Harvard Business Review

Among my questions to them: How are you thinking about strategy these days? Some tentative conclusions: There is not much of a market for stand-alone strategy studies any more. Strategy has triumphed, the installed base is huge, no self-respecting company would be without one. This poses a dilemma for consulting firms.

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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

Medium-term value drivers look forward to indicate whether a company can maintain and improve its revenue growth and ROIC over the next one to five years (or longer for companies, such as pharmaceutical manufacturers, that have long product cycles). Copyright (c) 2011. As with the other measures, what is important varies by industry.

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Developing Global Leaders Is America's Competitive Advantage

Harvard Business Review

As global companies focus their strategies on developed and emerging markets, they require substantial cadres of leaders capable of operating effectively anywhere in the world. American companies and academic institutions possess unique competitive advantages in developing these global leaders.

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

Strategy Driven

The Essential Advantage : How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy. The conventional wisdom about strategy may be leading your company astray. In this unpredictable economy, traditional approaches to strategy are a luxury most companies cannot afford. SD : What is ‘capabilities-driven strategy?’. Let’s go after it.”

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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.